The Uncola
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- Joined
- Mar 20, 2010
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- Minnesota
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- Political Leaning
- Very Liberal
One company's disaster shouldn't dictate where we should drill. I am not an oil well expert but is seems to me that the problem was not having secondary shut off systems to deal with such an event. Like any disaster we should learn from it and make drilling oil much safer in the future. In my opinion this should be a sign for us to stop being half-assed about drilling for oil. If we are going to do it let's go all out and make is safe, efficient and effective. Enforce regulations and safety requirements.
This is really embarassing for the oil industry that so soon after the United States decided to relax some drilling restrictions these assholes screwed up so badly. It really pisses me off and BP should have to pay dearly for their mistake. As for Obama's fault in this matter, it is probably more a PR disaster then anything else. I don't know what else the government can actually do to stop the leak but they sure could be doing more to mobilize cleanup and containment. We shouldn't be waiting for BP on that count.
"One oil company's disaster"????
Do you have any real idea of just how damage that "One oil company's disaster" has done and will continue to do to the Ego-system and lives of MILLIONS of people on the Gulf Coast??? Are you kidding?
I'm sorry my friend, but I'll never believe a word coming from anyone in the "oil industry" again. They are ALL liars. BP is merely the current posterchild.