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Oil Spill Update

May 02, 2010 22:13

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taiki May 3 2010, 05:20:30 UTC

there isn't a facepalm image that could summarize how I'm feeling right now.

Unless someone was/is sacrilegious enough to photoshop Kali or Shiva with all four arms and hands facepalming.

Man made disaster smells like man made disaster leprofessional May 3 2010, 05:46:09 UTC

Who needs volcano monitoring? Who needs oil industry monitoring?

Re: Man made disaster smells like man made disaster leprofessional May 3 2010, 05:51:00 UTC

I should add I am of the "there is no such thing as an accident" + "somebody fucked something up" + "let heads role" judicial discipline.

I guess it's a good thing I'm not the president?

Re: Man made disaster smells like man made disaster ladyofshalott06 May 3 2010, 06:40:13 UTC

..............

Seriously??

Re: Man made disaster smells like man made disaster yunghustlaz May 3 2010, 06:44:55 UTC

Republican's environmental/disaster managing policy as told through car analogy: Cancel the insurance, cut the brakes, get on the highway.

whatisurdamage May 3 2010, 06:15:04 UTC

This whole thing seems really surreal to me. I can't even fathom how huge of a disaster this is. I am trying to read about it to learn more, but I just feel so far removed I am kind of overwhelmed with all of the information. I hope things turn for the better and they get control of it and are able to clean it up. I can't imagine how much worse this could get before it gets better :(

tiddlywinks103 May 3 2010, 06:21:53 UTC

This. I'm kind of numb because this is such a fuck up.

anastasia_k May 3 2010, 15:02:52 UTC

This.

yunghustlaz May 3 2010, 06:43:30 UTC

The positive perspective -- this could be oil's Three-Mile Island. Significant failure of an energy form that lowers confidence in it for the American people.

Plus, we have the bonus of it actually happening in America, unlike other ignored industrial disasters such as Bhopal (19,000 dead? Psh, it's in India)

bluescreenmofo May 3 2010, 06:56:52 UTC

I'm really hoping that's the case, but honestly, this shit happened in Alaska and the oil dependence just got worse. I doubt America will ever lose confidence in oil, not until it kills a hundred people or something dramatic and directed at humanity.

this could be oil's Three-Mile Island. evildevil May 3 2010, 06:58:18 UTC

I just hope we dont end up paying a too high price, the effects on the coast would be a great disaster for many generations... (economically, environmentally, etc)

67 May 3 2010, 07:32:19 UTC

God, it blows my mind that oil spills still happen SO OFTEN. EVERYONE loses. There's MASSIVE damage to the environment, millions of animals die, billions of dollars spent on clean-up, and loss of profit for states with a beach as well as the oil company itself - how the fuck isn't there a better system? Why do people still blindly trust oil?? IS ANYONE PAYING ATTENTION TO ANYTHING??

I need to calm down >:|

ms_maree May 3 2010, 08:15:47 UTC

Fossil fuels suck. And I say that as a person who grew up in a coal mining town.