Marine Life and Oil Don't Mix: Stop Offshore Oil Drilling Now

[MrChucktbags]

If you want to pay more for gas because your scared of drilling and spilling oil then go ahead. You want everyone to ditch oil and use big ass fans for electricity and run electric cars. Oil is a NATURAL resource for us to use. if you want to go back to the stone age and live with the bare minimum then you do that but stop telling me i need to pay more for gas because you cry when you see dead birds. I actually work for a living and cant afford high fuel prices so sit down and shut up!

[geustis]

Actually the oil from the gulf of Mexico is >27% of total US usage. Also Government and environmental taxes account for about 25% of the price of diesel and gasoline.

[gmodrules123456789]

STOP dont sign the petition! off shore drilling makes about 28% of gasoline which means that gas costs will go up and people will lose money going to work by car!

[gmodrules123456789]

its not off shore drilling that is the cause it is BP's irresponsibility of there oil rigs and that the workers were not very familiar with the drill so i dont think it should be banned other oil company's take better care of there rigs so that oil spills are less likely to occur.

[usyflad]

Oh and SDWeedReview, Hemp is only in your face cause you're smoking it!

[usyflad]

Scads more birds are killed by windmills/wind farms than by any oil spill. Some estimates top a MILLION a year... Look it up, check around. If you really care about birds stop windmills now! Sign that petition

[oceanaorg]

Actually, it's not needed. The oil from the Gulf is <7% of our total usage. We could make up that difference with better fuel efficiency standards and some conservation efforts.

[derekdz]

@oceanaorg

Every little bit makes a difference. 7% higher prices at the pump should would make a difference for me and a lot of Americans.

[benjaminlately]

@derekdz prices are not linear with supply. A loss of 7% production is much more than a gain of 7% in price.

[rspikowski]

things like this anger me... offshore drilling is not the answer?!?! really? supply and demand people... we demand bigger and faster machines and cars... in order to make these things move to the calibur we want, we need fossil fuels... they wouldn't be drilling for oil if we didn't demand it... it's not BP's fault for drilling for oil, it's the consumer of America that is to blame as a whole

[Jesuslovesamericans]

This is the perfect reason why we need to drill in Alaska on land. The EPA federals should be defunded and let the states handle their own messes. How much easier would this be to clean up on dry land? I blame this is on the stupid greenies in the government. Another failed plan, thanks Obama. See, liberalism is a mental disease.

[lever20065]

YA YOU STUPID TOOLS SO LETS PAY BP MORE MONEY WITH A TAX ON BREATHING YOU BUNCH OF STUPID TROLLS STOP WITH YOUR BRAINWASHING TRASH!

[DOUCHEBAGSTOOKMYNAME]

You don't understand that if we ban offshore drilling, that is going to put us further in an economic crisis! The State of Louisiana has been able to avoid being caught up in the economic crisis because of our Oil and Seafood industries, BP took the Seafood, and now Obama is taking oil. this SIX MONTH ban is going to severely hurt us, if we just banned it all together it's going to destroy us! If there is an all together ban of oil.

[SDWeedReview]

Use Hemp instead. It grows fast, renewable and helps the world breathe.  I don't know if were living in a fairy tale but Hemp is in our face, don't know why we are not using it? Oh 'cause it is against the federal law? Oh well, I guess we can just go and do the opposite and destroy the world to make others rich.

It would take a miracle for Hemp to become legal on a Federal scale. I am sure there are rich people out there that can stop it from passing.

[perlaand]

BAN oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. This is for all of us, the nature, the world. It doesn't worth the price. More safety measures cannot guarantee that the same will not happen again because it will. It is a matter of time. The risk is too high. The most sensible thing to do is to BAN permanently the oil drilling in sensitive areas like this.

[cossatotfalls]

The same type of knee jerk reaction took place after the Three Mile Island incident. If we would have built more nuclear plants, we'd be less dependent on oil.

So, just ban all offshore drilling & come fall gas will be $5 a gallon. I guess the silver lining of that scenerio will be that Obama's coffin will be welded shut forever.

[cossatotfalls]

Very tragic....but, until we have a better alternative offshore helps alot. It must be done correctly, no shortcuts. Otherwise we'll have $5 a gallon gas & the USA will just shut down.

