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So you support greater regulation and oversight of offshore oil? Libby Send a noteboard - 03/06/2010 09:30:25 AM
At least BP is going to have real consequences over this and I suspect they and many other oil companies are going to "clean up their acts" all on their own now.


I wouldn't be so sure about that. Letting oil companies regulate themselves didn't exactly work out for us in this case. These companies didn't "clean up their acts" after Exxon Valdez, and I doubt they'd do it after BP's disaster.
This message last edited by Libby on 03/06/2010 at 09:31:46 AM
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Assuming the government is right, and 210,000 gallons of oil go into the Gulf each day... Tom - 03/06/2010 01:47:55 AM 720 Views
The estimates are always going to be rounded figures. LiterateDog - 03/06/2010 02:23:35 AM 490 Views
True enough about activists, but the alternative energy folks have pretty good evidence now. Ghavrel - 03/06/2010 02:30:55 AM 557 Views
Alternative energy is a pipe dream for now, though. LiterateDog - 03/06/2010 02:40:41 AM 581 Views
So you support greater regulation and oversight of offshore oil? Libby - 03/06/2010 09:30:25 AM 521 Views
No. I support the basic safety regulations that are already in place. LiterateDog - 03/06/2010 09:55:42 AM 508 Views
The current basic regulations are not enough, that's the point Libby - 03/06/2010 10:15:19 AM 550 Views
BP says it's already spent $990 million. The question is how many billions it will end up being. *NM* Ghavrel - 03/06/2010 02:25:41 AM 209 Views
Well BP better be spending money cleaning up the gulf. Roland00 - 03/06/2010 03:03:10 AM 472 Views
That's a lot of oil. *NM* LordPerrin - 03/06/2010 03:58:18 AM 227 Views
The fact is, no one knows how much oil has been leaking. Libby - 03/06/2010 09:48:25 AM 490 Views
Straw man alert! LiterateDog - 03/06/2010 09:57:59 AM 538 Views
Of course, unfettered private sector ‎can do no wrong. right? Libby - 03/06/2010 10:27:19 AM 536 Views
fixed for you scalius - 03/06/2010 04:32:37 PM 513 Views
Actually...let me fix that again Libby - 03/06/2010 07:07:36 PM 517 Views
I prefer the more conservative number to media hyperbole. Tom - 03/06/2010 05:52:07 PM 563 Views
Well, considering the original conservative number has been proven drastically wrong. Libby - 03/06/2010 07:28:27 PM 500 Views
70,000 barrels a day is obviously hyperbole. Tom - 03/06/2010 08:45:03 PM 507 Views
But you'd agree that half-million to a million gallons is a pretty reasonable estimate? Libby - 03/06/2010 10:34:58 PM 568 Views
I think it's probably under 20,000 but could be as much as 30,000. 70,000 is way too high. Tom - 04/06/2010 12:48:03 AM 425 Views
See, just because we are european doesn't mean we're incapable of understanding... jh - 03/06/2010 09:53:25 AM 479 Views
Acutally... Camilla - 03/06/2010 10:51:52 AM 562 Views
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