Title: BREAKING: MARINER SAYS EXPLOSION ON OIL, GAS PRODUCTION PLATFORM IN GULF OF MEXICO Source:
BBG URL Source:http://www.bloomberg.com Published:Sep 2, 2010 Author:None Post Date:2010-09-02 11:32:57 by war Keywords:None Views:16503 Comments:29
GRAND ISLE, La. — The Coast Guard is responding to an explosion involving an offshore petroleum structure in the Gulf of Mexico.
Petty Officer Casey Ranel says the blast was reported by a commercial helicopter company about 9:30 a.m. CDT Thursday. Seven helicopters, two airplanes and four boats are en route to the site, about 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay along the central Louisiana coast.
Ranel says it hasn't been determined whether the structure is a production platform or a drilling rig or whether workers were aboard. Ranel says smoke was reported but it is unclear whether the rig is still burning.
It's a darn good thing that Republicans opposed any sort of moratorium to make sure adequate safety standards were in place and that they were being followed, because as BP has taught us, we can always trust and rely on oil rig owners to properly manage their own rigs.
Aha - my question struck a little close to home I see.
You're not saying - by your non-answer - that you use fossil fuels, are you? Because if you do, you too are guilty of contributing to the destruction of the planet.
Aha - my question struck a little close to home I see.
You're not saying - by your non-answer - that you use fossil fuels, are you? Because if you do, you too are guilty of contributing to the destruction of the planet.
Actually I walk down the hall as I work from home. Thanks for asking.
I guess you didn't realize that my response to you was meant to highlight the fact that I don't intend to play your silly "divert the topic" game? Sorry, gave you too much credit, won't happen again.
Au contraire, my good fellow. It's not a diversion.
You see, if you're going to constantly parrot the democrat talking points about the evil republicans chanting "drill baby drill" (thereby resolving the pure as the driven snow democrats of all environmental ills), you need to at least be consistent and not be wasting precious resources. That was what generated my question re: bicycling or walking to you.
Be consistent. Who the hell do you think you are - Al Gore?
You see, if you're going to constantly parrot the democrat talking points about the evil republicans chanting "drill baby drill" (thereby resolving the pure as the driven snow democrats of all environmental ills), you need to at least be consistent and not be wasting precious resources. That was what generated my question re: bicycling or walking to you.
Be consistent. Who the hell do you think you are - Al Gore?
Nope, not overweight. :-)
My objection to "drill baby drill" is the premise that we can drill our way out of reliance on foreign oil. We can't.
My objection to "drill baby drill" is the premise that we can drill our way out of reliance on foreign oil. We can't.
Perhaps not. But maybe we COULD reduce our dependence on it.
As usual, the truth may lie somewhere in the middle. While the BP disaster did illustrate the problems with deep water drilling (AND gov't oversight) - can you not agree that perhaps SOME environmental restrictions - which cause the need for drilling in deep water vs. drilling in shallower water or on land - are to blame?
What's your position on drilling in ANWR, for instance?
Perhaps not. But maybe we COULD reduce our dependence on it.
Only if you force oil companies to sell their oil in the U.S., which would be socialist, right?
:-)
And the Conservative plan to create jobs is......?????
The Plan is to crush the Bottom 90%.
NeoFeudalism. Not that the Top 50 000 Want to, but there just isn't any other way for the Top 50 000 to be accomodated in the style to which they have become accustomed. 8D