[markcrutcher]

Sure.....Ban offshore drilling in the US and maintain our current consumption...the drilling just goes overseas. Do you think the 33 rigs that were shut down are just going to wait for the US to pull its head out? No they will be in Brazil, Mexico and Africa doing the same thing for our consumption...All you are doing here is pishing it to another country!

[WinningThisOne]

You got what you wanted here. You lobbied against oil platforms being closer to shore and how they're out so deep they can't stop the problem. Nice work. By the way the equipment you used to make this video has petroleum products in it. More than likely the chair you're using, the building you're in, definitely the car you drive.....Nice work.

[jenirish230]

Since BP is responsible for this dreadful & killing mess they should be made to clean up the ocean, the land, people's loss and the tragedy it has done to all animals.

[DannyLIVEWIRE]

An investigation needs to be launched as to how and why HALIBURTON is behind this.... Remember those guys?!?!? .... They were the contractors ON-SITE when the explosion occurred!!!!!

Haliburton + BP are largely the reason why our troops are in Iraq as well.... WAKE UP USA!!! WAKE UP!!!

[benwillvv]

If America REALLY wanted, we could move to a clean energy future within 10 years. No joke. We just need the willpower. It would reinvent who we are, how we travel, and gain us infinite respect from the rest of the world, not to mention Mother Nature herself. Let's push for it, people. We have ONE planet. I want to protect it.

[danmarino1970]

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[nycosmopolitan]

"If the new estimate is accurate, as much as 30 million gallons of oil may already have poured into the gulf over 37 days ." nytimes "Estimates Suggest Spill Is Biggest in U.S. History" By TOM ZELLER Jr. 27 May 2010

[destiny051]

it may be to late to sign a .................

[Key2Existence]

put BP out of business

[craigdb84]

I knew this kinda crap was coming. Of course no realizes that this spill wasn't an accident. People just need to look at the worldwide big picture of what would happen if we stop our own drilling. We would be under the control of some very nasty people.

[HousleyMike]

Sorry, an oil-drenched feet-up bird is too cliche for an effective ad. To many, it only brings a laugh. You ought to show ghost towns, abject poverty, funerals -- if you want to quit preaching to the choir. Get over the dead turtles and look at the dead economy, if you want to be effective. Americans have approved of the sacrifice of species for oil, for decades, despite your idealistic hippie old school arguments.

[evoval]

Doesn't make any difference if the U.S stops drilling it won't stop the Chinese and others from drilling in the gulf. It's us or them and I prefer it to be us.

[CeruleanSage]

What I would REALLY love to see is Big Oil spearhead campaigns to FUND alternative fuel research. If Hess Corporation funded alternative energy research, a plausible alternative energy source was found, and Hess Corp sold that alternative fuel as America phased out its dependency on gasoline, wouldn't you buy from them?

[CeruleanSage]

I feel panicked about the effect this has on the environment and the animals whose habitat is being polluted, but we can't just complain about stopping oil-drilling without coming up with an EFFECTIVE, RENEWABLE, and INEXPENSIVE form of alternative energy. Alternative energy research doesn't have the kind of financial and political backing as it should. Big Oil Companies have lobbyist in DC to keep unfavorable bills being passed against them. We can complain about using 'dirty fuel' but unless

[CeruleanSage]

We all take a stand against Big Oil, like boycotting fuel consumption and THEN demanding alternative energy, it won't ever end. Money talks in a Capitalistic society, and Big Oil has a LOT of money. If you cut off a beat from its food source, the beast will weaken. However, that would require more than just a petition. That would require Americans AS A MASS, to say NO MORE to dirty fuel, and to publicly shun anyone who goes against the desire of the masses by continuing to consume durty fuels.

[dyslexicdays]

NPR found that the amount of oil is a factor of 10 what BP says it is. If the oil hit the gulf steam it will cover the north east shore of the US. This may very well be the end of the ocean as we know it. With out a clean ocean life can not be supported on this planet. How could God allow this to happen?

[freedomunrestricted]

they should have just nuked the well when it started leaking, problem solved

[mtmeatball]

hemp fuel food medicine oxygen health good intentions life NOW

[VTubeAudio]

I have, for years, feared what might happen if just one of the many of these offshore rigs had a leak or sank. Even so, I simply hoped that those in charge of the drilling would tell us if the risks were too high when taking into consideration the rewards. Man do I feel foolish.

