Yet another oil leak in the Gulf!!

**MajikMyst** · 2nd August 2010 01:45 AM

New La. oil leak near Gulf covers 6 square miles

Originally Posted by Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS — A ruptured wellhead in Louisiana's Barataria Bay has spread a slick of oil covering 6 square miles, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Wednesday.
Oil, natural gas and water spewed from the abandoned underwater wellhead hit by a barge pushed by a tug.
The Coast Guard ordered the last recorded owner of the well, a company called Cydeco, to pay for the clean-up costs.
Wild Well Control Inc. of Houston has been hired to secure the well and Environmental Health and Services has been hired to manage the cleanup, the Coast Guard said.
By late Wednesday, 10,500 feet of containment boom and 3,000 feet of absorbent boom has been deployed to contain the spill.
Thirty-one boats have responded to the spill, said Coast Guard Capt. John Arenstam.
The Coast Guard said a towboat was pushing the barge on Mud Lake when it hit the wellhead. The towboat captain told investigators the well was not lit as required.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38451841...s-environment/

By now it should be obvious to all that the oil companies are not regulating themselves.. Perhaps it is time to actually getting something back from our billions in subsidies each year.. Either that or ditch the use of oil all together.. I certianly hate giving our enemies in the middle east money for their oil while they kill our soldiers..

What say you?

**Blah** · 2nd August 2010 01:53 AM

Originally Posted by MajikMyst

By now it should be obvious to all that the oil companies are not regulating themselves..

How do you regulate accidents from happening?

Perhaps it is time to actually getting something back from our billions in subsidies each year..

Our government shouldn't be subsidizing any free market industry, auto manufacturing,
agriculture, oil, or others.

Either that or ditch the use of oil all together..

Not possible at this time.

**MajikMyst** · 2nd August 2010 02:24 AM

Originally Posted by bla bla

How do you regulate accidents from happening?

Our government shouldn't be subsidizing any free market industry, auto manufacturing,
agriculture, oil, or others.

Not possible at this time.

It isn't an issue of regulating an accident from happening.. It is an issue of having regulations to make sure that everything is done to prevent accidents from happening in the first place..

Currently the oil industry gets about 20 billion a year in subsities.. If you must know however.. Corn is his the highest subsidized product in the U.S.

It is possible.. We just have to have the will to do it.. It won't be easy.. But it is doable..

**Blah** · 2nd August 2010 02:08 PM

Originally Posted by MajikMyst

It isn't an issue of regulating an accident from happening.. It is an issue of having regulations to make sure that everything is done to prevent accidents from happening in the first place..

That's not possible, at best you can only reduce the number of accidents, and if you
look at the monolithic size of the oil industries it seems like they are trying.

Currently the oil industry gets about 20 billion a year in subsities.. If you must know however.. Corn is his the highest subsidized product in the U.S.

Yes, I do know, that's why everyfuckingthing in the store has high fructose corn
syrup in it. As I said in the last post I don't support such subsadies.

It is possible.. We just have to have the will to do it.. It won't be easy.. But it is doable..

What I meant was it's not possible NOW, and it's not.

**MajikMyst** · 4th August 2010 05:32 AM

Originally Posted by bla bla

That's not possible, at best you can only reduce the number of accidents, and if you
look at the monolithic size of the oil industries it seems like they are trying..

Oh the oil industry isn't doing anything but looking for ways to increase their already inflated profits.. It acutally is possible.. It is very possible.. It will create a ton of jobs and probably cost some money.. But it is more than doable.. That part if it is actually the easy part..

The airline industry is a great example of how regulation keep us safe and minimize accidents.. You would be suprised about the number of regulations that are used in the airline industry..

**Blah** · 4th August 2010 12:07 PM

Originally Posted by MajikMyst

Oh the oil industry isn't doing anything but looking for ways to increase their already inflated profits.. It acutally is possible.. It is very possible.. It will create a ton of jobs and probably cost some money.. But it is more than doable.. That part if it is actually the easy part..

The airline industry is a great example of how regulation keep us safe and minimize accidents.. You would be suprised about the number of regulations that are used in the airline industry..

There are thousands upon thousands of flights and only rarely does a plane
crash -- there are thousands upon thousands of oil wells only rarely is there
a large spill.

Scottie · 5th August 2010 09:45 PM

Originally Posted by MajikMyst

New La. oil leak near Gulf covers 6 square miles

By now it should be obvious to all that the oil companies are not regulating themselves.. Perhaps it is time to actually getting something back from our billions in subsidies each year.. Either that or ditch the use of oil all together.. I certianly hate giving our enemies in the middle east money for their oil while they kill our soldiers..

What say you?

You do realize that a tug boat hit it. It's not failed regulation. something wasn't lite properly, so says the man who hit it. hmmmm. could be telling a little fib couldn't he. or maybe a light went out and they haven't fix it because maybe it happened very recently. just something to think about before jumping to conclusions. and it wouldn't be a big deal if it wasn't for bp right now.