Our planet is being destroyed, does anybody care?

You think that from the fact that there was one accident which caused an oil spill, that drilling is dangerous enough to justify closing down all oil drilling in the entire Gulf?

So that if there is a bad auto accident in Mississippi, no driving should be allowed in Mississippi? And why then only in the Gulf. Unless there is something special about drilling in the Gulf, why not in the whole United States?

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You think that from the fact that there was one accident which caused an oil spill, that drilling is dangerous enough to justify closing down all oil drilling in the entire Gulf?

This happens all the time in real life.

All planes were grounded on 9/11 and for 3 days after.

All planes in Europe were grounded because of volcanic ash just because of an incident with a plane crashing after flying through an ash cloud.
http://www.necn.com/04/16/10/Volcanic-ash-keeps-planes-grounded/landing.html?blockID=217944&feedID=4215

Product are recalled regularly because of a few incidents
http://moms.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978325948

The reasoning is usually that it is best to err on the side of safety when the outcomes are unknown. We don't know exactly why the incident occurred in the gulf so why not make sure it doesn't happen again before we let it continue.

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So that if there is a bad auto accident in Mississippi, no driving should be allowed in Mississippi? And why then only in the Gulf. Unless there is something special about drilling in the Gulf, why not in the whole United States?

Yes, there is something special about drilling in the Gulf compared to North Dakota. I think even you can figure out some differences there kennethamy.

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I dunno Ken, stopping drilling is not a bad idea, we should be looking for greener resources anyway. Sorry couldn't resist.

No idea what you mean, or what your point is. Stopping drilling means the loss of at least 40,000 jobs, together with all the collateral effects on the regional economy. You might be less complacent if it were your job, or if you worked in a shop that depended on oil-drill workers to buy things, and you lost your job because of the stoppage which you knew was just political panic. Slime is green too.

You think that from the fact that there was one accident which caused an oil spill, that drilling is dangerous enough to justify closing down all oil drilling in the entire Gulf?

In any case, how would seeing how the oil spill affected people have anything to do with assessing whether it was dangerous to continue drilling? Nothing at all, is the answer. More sentimental rubbish.

And we knew that an explosion was the cause of what happened in the Gulf, and (as I pointed out) there was no reason to think that an explosion would occur on the other rigs.

And that shows it is a religious controversy between the Global Warming believers (on the side of Good) and the Deniers (on the side of Evil, and certainly against polar bears).

I would suggest that you go spend some time in the regions which are going to be hard-hit by this spill and then come back and tell us that it's no big deal...

No idea what you mean, or what your point is.

drilling means the loss of at least 40,000 jobs, together with all the collateral effects on the regional economy.

You might be less complacent if it were your job,

Slime is green too.

. It was one BIG accident that killed a lot of wildlife.

Why not go in better prepared which would prevent this disaster from happening in the first place.

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. It was one BIG accident that killed a lot of wildlife.

How much wildlife is killed digging the foundations to a house or ploughing a field. You're in danger, Caroline, of empathising with just the wildlife you see presented pathetically on BP hunting media. It wouldn't surprise me if it turned out that a few birds had been doused in crude to get the pictures.

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Why not go in better prepared which would prevent this disaster from happening in the first place.

How "better prepared" and presumably applied to every drilling rig in the world of which there are thousands. There are 2,000 in the Gulf of Mexico alone.

hardly the same scale as ploughing a field is it, what is your point exactly?

Like I said, don't cut costs.

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Like I said, don't cut costs.

Are you kidding? It's whinge and whine in the USA when gas goes up a few cents. Look at the signs outside every gas station. Here as well.

Your casual disregard of this, in the name of keeping the oil flowing, doesn't reflect well upon you.

Is it your position that we should keep doing extremely dangerous things, for which there is no way to stop accidents when they happen, just so that we don't lose jobs?

That millions of fields are ploughed every year to bring your food. Millions--every year. Not once in a blue moon.

One of your supporters on this thread goes out and shoots wildlife and has cleaned seafood, as he called it, out of the bow thrusters of his boat after a jaunt on the ocean. Dollops of crushed little, delicate creatures.