[Rep0007]

BAN, baby BAN! Offshore drilling -- now and forever.

[nebeltex]

to quote public enemy, "don't believe the hype. you want clean energy? how are you going to do it? the FACT is that "clean energy" can't be developed without oil. do you ride a bike or walk to work? if you don't, you are part of the problem. banning offshore drilling is not the solution. neither are scare tactics prompted by an amateurish video.... have you no sense of decency?

[MrSpieldose]

where the fuck are all you Al Gore nazis???

you assholes didn't say or do shit.... fucking jerks.

the US cultural value that you all have that gives you that scientific superior species and control over the environment means nothing.

Now you have that lying war criminal Obama pimping a war on Iran now to kill over more people instead of wildlife.

what a fucking disgrace this makes humans look like and what shame on human history this crap is..

Tesla created free energy years ago....

[LuckyCatGirl]

Signed the Peition this is just SAD :(

[QUINTIX256]

This is like saying that deadly car crashes are reasons to ban new cars.

Oil use is not going away in our lifetimes, even if we don't use it as an energy source.

[neilatango]

stop the drilling!!!!!!!!!! save the ocean and the innocent animals and people living there!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[nicolasraage]

@neilatango innocent people living in the ocean? *sigh*

[VTubeAudio]

Lastly, I just got back from Myrtle Beach, S.C. Maybe we should put a few offshore oil rigs off your coast. If you disagree or agree please comment.

[VTubeAudio]

Are there any Carolina Beach, N.C. folks or Kure Beach, N.C. folks here in favor of offshore drilling off your coast? These and the beaches listed below are the beaches / areas I grew up at and I simply do not believe that we understand the processes and dangers of offshore drilling well enough to insure everyone in these locations that there is no danger to the fragile eco system where they live and therefore give the alls good and the go ahead.

[VTubeAudio]

Just curious if there are any N.C. folks out there in favor of allowing offshore drilling off the coast of North Carolina. I hear that there is a lot of oil out there, potentially. Maybe a few folks in Southport, N.C. would like to see some offshore drilling. How about Oak Island, N.C. folks?

[jjjootjohn]

@THEPOCONOJOECHANNEL Exactly, if we stop offshore drilling, another country with perhaps less safety regulations will move in and do it themselves.

[gator360guy]

stop drilling doucheBAGS WE WANT WILDLIFE TO BE SAFE THIS VIDEO JUST MADE ME FILLED WITH RAGE AND SADNESS STOP OFFSHORE DRILLING DO IT SOMEWHERE ON LAND JUST DONT KILL THE ANIMALS STOP THIS GULF OF MEXICO OIL SPILL CRAP!! and OCEANIA FOR MAKING VIDEOS THAT MAKE US SAD JUST STOP THIS CRAP

[toshzpelta]

Anyone who can't spot the obvious propaganda is a fool living in a hole...

A very deep hole, at that...

[jrtman]

Ban Oceanaorg from making fear-mongering videos.

[gator360guy]

@jrtman yur right there making these vids to make fear intoo us and the wild life lovers sad

[VTubeAudio]

@jrtman you said previously: "Ban Oceanaorg from making fear-mongering videos."

My reply: The right to "Free speech" just allowed you to make that statement. To ban Oceanaorg from making such videos would be a double standard in your favor.

[exbladex99]

Well if the US built new Nuclear energy plants in the thousands, we would need no off-shore oil drilling. There is only one way to stop oil drilling, you have to fund nuclear energy. If you don't, then you have no right to complain.

[FreshAzImIz62]

wow... u ppl know a lot. i need to bone up on my oil info lol. seriously tho...this ain't good

[VTubeAudio]

It would have cost BP about $500,000 per rig to install the most common remote shut off device. Why were they given permission by the federal government to throw the dice and gamble with such a volatile and potentially dangerous situation and skimp on the design costs? Some are saying greed was the culprit! If that is the case, then may god have mercy on us all.

[zuzukachoo]

@VTubeAudio

First of all, it wouldn't have been up to BP, but up to the company that owned the rig and equipment...Transocean.

Second, remote devices are only required in a couple of countries, and have not been tested in real life situations. Their efficacy was questioned by an independent study commissioned by the US regulatory agency, the MMS.

cont'd below

[RodneyMarion]

@zuzukachoo

My reply: First of all, just in case folks want to research and find the facts for themselves, what is being discussed here is something called an acoustic switch or acoustic trigger. Google it and find out the facts for yourself. Some major oil companies, including Royal Dutch Shell PLC and France's Total SA, sometimes use the device even where regulators don't call for it.

