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Another Rig Explodes in Gulf
Goldknyght
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200 miles west of Deepwater Horizon. link
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You forgot sabotage in your selection choices
These things must be insured for billions or something...
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Thankfully there were no serious injuries. I've read conflicting stories on whether oil actually escaped the rig, some claiming a Coast Guard officer reported a mile long leak on the surface, others claiming that was not the case. Since I know nothing of offshore drilling I assume this rig was much smaller than the Deepwater Horizon considering there were only 13 people aboard.
Ah, the US and their kooky habit of letting corporations decide what safety and environmental features to put in place and what ones to leave out.
I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social goals.
~Albert Einstein
I am guessing the demand for oil is so much they overlook some minor safety precautions in order to pump out as much oil as possible.
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Scubie, I think thats what he means by "conspiracy"
People who have to create conspiracy and hate threads to further a cause lacks in intellectual comprehension of diversity.
No, Sgt Frog, they lose oil into the ocean and production time when some jacked up, couldn't pass a real inspection if it tried rig blows. It's pure, shortsighted, greedy stupidity that drives both deregulation and the companies who take advantage of it. They're gambling that the cost cutting won't harm their bottom line, and when they lose that bet, no one is more slack-jawed shocked than they are.
I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social goals.
~Albert Einstein
The oil drilling referendum was foolish. Considering the depth these things drill at, the lack of use may have damaged the idle drilling equipment. No matter what depth you are going at you are looking at microbials and shellfish attaching themselves to the components potentially cause corrosion similiar to modern era wrecks.
Its not lack of regulation, its lack of oversight. Only fools clamor for more regulations when a mishap happens and the very regulations are already in place. For instance the lending industry collapse was a failure of congress to allow enforcement of breaches in banking regulation. Similarly Deep Water Horizon incident was a failure for the regulatory committee to enforce regulation on TransOcean.
More likely is complacency.
"It will be ok for one more night, I'll fix it tomorrow, I have a hot date to prepare for tonight".
It's human nature to drop your guard sooner or later.
Its a conspiracy just like the BP one. Obama needs to destract the public and promote his green agenda like Bush JR did with the iraq war destracting from his ineptitude and his big buisness oil interests.
Another great example of Moore's Law. Give people access to that much space (developers and users alike) and they'll find uses for it that you can never imagine. "640K ought to be enough for anybody" - Bill Gates 1981
I forgot about that human form of stupidity. Which is sad, because it's one of my favorites to perpetrate. I've learned over the years not to assume conspiracy where stupidity will fit the bill, but the sheer number of ways we can all be stupid just overwhelms me some days.
I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social goals.
~Albert Einstein
Now i wonder. Who would take pleasure from some kind of disaster?
-Would you like cheddar or swiss cheese?
-Yes.
-...
The craziest thing about these oil rig disasters is that the safety measures used to fix the situation are 30 years old. You would think that they'd shell out a little money on updating safety measures, but nope.
I've always imagined oil rigs are similar to power plants (had many friends who worked in power plants) in that a disruption of even a few minutes can mean gigantic losses. A friend once told me that at the plant where he worked, if a turbine went down it cost the company about $500,000 a minute.
This. In one plant if the tank goes down to the unit, it will take 2 days to restart, costing the company 15 Million, thats before all the costs that will occure due to any maintnance and the Fines they will incoure.
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