tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18452695.post528277177674432540..comments2023-10-31T07:00:30.627-05:00Comments on Lost in a world awhirl: W. Eugene Smithalanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06013341654649926300noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18452695.post-40090057377653770912010-06-02T18:47:27.693-05:002010-06-02T18:47:27.693-05:00What is going on in the Gulf, is just too depressi...What is going on in the Gulf, is just too depressing for words.<br />I think they could have stopped this long ago if they weren't trying to find a way to save the oil.<br />Cheney should be in jail..<br />They almost sent Nixon there for a lot less.....Green teahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01905946265342284416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18452695.post-64307915598378916442010-05-27T11:46:05.293-05:002010-05-27T11:46:05.293-05:00I have a neighbor who used to work on oil rigs for...I have a neighbor who used to work on oil rigs for quite a few years back when he was younger, and he was telling a group of us neighbors the other day that if you look real closely at the videos of the oil pouring out into the water you will be able to see that they have not shut down the pumps. He said that if they are shut off, which would obviously slow down then stop the spray of oil (natural pressure would have ran out weeks ago) they would be able to easily cap the pipe but there is a chance that they would not be able to restart the oil flow to an alternate location. So although they are losing tons of oil, it is simply a drop in a large bucket of water and the loss of oil revenue and cost of clean-up is pocket change compared to what they would lose if they shut down the pumps and then were unable to draw from the oil source again when they restarted them.Ms.LizzyBethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08589268983637173844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18452695.post-70687285888839723592010-05-24T16:52:54.003-05:002010-05-24T16:52:54.003-05:00I'd never heard of Minimata disease, either. ...I'd never heard of Minimata disease, either. Which could be a reason why we keep not learning from our mistakes.<br /><br />Another brave photographer I need to read more about. <br /><br />Well done, sir.Angeline Rose Larimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18058615711696995128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18452695.post-24734992774269376492010-05-23T20:44:35.365-05:002010-05-23T20:44:35.365-05:00You are amazing, man.
Thanks.You are amazing, man.<br /><br />Thanks.Hawaiianmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488099008700938001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18452695.post-81909541573272021972010-05-23T20:24:53.276-05:002010-05-23T20:24:53.276-05:00Can't argue with common sense, Alan.
(Unless ...Can't argue with common sense, Alan.<br /><br />(Unless you're a politician or a multi-millionaire or both.)Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802695378617927299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18452695.post-79700566057684171892010-05-23T08:48:25.415-05:002010-05-23T08:48:25.415-05:00On that safety inspection piece above; right now t...On that safety inspection piece above; right now the inspection for US titled rigs takes several weeks; the one for a foreign titled rig takes 4 or 5 hours...<br /><br />alanalanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06013341654649926300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18452695.post-57538719688514441292010-05-23T08:46:48.152-05:002010-05-23T08:46:48.152-05:001. From now on, no matter where the rig is titled,...1. From now on, no matter where the rig is titled, it meets US safety standards; the blow-out preventer is not modified and is inspected before it's put in by the Coast Guard just like the rig; and all rigs have acoustic shutoffs. Right now, only US titled rigs have to meet US standards; this one was titled in the Marshall Islands both for tax and less restrictive safety measures. If you want to drill on our lease, you meet our standards!<br /><br />2. All existing rigs are brought as close as possible to US standards and if possible, retro-fitted with acoustic shutoffs.<br /><br />3. The first time BP tries to reneg or files a court case challenging charges for damages or clean up, their leases are revoked and re-sold to pay for them.<br /><br />4. The oil state Senators (Oklahoma and Texas) need to quit blocking the lifting of the $75 billion damage cap that they got put in after the Exxon Valdez disaster.<br /><br />alanalanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06013341654649926300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18452695.post-29717628049485672462010-05-22T21:54:19.758-05:002010-05-22T21:54:19.758-05:00Very well done.
I've got friends boycotting B...Very well done.<br /><br />I've got friends boycotting BP stations. I think that does more harm than good and fails to get the message across to those who need to hear it.<br /><br />WHAT do you think people could & should be doing?Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802695378617927299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18452695.post-87990601563912824382010-05-22T21:43:31.052-05:002010-05-22T21:43:31.052-05:00I had never heard of Minimata disease. Yet another...I had never heard of Minimata disease. Yet another case of a big corporation causing mayhem and getting away with it for years and years. You're right: it's as though we'll never learn.<br /><br />BP continues to sit and scratch their heads while non-profit organizations such as Matter of Trust take the initiative to collect stockings, hair and fur to create "hair booms" to soak up the oil.Calamity Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00089505327332329817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18452695.post-46553323128291318682010-05-21T21:46:22.785-05:002010-05-21T21:46:22.785-05:00Alan.. as usual, another very good well written po...Alan.. as usual, another very good well written post.. thank you, both for the post.. and the importance of what you have said.. ..Naukishtaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12297131304139916045noreply@blogger.com