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- inactive, on 02/21/2009, -15/+32Fossil fuels, what a concept. Drill baby drill.
Do I need a sarcasm tag? - inactive, on 02/22/2009, -7/+20one more reason to replace fossil fuels with something clean and renewable
The Government should give people interest free loans to to get solar panels on there roofs. The min payment to repay the loan should be the same price they currently pay for there current electric bill. Think about how much less oil American would use if ever roof has solar panels on it.
if you think this is a good idea then write your senators. You can find your senators contact information here http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/ ... - theghoul, on 02/22/2009, -3/+16I wonder if she can see it from her house?
- fauxbro, on 02/22/2009, -1/+11I work in the oil industry up here and Alaska and this spill occured on the gravel pad, and didn't spill onto the tundra.....rest assured no animals were harmed in this event.
- mcquitty, on 02/22/2009, -0/+10If that's the case, let me explain what fauxbro is talking about.
When they built the pump stations and main buildings along the pipeline, they dug out the ground. The lined the ground with thick rubber then filled it back in. When a spill occurs, they can remove the gravel, collect the oil, the replace the gravel. No to minimal environmental impact.
Hell, every pipe joint on anything that contains oil must have a catch pan. No oil typically hits the ground. - twiztidsinz, on 02/22/2009, -2/+10DRILL, BABY! DRILL!
- x1300, on 02/22/2009, -3/+11In other news, Sarah Palin and her husband Todd accidentally shot a hole in a BP pipeline while moose hunting.
- cordtripper, on 02/22/2009, -5/+13What is going on with Digg and this conservative takeover lately.
- VirtualCtor, on 02/22/2009, -2/+7Oil spills are not cleaned up by wiping with paper towels.
Facts and links to more detailed websites here: http://ask.yahoo.com/20021218.html - gtluke, on 02/22/2009, -3/+8you should invent that something
- diggduggjoe, on 02/22/2009, -0/+5The future will be fine, rushing it may not be the best solution. Does anyone here on Digg think corn based ethanol is a solution? It is a federal program and will need a ***** wooden stake to put to death! The feds pick the winners and losers based on the good ol' boy network and pay to play. Let the markets decide and we will see dramatic innovation. The biggest thing we need to put solar, wind and other alternative energy sources into the lives of every American is low prices. Only the free market provides that.
If, you look at education, you can see what government involvement creates, costs that makes inflation look tame. Why? The IT revolution cut costs in every industry imaginable, yet education costs skyrocket. It seems crazy that the industry of information transfer cannot lower costs with information technology.
The result is not surprising when you understand that when you sprinkle money around the consumers stop checking the prices. That drives up prices. The simple fact that the average Joe is not a millionaire is the source of innovation that created the middle class. Henry Ford did not accept selling 2 cars to Detroit's elite. He chose to make an affordable care for everyone.
Getting back to energy, tax credits or subsidies will not lower prices. They will lock in the high profitable prices for the elite. When companies must compete for the common man's dollar, they know only value will win the day. That forces innovation to create better and cheaper technology. - copypastry, on 02/22/2009, -0/+5From a helicopter.
- mcquitty, on 02/22/2009, -0/+4The regulations around the pipeline are extremely strict. You are not even allowed to put your vehicle in reverse around the pipeline. There are turn around areas.
Hunting is also illegal around the pipeline. - SilverBlade2k, on 02/22/2009, -3/+7They'll use this as an excuse to increase the price of oil..
- VirtualCtor, on 02/22/2009, -1/+4But that's what makes them fun to eat with chips.
Will somebody PLEASE think of the CHIPS! - inactive, on 02/22/2009, -5/+8They must have mentioned Digg on Fox News, or Rush Limbaugh or something
- maz2331, on 02/22/2009, -0/+3I'd bet it sounded more like:
"Someone spilled oil? Okay - was it contained? If not, why not - we have state regs here that we will enforce! My next moose burger will not be contaminated with oil, you betcha!
What - it got OUT! Find that CEO and hang his ass where I can see it from my house!"
All partisan stuff aside, AK does have a regulatory body that will smack the hell out of a company that violates the rules laid down regarding oil and pollution. - AaronS2000, on 02/22/2009, -1/+4Quick Image to see the location of the spill:
http://media.adn.com/smedia/2009/02/19/18/259-20Pr ... - zunipus, on 02/22/2009, -2/+5This doesn't look to be a bad spill. But wicked nasty, environment destroying spills happen. That's just what humans do. We aren't perfect. We leave messes in our wake every hour all over the planet. It's happened before and it will happen again. We know the drill. (Drill! Get it!)
Here is a story about wicked nasty spills, thanks to BP incompetence, up in the same area from 2006:
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/697218.html
"In March 2006 it discovered the largest spill ever at North Slope fields, some 201,000 gallons, due to a corroded pipeline.
"Five months later another spill from a similar pipe caused the temporary closure of half of Prudhoe. In late 2007 BP pleaded guilty to a federal misdemeanor and paid $20 million in criminal penalties in the spills, which prosecutors said were the result of the company's knowing neglect of corroding pipelines.
"BP runs Prudhoe on behalf of itself, Exxon Mobil, Conoco Phillips and Chevron." - fauxbro, on 02/22/2009, -0/+3actually no tundra was dug up....the gravel sits on tundra.
- PhantomPhoenix, on 02/22/2009, -1/+4I hate 'BP' (or as they used to be called, British Petroleum).
They and their greed are the cause of most of the problems* with Iran, which in turn are causing most of the problems in Central Asia and the Middle East.
