tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018230518319999846.post7046101571284933516..comments2024-03-27T10:57:28.203-04:00Comments on The Strategic Sourceror: Offshore Drilling – A Slick Idea?Strategic Sourcerorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01028298940153171661noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018230518319999846.post-57487249044770503672010-04-30T09:59:09.493-04:002010-04-30T09:59:09.493-04:00Unfortunately, many American's have the "...Unfortunately, many American's have the "not on our land" mentatlity. When spills/disasters like this happen in other countries (that we exploit oil from), people rarely hear about it in the news, and really don't care, because it is not geographically close to home.<br /><br />The answer would involve moving forward with further drilling, but having tighter regulations surrounding the fail-safe equipment that is supposed to be installed and tested regularly on the rigs. The president can them create more jobs in compliance testing of these rigs. New laws could also put the cost back on the oil companies, make them pay for our tests. Unfortunately, none of this will ever happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018230518319999846.post-54769846787727599282010-04-30T09:52:25.696-04:002010-04-30T09:52:25.696-04:00BP's disaster came ashore today at Port Eads. ...BP's disaster came ashore today at Port Eads. It will completely envelop the Chandler Islands by tomorrow. The people to fix it are costing BP 6 million. How much are they paying for screwing up our coastline? our environment? our fish? our birds? Maybe if a blowout preventer was this important there should have been 5 of them. ~ a NOLA residentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com