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popeye1250 -> RE: Plug the damn hole!!! (5/29/2010 11:36:05 PM)
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ORIGINAL: jlf1961
In case anyone is interested, I would suggest you do a google on the Ixtoc I oil spill of 1979. That was in 200 feet of water, the rig was a push up type operated by Sedco Drilling, (which became Transocean) and went on for 9 months before it was finally killed by a relief well.
Strangely enough, they tried the "Dome" containment, called by the Mexican government "Operation Sombrero," followed by injecting metal, rubber and other stuff into the well, followed by the "top kill" technique. None of which worked.
Why is it that everything that failed in 200 feet of water 31 years ago was expected to work today in 5000 feet of water.
The truth of the matter is that while the technology that allows for deep water drilling has advanced, our ability to stop a major spill due to a blow out has not changed since 1979?
In Canada and other countries, at the same time the primary exploratory well is being drilled, the relief well is drilled at the same time. The United States has failed to take into consideration the possibility of a major accident and failed to put regulations in place to deal with such a catastrophe.
President Bush lifted the ban on offshore drilling during his time in office and now we are paying for the Republican/Big Oil greed. The fact that the MMS was not only giving the oil companies blank checks when it came to authorizing leases (again begun under the Bush Administration and not cleaned up and stopped during the present administration)
Jlf, Clinton would call that, "building a bridge to the 21 st century." Do you believe that some people actually applauded when he said that? They didn't understand it but they applauded anyway. Imagine going to school for 4-6 years just so you can write silliness like that? What does that mean, "building a bridge to the 21 st century? That sounds like some nonsense Ted Kennedy would come up with in a drunken stupor! "Build a briddddgggge, built a fucking bridge and all the plebians can wipe their asses with it!" "Patches!!! Go get Daddy another drink! What do you think you're doing here anyway?"
B.P. was the largest contributor to Obama's campaign. But, he's in charge now! Do you think maybe he was taking a shot that B.P. would succeed and he'd look like a hero? After all it was a 50/50 chance right?
And what, two months, three months ago he said he was going to, "lift the ban on offshore drilling!" Well he did! Of course it had *nothing* to do with the fact that B.P. was his largest contributor,...... did it?
And it's not "our" ability to stop a major oil leak since 1979, it's the" multi-national" oil cos responsability but doing that kind of thing doesn't fatten the bottom line does it?
The "global economy" strikes again.
"Meet the new boss, same as the old bos!"
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