I'm not surprised that it's Petrobras at the center of this. That company has, by U.S. standards, a laughable concern for safety both for its production gear and for its people. It is not a good example to use as proof that accidents can happen anywhere as they are a company so ripe for disaster that this was inevitable. If you can find a massive leak in the trans-alaskan pipeline then you'll have some serious evidence for your claim.
On the arctic issue, I'm torn. I see the need for the power, but I also see horrific waste everywhere I turn here. Giant SUVs on the freeway. Few models of hybrid vehicles. Do you know I just took a trip to San Francisco and found it better lit up than Vegas? People seem to think that the good power-fairy will save them or something, and there is no such thing.
At the same time I know that some places need to be left alone so that things can continue to function as the creator set them up to do. If we can co-exist with nature, great. I'm all for that. But mother nature is a valuable commodity too and shouldn't be destroyed just so Ford can continue selling SUVs to commuters. If you can put in an oversight group to make certain the oil companies do not endanger the wilderness there, I'd support the artic drilling. But I don't trust the oil companies to guard the wilderness of their own volition.
-Shockwave
Reality is not only stranger than we think, it's stranger than we CAN think!
I'm not surprised that it's Petrobras at the center of this. That company has, by U.S. standards, a laughable concern for safety both for its production gear and for its people. It is not a good example to use as proof that accidents can happen anywhere as they are a company so ripe for disaster that this was inevitable. If you can find a massive leak in the trans-alaskan pipeline then you'll have some serious evidence for your claim.
On the arctic issue, I'm torn. I see the need for the power, but I also see horrific waste everywhere I turn here. Giant SUVs on the freeway. Few models of hybrid vehicles. Do you know I just took a trip to San Francisco and found it better lit up than Vegas? People seem to think that the good power-fairy will save them or something, and there is no such thing.
At the same time I know that some places need to be left alone so that things can continue to function as the creator set them up to do. If we can co-exist with nature, great. I'm all for that. But mother nature is a valuable commodity too and shouldn't be destroyed just so Ford can continue selling SUVs to commuters. If you can put in an oversight group to make certain the oil companies do not endanger the wilderness there, I'd support the artic drilling. But I don't trust the oil companies to guard the wilderness of their own volition.
-Shockwave
Reality is not only stranger than we think, it's stranger than we CAN think!