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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet
The messiah has proposed a significant budget cut to the United States Coast Guard - right in the middle of this mess. 
what an a-hole |
What a brilliant strategy.
@Oberon: It stinks to high heaven that volunteers are being turned away, but the powers that be might be concerned about possible lawsuits stemming from injuries and illness. How much experience do these folks have with cleaning up crude oil? Are there enough training resources? Is there enough equipment available, and are there adequate emergency resources on hand in the event that some of them get sick from exposure to the oil? Could be any or all of the above factoring in to prevent a green light. Sucks, but I bet it sucks to be the one who has to turn them away.
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Most days I might agree that BP is evil. Today, however, I have to put my hopes behind their expertise and just pray that they can get it fixed ASAP. But... here's something that kicks my ass every time I think about it: without our demand for fuel they would have no market, and no reason to drill in the first place. Everything we do that requires transport also requires energy to fuel that transport, and our technologies currently revolve around oil as the prime energy source. How do we change that overnight? We can't. We're stuck with petroleum and its potential hazards until alternative energies become both cheap and mainstream enough that civilization no longer needs oil.
In light of that, I don't think it comes down to "evil oil corporations". I think it comes down to
we have no other viable alternative energy sources.