| Politics & Government / Oil Leaking in the Gulf (42,000 Gallons/Day) | | | Author | Message | | | April 25, 2010 - 9:50:54am | 1 of 104 | | | Login |
| THIS IS WHY OFFSHORE DRILLING WAS BANNED AND STILL SHOULD BE BANNED.
The Coast Guard estimated that up to 1,000 of barrels of oil, or 42,000 gallons (158,987 liters) were spewing each day from a riser and a drill pipe, prompting further concerns of damage to Louisiana's fragile ecosystem, already stressed by hurricanes and coastal erosion.
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The best case scenario is sealing off the pipe ruptures in a few days; the worst case scenario is a matter of months. The Coast Guard said it would take several days before they determine how to stop the pipe leaks 5,000 feet (1,525 meters) down in the Gulf waters.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100424/ts_alt_afp/usblastoilenergypollution_20100424230938
It is NOT worth the cost of the pollution and the ecosystem destruction so Joe American can save some money at the pump while driving his Hummer. |
| | | April 25, 2010 - 11:32:21am (edit: 4/25/10 - 11:35am) | 2 of 104 | | To: Hawk4x4 | Login |
| I'm just waiting for the "Spill Baby, Spill!" mashups to appear on YouTube. At least it's not on the magnitude of the Exxon Valdez disaster, which spilled 11 million gallons into Prince William Sound. That's about the only positive thing you can say about it. I couldn't believe that the Coast Guard initially claimed that there wasn't a leak. I knew that had to be b.s.
This article has some pretty good background info on the rig itself. Apparently it was reasonably cutting edge in terms of it's technology and was being operated by the largest offshore drilling contractor in the world, Transocean...
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/natural_resources/article7107169.ece |
| | | | People don't want to make any compromises in their lifestyles. Most just want to be able to do whatever they want and really don't care about the environment or anyone else. |
| | | April 25, 2010 - 12:02:36pm (edit: 4/25/10 - 12:17pm) | 4 of 104 | | | Login |
| Don't forget that it killed eleven people when it exploded.
Not only is offshore drilling catastrophic to the environment, it's also incredibly dangerous. The ban never should have been lifted. |
| | | April 25, 2010 - 12:55:28pm | 5 of 104 | | | Login |
| | I'm surprised I don't see people trying to scoop that oil up in jars and shit. It's free money floating on the ocean! |
| | | April 26, 2010 - 1:29:58am (edit: 4/26/10 - 1:33am) | 6 of 104 | | To: Hawk4x4 | Login |
| Sure, I don't mind banning it, and paying out the ass for gas. We need to drill oil, we need to stop being dependent on countries that hate us and want to rape us. We do need to find a way to stop some of the pollution, but we also need to get the drilling going again.
They banned it because of hurricanes too. Katrina wiped out most of the rigs.
so Joe American can save some money at the pump while driving his Hummer.
I don't care if you have a Hummer or a Civic, with our economy, and our crappy wages, we need cheap gas. I have an 01 Infiniti with a V6, and pay $60 every week on gas, that is $2880 a year. If you took a person making minimum wage, and working 30 hours a week, they only make $10,044 a year, $2880 is a huge amount.
I also want to know why our gas prices keep going up all the sudden, gas here has went from $2.10 a gallon up to $2.80 in just a few short months. And its still rising.
Why are we shipping wheat to other countries either free, or VERY cheap? We should charge the same amount for a bail of wheat, as they charge us for a barrel of oil. |
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Don't forget that it killed eleven people when it exploded.
How many people died when Chernobyl happened? How many were sick? Yet we keep making nuclear plants. We just need to make the rigs safer, and have stricter guidelines to go by.
I would much rather have oil rigs than a nuclear plant, close to my house. I am glad we have a coal plant here. Sure the failure rate is much higher on oil rigs than nuclear power plants, but what is easier to deal with? A nuclear meltdown, or a failure with an oil rig?
Its like car travel vs plane travel. I love this one, people always say, way less planes crash than cars, yep, you are correct, but compare the amount of cars on the road vs the amount of planes in the sky, and if you wreck in a car, what are your odds of living, and if you crash in a plane, what are your odds of living.
I do agree that we need to figure out ways to make drilling safer for people and the environment, but we do need to keep drilling. |
| | | April 26, 2010 - 1:45:20am | 8 of 104 | | | Login |
| | Nuclear power is cheap. In a law of averages, it's not even that dangerous. Then again, neither is this accident. |
| | | | Yes, its not that dangerous, but if something fails, or someone doesn't do their job, nuclear power is much more dangerous. Sure, the oil can hurt the wetlands, but a nuclear explosion would destroy much more, and for hundreds of thousands of years. |
| | | April 26, 2010 - 2:15:43am (edit: 4/26/10 - 2:27am) | 10 of 104 | | | Login |
| Chernobyl
Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoEgkGNO-sQ&feature=related
Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe_sD7bPSvg&feature=related
Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEO9JAMfWUc&feature=related
Part 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVrjnYrRpuU&feature=related
Part 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwEIX4KU7r8&feature=related
Part 6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iDqzsTb3OM&feature=related |
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