*When, in the early 1950s, Iran democratically elected a (non-Islamic-extremist) man who pledged to nationalize Iran's oil (and allow it's wealth to come to the people rather than to businessmen in London) the angry oil executives at Anglo-Iranian Oil (later British Petroleum) pressured the British Government (which, of course, held a stake in A-I Oil) to do something. That something was to get with its ally, the United States, and overthrow a democratically elected government in a coup d'etat, installing a dictator in its place. This was known as Operation Ajax. - layhooo, on 02/23/2009, -0/+2yup, as long as we keep on consuming, everything will be great! BUY BUY BUY!
- smoger, on 02/23/2009, -0/+2Dear America,
We spilled some oil. Sorry about that. Don't worry about the welfare of our company though, because you're still going to pay for it, anyway. We're just gonna tack it's value onto the rest of the oil we have left.
We do get to set our own prices, after all.
Good Day,
Your pals at BP! - inactive, on 02/23/2009, -0/+1You forgot your sarcasm tag
- uRmyHartBstopR, on 02/23/2009, -0/+1wtf... are you on crack?
- inactive, on 02/23/2009, -0/+1No, just some originality.
- diggduggjoe, on 02/22/2009, -0/+1As you can read from my posts, I am pro value priced energy. Oil or solar is fine with me.
Regarding the above post, @akchrs - WTF?! - pumanegra2012, on 02/23/2009, -0/+1These things should not happen
- mcquitty, on 02/22/2009, -1/+2Well, much to the environmentalists chagrin, when the pipeline was proposed, the environmentalists were against it. They said it would kill off the local caribou population.
Turns out, the warmth from the pipeline and the lack of hunting allowed around it has provided a very nice population boom for caribou.
So, yes, they thought of the animals. - layhooo, on 02/23/2009, -0/+1dugg for historical accuracy and relevance
- DirtyBinLV, on 02/22/2009, -3/+4
Do you seriously think that wiping off the tops of the rocks on shore with paper towels will repair that ecosystem? That's how they clean up oil spills.
I hope you're just being a troll, but you're getting diggs. - mcquitty, on 02/22/2009, -0/+1Well, after Exxon Valdez, they found that the best way to deal with oil slicks is to wrap a boom around what they can. The rest is easily broken down by the wave action.
Shores, you try to get the big stuff. The wave action breaks down the rest. - reiner15, on 02/22/2009, -3/+4*extreme tinfoil hat*
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29288774/
coincidence? - freezerburn666, on 02/23/2009, -0/+1a prude hoe? didn't know they existed.
- Auscifer, on 02/22/2009, -1/+2Um... don't some states do this? Like pay for 50% of the cost of solar panels?
- secrity, on 02/24/2009, -0/+1Batteries are very expensive and require regular maintenance and replacement.
- Greenergrass, on 02/23/2009, -0/+1This place is the largest oil field of US, hope the place will be safe. Leaks stopped but I don't like this world 'unknown amount'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prudhoe_Bay_oil_field - oddvids, on 08/31/2009, -0/+1He never said that the oil spill was a good thing. He just pointed out that oil spills are in some ways beneficial over time.
- inactive, on 02/23/2009, -0/+1Don't worry BP - throw Sarah a few bucks and she'll sweep it under the carpet.
- fauxbro, on 02/22/2009, -0/+1none...In fact just last week there were about 50 state auditors up at prudoe bay....in addition to reporting every incident to local agencies state officials also make unscheduled audits of the oil facilities
- fauxbro, on 02/22/2009, -0/+1there are no moose up at prudoe bay...there is caribou though
- inactive, on 02/24/2009, -0/+1The towels are absorbent and wick up the excess oil. They don't get rid of everything, but they serve to cut down on the amount that needs to be tackled in the next step.
Anyone that's run a machine tool can tell you how effective the towels are. - uRmyHartBstopR, on 02/23/2009, -0/+1Anyway... Chickens of the sea will have a slight taste of petro and a dash of mercury. Please eat in moderation.
- inactive, on 02/24/2009, -0/+1Beans
- inactive, on 02/24/2009, -0/+1diggduggjoe: I'd agree, but this isn't a perfect world. A society can not turn it's back on those less fortunate. We aren't Eskimos, we put the elderly on ice floes and let them drift off to die.
Social programs and even government subsidies for businesses have their place. the problem is that they've become perverted, a means to curry favor for re-election. - budboomer, on 02/22/2009, -1/+1That's a great idea until it gets cloudy
- inactive, on 02/22/2009, -4/+4In other words ask for the financially successful to be taxed to cough up the cash.
Don't ask middle-America to cut out their dependency on cigarettes, beer, junk food, and cable TV to save the planet. - KayinNasaki, on 02/22/2009, -3/+3As opposed to a bunch of idiot, rabid, misinformed left-wing tools who believe and worship everything posted on digg and freak out and every single thing that gets posted?
Seriously now, it's not like digg has ever been known for unbiased, well thought out, informed opinions. Unwavering partisanship is retarded no matter which side is doing it. - kiffen0d, on 02/22/2009, -0/+0I see Joe Hazelwood is back in action ...
- diggduggjoe, on 02/22/2009, -1/+1Digg is extremely liberal. It is still experiencing an Obamagasm. I understand that after GW Bush, a real tool BTW, that you wish to embrace Obama with great optimism. However, handouts do not work, including corporate welfare.
I want less government everywhere, no social welfare, no corporate welfare, no state supported communication monopolies and no erosion of our civil liberties. Period.
The needs of people will be filled by themselves spontaneously like it was done in the past. We have turned into crybabies seeking nourishment from the government teat. The end result will be a Soviet style collapse.
It isn't a matter of if, but when will it happen. "Chick, Chick, Chick" is heard as countless sheets of money exit the presses. It just cannot work. -
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