Gulf Oil "Spill"--Everything Old Is New Again

From the great Rachel Maddow. With respect to off-shore drilling, we have learned nothing in over 3 decades except how to drill in deeper water and, as a result, make spills more difficult to stop. Amazing!

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[eztobfree]

The loony left environmentalists would have them drill 100 miles out, if they could. They can't drill on land, where it's safest and easiest (and our prices would be lower) because a couple dozen animals might be inconvenienced. So this is what we get instead... thousands of birds and animals dead. Nice trade-off for the wacky left.

[ProfMTH]

@eztobfree Thanks for the regurgitation of conservative talking points there, Eztobfree.

[ProudtobePagan]

@eztobfree Did you miss the beginning of this video? The Alaskan pipeline is over land. The oil companies don't give a shit there ether. All that want is profit and less cost. But thanks for your mindless rebuttal.

[ProfMTH]

@ProudtobePagan Indeed.

[DebtJunkie]

If oil companies are so profitable why are their share prices not sky high? BP & Shell have gone nowhere for over 12 years. Take a look at their charts.

They are drilling so deep becasue we are getting closer to peak oil. America will be financially hammered as crude rises higher. Emerging markets and Europe will not be hit so hard due to their more intense focus on energy conservation and usage levels.

America is in big trouble, you need the Gulf to help power your gas hungry cars.

[23Intuition32]

On April 12th 2010 Oil Giant Hallibuton buys all outstanding Stock of the America's largest Oil Clean Up Company; Boots & Coots. On April 19th Halliburton visits an Oil Rig 50 miles off the Louisiana to pump cement down the already existing Wells. Now 20 hours later following his visit an explosion rocks the Sea.

[l337pwnage]

ZOMG!!! OH NOES!!!!

[Wambligleshga]

@eztobfree ...while the rapacious right corporatocratic regime continues to delude us believing that fossil fuels are THE ONLY FUELS in order to continue sucking the planet dry of its natural resources to turn a stinking profit because of the EVER CONSTANT illusion that man cannot survive without this ancient invention of capitalist money being the LIFEBLOOD of a true civilization. There CAN be a 'happy medium'. Just gotta step outside the paradigm. Take your blinders off "easy-to-be-free".

[neoaeonian]

You have good videos, but the idea here is that accidents happened decades ago, and they still happen. Read the car wrecks. Read the bank failures.

Accidents continue to happen. People continue to make risk/cost tradeoffs that increase danger. 100% safety is extremely difficult, and costly (5 MPH speedlimits, for instance) so people make tradeoffs. It's reality. It's messy, but perfection doesn't exist.

[lampoonatic]

Are you stupid? I don't know. I didn't call you stupid. I said your comment sounded stupid. You made a blanket generalization about "the wealthy' and prison for life. I made no argument against the development of alternative energy. My point is if you are using petroleum, you(along with everyone else, including myself) are complicit in whatever crime you are alledging. My comment was not meant as an insult, I'm sorry if you took it that way. As far as television goes, I don't watch it

[ytillaer1]

@lampoonatic What are you babbling about, synthetic oil has been around for 40yrs and is better than regular oil but not allowed to compete. A plane flew 24hrs on solar power and theres hydrogen cars, magnetic drive, photo cell etc. you are obviously ignorant of anything that requires reading or watching anything more intellectual (look it up) than BP adds or the Simsons.

If I'm STUPID im surprised you can turn on your PC (personal computer).

[lampoonatic]

@ytillaer1 do you drive a car? Do you put petroleum products in it? Now shut up and quit sounding stupid.

[ytillaer1]

That leak looked the same colour as corexit mixed with oil.........wouldnt surprise me if the releif well is pumping it in so the oil doesnt reach the surface. First good hurricane and the proof will be spread accross the southern states.

[ytillaer1]

40 yrs ago and they made the same mistake again......only worse. Shows what the the wealthy care about the little people. NO excuse. Prison for LIFE.

[thegorilla69]

slaves to big oil

[ACJuggernaut]

@ProfMTH I guess it doesn't matter to you that he's right?