[zuzukachoo]

@RodneyMarion

Yes, people should do some research. Of course many companies use the device, but it is still unproven (and of course would not have helped in this case). And as to MMS- what part of "independent study" was not clear?

And as a matter of fact, rigs do already have backup systems for closing down wells. Of course it wouldn't hurt to have another, but these comments are just bloviating over a false issue.

[RodneyMarion]

@zuzukachoo

Secondly: Many are now calling for an investigation of Ken Salazar and the MMS. MMS = the Interior Department's Minerals Management Service, says it decided the remote device wasn't needed because rigs had other back-up plans to cut off a well.

[RodneyMarion]

@zuzukachoo

lastly: In 2006, Salazar voted to end protections that limit offshore oil drilling in Florida's Gulf Coast. In 2005, Salazar voted against an amendment to repeal tax breaks for ExxonMobil and other major petroleum companies. Hmmm.... maybe Salazar and the MMS meant well and had their hearts in the right place, or maybe not.

[zuzukachoo]

@VTubeAudio

Third, a remote device would not have helped in this situation. The blowout preventer (BOP) sent the message back to the rig that it was activated when it actually wasn't. An ROV could not even shut the BOP down by physically turning the switch at the seabed. If the switch didn't work in either of these scenarios, it's not going to work via remote.

It's okay to be angry and upset. Just base your reasons on good information.

[VTubeAudio]

@zuzukachoo Thanks for participating in an intelligent and civil discussion about this. The people of the world are watching this disaster. They will in the end make up their own minds and I think you and I both know which way their opinions will lean. You just kind hide, mask or explain away a disaster of this magnitude. Somethings just can't be undone, excused or ignored. This is one of those things. This, unfortunately, is a BIG deal.

[zuzukachoo]

@VTubeAudio

Yes, suggesting that you base your comments on accurate information is EXACTLY like "hiding, masking, explaining, excusing, or ignoring" the disaster.

And I notice you still have not backed up your claim that drilling companies don't implement "at the very least the most common safety precautions" available eveywhere else but here. With facts, please, not more bloviating.

[VTubeAudio]

@zuzukachoo Sure. The oil well exploded and sank, 11 people died, oil is spewing into the Gulf Coast, BP hasn't been able to stop it, it is an economic disaster and an ecological disaster much of which is irreversible. Now many experts fear that hurricane season is approaching and it is really going to get worse. Thank you for keeping us all straight on the FACTS! We greatly appreciate the work that you are doing.

[zuzukachoo]

@VTubeAudio

And yet you made some preposterous claims about the reason for the disaster, none of which you care to (or can) back up with, you know, FACTS. Instead, more bloviating.

[VTubeAudio]

We should all hang our heads in shame for allowing this to happen. Offshore oil drilling or not, you dont put an entire eco system in harms way without implementing at very least the most common safety precautions available and being implemented everywhere else but off the cost of the United States.

[zuzukachoo]

@VTubeAudio

Seriously, you don't think drilling companies don't implement "the most common safety precautions available" in US waters???? Proof please. Actual proof, not opinion.

[VTubeAudio]

To those who think this is a liberal agenda I suggest you simply give it a rest. That is a tired argument with about as much muscle as my pinky. This disaster occurred because of greed. Anyone not sympathetic to this disaster is suspect in my book.

[gophomaxx]

If we stopped the GE monopoly in wind turbines and stopped the nuclear poweer drain on our energy supply we could pump more oil from the established oil wells if we repealed the oil conservation law. This would make energy conservation more attractive and make us energy independent.

[WillyHeinExperience]

So what would you like us to do? Kiss the Arabs asses?

You will never see the abuses that happen in foreign lands.

Liberals are destroying the USA

[Kind67]

@WillyHeinExperience

How about developing new energy technologies that don't destroy the planet and its inhabitants? And how are liberals destroying the USA. You think the oil spill or the massive economic collapse we had was the result of liberal policies? If so, you are really uneducated and I feel sorry for you

[nellie2581]

This is so sad and the lost of marine life because of BP and they still want to do the offshore drilling. This must stop right now!