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Old 04-30-2010, 07:38 AM
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Maybe the reason that the submersible can't shut off the blowout preventer valve is becasue ther isn't one. They sometimes leave them off because they run about $500,000.
Now it would really suck to find out that was true.
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Old 04-30-2010, 08:20 AM
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Now it would really suck to find out that was true.
FWIW, I heard that this rig had one that failed for unknown reasons (perhaps they conveniently overlooked installing it). I also heard that places like Venezuela require a back-up blowout preventer to prevent catastrophe if the first one fails and that the US oil industry lobbied against such a (unnecessary, in their eyes) backup due to increased cost. We'll have to wait and see what's true on this one as Louisiana's coastline and seafood industry get trashed.
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Old 04-30-2010, 10:08 AM
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I also heard that places like Venezuela require a back-up blowout preventer to prevent catastrophe if the first one fails and that the US oil industry lobbied against such a (unnecessary, in their eyes) backup due to increased cost.
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Sara, Hannity and the gang have not uttered a word about this.

I loves me a greed filled agenda.

Methinks it's because they would be caught in a pickle. They supported offshore drilling, the President concurred, now we have this mess. They can't take the environmental impact approach, after years of ridiculing environmentalists. Can't blame the government for the mess, because the congress wanted tighter environmental safety and the industry fought them. Can't blame the President because his offshore drilling policies have yet to take any effect. The blame lies squarely with the industry. These guys don't like to lay blame at the feet of private industry, no way, no how.

So, what's a right wing windbag to do?

I'm sure they are working on an angle, it won't be long. And it will be rediculous. I'm sure Beck is working on a way to tie it to Woodrow Wilson, Chairman Mao, Van Jones and the International Ladies Undergarment Union via ACORN, Charlie Chaplin and The Diners Club as we speak.

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Old 04-30-2010, 01:57 PM
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PS: Combworks, I realize that to you and your "Continental Cousins" $3.14 actually is cheap.
Oh so true. Latest I've read is because of the depth, they might have no choice but to let it blow until its pressure matches sea pressure at that depth. 1 mile deep? Bloody hell.
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I'm sure Beck is working on a way to tie it to...The Diners Club as we speak.
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Something is seriously wrong at BP, they seem to stumble from one disaster to another. Maybe the reason that the submersible can't shut off the blowout preventer valve is because there isn't one. They sometimes leave them off because they run about $500,000.
That can't be the case as I'm sure there is appropriate regulation... I mean the Government must protect us from private...

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Old 04-30-2010, 03:40 PM
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You know what's kinda BS? No one is covering this. "The liberal media" isn't touching it. No "special reports" on the cost of our oil addiction. All the yelling about bias has made them so scared to raise anything that anyone might consider a liberal issue we get no word on this. The right-wing completely controls the media.
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You know what's kinda BS? No one is covering this. "The liberal media" isn't touching it. No "special reports" on the cost of our oil addiction. All the yelling about bias has made them so scared to raise anything that anyone might consider a liberal issue we get no word on this. The right-wing completely controls the media.
dunno; seems like all i've been hearing on msnbc and the weather channel is news about the oil spill and its ramifications, most of today and yesterday. most of the week for that matter.

or do you mean some other aspect(s) of it?
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Old 04-30-2010, 04:48 PM
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There have been worse oil spills.

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