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When the public finds out, how will they truly react?
Posted on 6/4/10 at 11:18 am
Posted on 6/4/10 at 11:18 am
I have a friend who captain's large tankers for an oil company.
He told me that BP bribed the minerals folk to not have to accommodate all of the safety regs, including not dropping 500K on an Acoustic blow out preventor control system...standard for deep wells.
He also told me that the US government was denying permits to skim the water surface OUT AT SEA. There have been tankers and skimmers ready since day one. They want to skim the oil while it is out at sea. It is not a perfect system, but it is something. A gallon taken up at sea is a gallon not in the marsh.
Another friend who works for Shell commented that the government was taking steps to further the problem.
He told me that BP bribed the minerals folk to not have to accommodate all of the safety regs, including not dropping 500K on an Acoustic blow out preventor control system...standard for deep wells.
He also told me that the US government was denying permits to skim the water surface OUT AT SEA. There have been tankers and skimmers ready since day one. They want to skim the oil while it is out at sea. It is not a perfect system, but it is something. A gallon taken up at sea is a gallon not in the marsh.
Another friend who works for Shell commented that the government was taking steps to further the problem.
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Posted on 6/4/10 at 11:21 am to JuniperSprouts
You need less dumb friends. 
Posted on 6/4/10 at 11:22 am to JuniperSprouts
I wish I could say that shocks me and that could not be true, BUT with this group, anything is possible. Eco nuts might be using this to try and stop drilling in the gulf for good.
Posted on 6/4/10 at 11:23 am to JuniperSprouts
REVOLUTION!!!
Somebody call Che.
Somebody call Che.
Posted on 6/4/10 at 11:25 am to JuniperSprouts
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Another friend who works for Shell commented that the government was taking steps to further the problem.
That is usually the case with any and all government action.
Posted on 6/4/10 at 11:26 am to JuniperSprouts
You and your friend are morons.
Posted on 6/4/10 at 11:28 am to Sid in Lakeshore
Well my friend works at a cupcake shop and he says it is all true. 
Posted on 6/4/10 at 11:28 am to JuniperSprouts
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including not dropping 500K on an Acoustic blow out preventor control system...standard for deep wells.
You have not been paying attention to anything that is going on...have you?
Posted on 6/4/10 at 11:34 am to Sid in Lakeshore
But some guy wrote an article in the Wall Street journal about this Sid. Every other country in the world requires the use of super special BOP's, but the U.S. doesn't require them because they cost $175 more. It's true dammit, I read it my ownself.
Posted on 6/4/10 at 12:09 pm to Sid in Lakeshore
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You and your friend are morons.
Link?
Statements like that lower the quality of this board, and show an inability to generate an effective argument or to research and analyze data.
Shooting the messenger does not invalidate his message.
Please explain your hostility and your unwillingness to expound and share a little of your 'non-moronic' wisdom with those of us who aren't party to your perfect state of enlightenment.
If you can't refute a guy's argument with facts rather than insults, then perhaps you should just pipe down and let the adults discuss the issue.
This post was edited on 6/4/10 at 12:14 pm
Posted on 6/4/10 at 12:13 pm to WNCTiger
quote:First off oil companies don't own tankers. They are owned by independent carriers these days. Anything after that loses mucho credibility.
If you can't refute a guy's argument with facts rather than insults, then perhaps you should just pipe down and let the adults do the communicating.
This post was edited on 6/4/10 at 12:25 pm
Posted on 6/4/10 at 12:15 pm to WNCTiger
There are alot of guys who work in the industry who have provided great information on there since this whole thing started.
Yeah, I guess someone should have broken down the post and responded to the information, but it got old around three weeks ago with people that had "friends" that knew things, that somehow nobody else knew about.
Yeah, I guess someone should have broken down the post and responded to the information, but it got old around three weeks ago with people that had "friends" that knew things, that somehow nobody else knew about.
Posted on 6/4/10 at 12:16 pm to Taxing Authority
So you're defending that vapid and nonsensical waste of bandwidth?
Props to you for pointing out a FACT.
That's what I'm talking about.
Props to you for pointing out a FACT.
That's what I'm talking about.
Posted on 6/4/10 at 12:17 pm to WNCTiger
Carry on with the debate. I shouldn't have even posted in this thread.
Posted on 6/4/10 at 12:27 pm to JuniperSprouts
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I have a friend who captain's large tankers for an oil company
SOunds like you believe a lot of shite from unreputable people.
Posted on 6/4/10 at 12:30 pm to JuniperSprouts
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the government was taking steps to further the problem.
Don't be silly. The government loves you and would never and has never done anything that didn't have your best interests at heart.
Katrina should have proven this to you.
ETA: As to your original question ....
quote:
When the public finds out, how will they truly react?
They'll react by getting another beer and sitting their fat, stupid, lazy arse on the couch to watch the next episode of Dancing With The Stars.
That's how they'll react.
This post was edited on 6/4/10 at 12:33 pm
Posted on 6/4/10 at 1:02 pm to TX Tiger
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the government was taking steps to further the problem.
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the governments problem is primarly incomptence! They are organized well enough to do much else.
the government was taking steps to further the problem.
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the governments problem is primarly incomptence! They are organized well enough to do much else.
Posted on 6/4/10 at 1:37 pm to Oyster
Who piped communications capabilities into your friends dungeon?
Posted on 6/4/10 at 1:42 pm to JuniperSprouts
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not dropping 500K on an Acoustic blow out preventor control system...standard for deep wells.
Acoustic BOP's are unreliable and not standard.
Posted on 6/4/10 at 1:45 pm to Cosmo
Plus there's the whole fact that the rig gets, $500k per day rate and $500k would be the equivalent of us not buying a bag of cashews because we din't have 60 cents.
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