tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5213291.post8411327631937259185..comments2023-06-28T09:59:42.375-05:00Comments on The Clue Batting Cage: On the Oil Leakphilmonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10385793223534322848noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5213291.post-45024622330930992392010-06-23T22:59:57.594-05:002010-06-23T22:59:57.594-05:00It frustrates the hell out of me, that there are s...It frustrates the hell out of me, that there are so many people who still fail to understand that <b>oil is the lifeblood of the US economy.</b> Period, finito, end of story. <br /><br />All of the alternatives put together wouldn't make a dent in our energy needs. <br /><br />If more people understood this, there wouldn't be so much hand-wringing about oil spills. People would understand that periodic spills are simply, like you said, a cost of doing business. A tragedy which can be minimized but never eliminated altogether. <br /><br />For that matter, we wouldn't be hearing any of this "No Blood for Oil" crap when the US goes to war in the Mideast. People would understand that oil is something worth fighting for, especially when our own reserves of the stuff have been put off-limits.Cylarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5213291.post-39872823718909805032010-06-03T10:11:37.179-05:002010-06-03T10:11:37.179-05:00I saw one guy suggest that a relief well be a stan...I saw one guy suggest that a relief well be a standard precaution on these things so there's already a well in place if the primary breaks. I have no idea how expensive this would be. But I'm thinking over the life of the well, this should at least be considered.<br /><br />In the mean time, we need (and by that I mean the oil companies) to be thinking about other faster mitigation methods for future mishaps.<br /><br />(yeah, I know, "mishap" hardly seems to cover this ... but that's only because we weren't ready for something like this)philmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10385793223534322848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5213291.post-52796233700352935152010-06-03T10:03:40.133-05:002010-06-03T10:03:40.133-05:00Yes all thing new had to have trail and error peri...Yes all thing new had to have trail and error period.The first oil rigs mad quit a mess. This oil spill is a welcome opportunity to "prey upon a crisis" and would allow the government to demonize off shore drilling.<br />It is not even mentioned that the amount of oil discovered could change the balance of oil power. that can not happen. This disaster plays into the anti drilling camps hands and had to have far reaching ecological impact.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5213291.post-81260527883601235252010-05-28T15:55:43.695-05:002010-05-28T15:55:43.695-05:00Oh yes. It would not shock me at all to find that...Oh yes. It would not shock me at all to find that this crisis was "allowed" to develop from a relatively small one that quickly slips from peoples' memories to a relatively large one that people will talk about for years -- for just that purpose.<br /><br />It may not be true. I don't want it to be true. I hope it's not true. But these people (and by that I mean the progressives currently in charge) have shown themselves to be quite calculating and I would not put it past them.<br /><br />38 or 39 days before we started pumping crud down it to try to clog it up. Seems like we could have tried something earlier. That's a whole lotta freakin' oil.philmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10385793223534322848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5213291.post-12528614945189623442010-05-28T15:47:50.024-05:002010-05-28T15:47:50.024-05:00It would be very interesting to read BP's engi...It would be very interesting to read BP's engineer's notes on "worst case senarios" for deep water drilling. Can't imagine this has not been discussed before at a planning meeting somewhere. Mexico had this happen in the 70's and the slick hit the coast of Texas. It's not like it hasn't happened before. Anyway, it is profoundly disappointing that they did not have or did not employ the "fix" for this senario and rob the government of another opportunity to prey upon a crisis.Whitehawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13655992902329694045noreply@blogger.com