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It's not too surprising. Sad, but not surprising. Yesterday I sat and read up on the past examples of this happening. It's hardly a big field of literature but
by ErrantX 16y ago
It's not too surprising. Sad, but not surprising.
Yesterday I sat and read up on the past examples of this happening. It's hardly a big field of literature but the overriding result seems to be it takes a long time to fix these things.
The one thing that hacks me off is the way the us govt is jumping up and down banning this and questioning that. Clearly at some point we need to assess what occured and set out blame where appropriate - but it seems to me right now we should quit the politcal posturing and focus solely on stopping the leak.
- jbooth 16y agoWhich parts of the us govt, specifically? Questioning or banning what?
- ErrantX 16y agoObama has banned deepwater drilling (I can buy that at a stretch, but I'm not convinced he's done it for the "right reasons") and the Senate is already hearing testimony.
- jbooth 16y agoOk, so you seriously don't think temporarily banning deepwater drilling is reasonable, given the circumstances?
- ErrantX 16y agoIt might be reasonable - we aren't experts so it's impossible to know if this incident is part of a wider risk. But this big thing about banning it till 2011 is political posturing. Suspend things, let the experts review and decide on the safety, then make a decision.
- jbooth 16y agoLet's say the experts do a 6 month review, starting today. That takes us to 11/30/10. 2011 is totally unreasonable?
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