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What is an accident? Why was the recent spill the result of negligence rather than an accident? The difference is a matter of some bureaucratic definition, no
by grandalf 16y ago
What is an accident? Why was the recent spill the result of negligence rather than an accident? The difference is a matter of some bureaucratic definition, not of reality.
Offshore drilling is always a gamble. Any diffusion of the risk to the public / taxpayers shows that the firms used their influence with regulators to stack the deck in their favor, and that regulators complied.
- anigbrowl 16y agoAbsurd. The public necessarily shares some risk to the extent that it asserts a claim over, and collects royalties for mineral resources extracted from US territorial waters.
- grandalf 16y agoYou did not address my remark about the difference between accidents and negligence. Also, the public bears the risk of environmental damage which should be offset by an additional disincentive not to have 'accidents' underwritten by taxpayers.
- grandalf 16y agoYou are saying that the American Public should feel lucky that BP is extracting oil and just tolerate spills and incompetence?