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Louve00 -> RE: History repeats itself.... (6/26/2010 2:50:49 PM)
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ORIGINAL: willbeurdaddy
Ashamed of what? It cant be that youre ashamed of lack of regulation, theres plenty of it. Ashamed of ineffective government oversight? Then you should be ashamed of all major government undertakings, the incompetence is nothing new. Ashamed that drilling is allowed at all? There would be far more long term negative impact from that than there is from oil spills.
The Bay of Campeche/Ciudad del Carmen is a beautiful place, with little if any long term environmental impact.
As I said, ashamed of the fact that we don't learn our own lessons. The well that happened in the gulf of mexico then was the same ones renting the rig that blew this time (transocean). I guess maybe if I personally can be ashamed of anything its keeping myself ignorant to the history we've repeated. If I talk about the shame of the oil companies its that they haven't learned what cutting corners and taking short cuts, eliminating safety mechanisms and drilling in even deeper water, all for the sake of money, then I mean the shame they should have for the greed they put over safety. If I turn to gov't, then I guess I could say yes, they were shamefull in not regulating the hell out of these oil companies, out of Wall St...out of everything....against the strong dismay of so many about regulations.
And as far as the Bay of Campeche/Ciudad del Carman being a beautiful place....(and for that matter, as a result of the spill 30 yrs ago, the gulf was thriving too, so I'll give you that....Alaska isn't,
That's why Mark King's boat is parked in a warehouse. The former herring fisherman used to pull in up to $150,000 per year. Now he makes about $50,000 fishing salmon. Herring basically disappeared within three years of the spill.
King's hope was to pass on his business to his kids.
"They're gone," King said. "They aren't involved in fishing. They didn't have the opportunities I had growing up here."
While herring populations are still devastated, other species such as salmon and bald eagles have recovered. But perhaps the most remarkable is what never went away - and you can find it just a short plane ride from Cordova. On the shoreline, all you have to do is move a couple of rocks and you strike oil - Exxon Valdez oil - 21 years later.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/04/eveningnews/main6461218.shtml
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