Spill Here, Spill Now 2
Scientific Blogging, where I found this picture, has links for keeping up with the damage.
As Brendan points out, “gusher” would be a more accurate description than “spill” in this case.
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May 3, 2010 at 5:06 pm
If I were in charge of things:
Nobody would be allowed to drill off any coast until they could prove, without a shadow of a doubt, they would be able to turn off the thing.
Drilling would only be temporary, you see. There would be sources other than fossil fuels. Like wind. Or sun. Or water. Not oil, coal, gas or nuclear. Any of those 4, when the accident happened, can kill the resident wildlife in the area, or destroy the ecology.
May 3, 2010 at 6:07 pm
I agree with you about alternative sources.
I tend to agree about off shore drilling, though I am not completely against it.
I am, though, against brigandage.
What is particularly troubling is that oil companies have fought regulations requiring additional safety devices as “too expensive.” They have not acted as “responsible corporate citizens,” no more than have the banksters; they have acted as brigands, just like the banksters.