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I would say that she is offering a suggestion. She sums it up at 6:51 where she talks about he lack of development of spill containment technology. While not a
by secretasiandan 16y ago
I would say that she is offering a suggestion. She sums it up at 6:51 where she talks about he lack of development of spill containment technology. While not a solution to this particular incident, she is suggesting a way to reduce future risks : spend more on containment technology.
Furthermore, her bringing to light the similarities to a previous incidence (which I hear most people talking about like its unprecedented) is necessary to highlight that it doesn't seem like the oil companies have done much to help mitigate the risks for the environment they create. They've spent a lot to extract oil from harder to reach places but are using the same containment methods that they used 30 years ago.
As an aside, the silver lining for me from this video is that I'm a little more reassured that the world isn't going to end and the oceans aren't going to die. The previous spill had similar flow rates (10K's barrels per day), though it seems like the duration of this one might be longer since they're a while off from drilling the relief wells.
- ErrantX 16y agois necessary to highlight that it doesn't seem like the oil companies have done much to help mitigate the risks for the environment they create. That's the thing though; there are counter examples where these things did work. I know what you mean r.e. more work on spill containment, but the problem is that it doesn't happen (on such a scale) all that often, so there is nothing to drive legislators to force companies into developing such tech.