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Post by ☮ superbek ☮ on Jun 24, 2010 23:21:14 GMT -5
A friend of mine was in Gulf Shores when the of the oil first showed up down there... she took a lot of pictures that were really shocking and I do mean SHOCKING. I can't get these photos out of my head, they seriously give me a cold chill. We are now involved in a whole other war with oil.
i'm in dc right now visiting friends and one of them works in the environmental law department of the coast guard. he def had some insight that i had not been privy to before and it really made me see how there really are three big groups to blame: us (as oil consumers), the government and BP.
i always simplified it down to the fact that if you are undertaking a HUGE project such as the wells BP has all over the world, that you would have at least 2 backup plans for EVERY bad scenario that could happen. i know the world doesn't work that easily and not everyone thinks about other people, but i just couldn't imagine being somebody like the head engineer or whatever for this project and be ok with not having a working backup plan, if i knew the devastation it would cause. apparently the government is a little more at fault than i realized with their regulations etc. and they were not holding BP accountable as much as they should have.
i am just very sad b/c i think about how this is going to effect us for so many years to come. makes me very very sad to think about all the animals and how they can't really help themselves. depressing all around.
Post by monkeymonkeyjoyjoy on Jul 3, 2010 14:45:47 GMT -5
I feel like BP isn't looking for anyone....I don't know, but I would think that of all the world's people is there not really even ONE person who has an idea that could solve this leak problem? Really? No one???
The Gulf oil spill is an environmental catastrophe, but it raises a question. How much deep water oil is there? These reservoirs are just beginning to be tapped because we currently lack the technology to do it safely, as demonstrated by the BP leak. With the development of safe, deep water well technology, do the world's available oil reserves dramatically increase?
Suppose there are unimaginably rich oil reserves in deep water off the U.S. coast. Does the U.S. allow full exploitation of these reserves, increasing world oil production and lowering the price/barrel? Would gasoline at $1/gallon and similar price reductions in other petroleum-based fuels and products stimulate the U.S. economy? Or, does a reduction in oil price stimulate other economies disproportionately, further disadvantaging the U.S. economy relative to foreign developing economies?
Or, given rich deep water reserves, is it in the interest of the U.S. to regulate oil drilling to keep the price of oil high? Does the U.S. eventually become a net exporter of oil to developing countries, imposing a fee or tax on the oil to keep prices relatively stable, and use the revenue to decrease the deficit?
I feel like BP isn't looking for anyone....I don't know, but I would think that of all the world's people is there not really even ONE person who has an idea that could solve this leak problem? Really? No one???
The world's largest oil skimming ship is about to enter service on the Gulf. The "A Whale" docked at Hampton Roads, VA before continuing to Miami, FL, then onward to the Gulf; See: www.flickr.com/photos/vadot/sets/72157624225120161/
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) photographed the ship as it crossed over the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel.
