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Massive new oil slick spotted in the Gulf of Mexico

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I figured this was breaking news, as they are surely talking about it around here, but since it wasn't proceeded by a big explosion, it's not really making much news.

Right now they aren't sure where it's coming from. This is literally miles from where I'm typing this right now.

Massive new oil slick spotted in Gulf of Mexico - Yahoo! News

Edit: A texas based company has claimed responsibility for the leak while capping a well. The well is now capped and the source of the leak has been closed.
 
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This is a pisser. Not because of environmental Damage but because it will give Obama another excuse to keep from drilling oil wells when we need it the most.
 
This is great, Japan gave the environazis and excuse to end all nuke power, and this will give them and excuse to say we should shut down oil drilling. We'll be living in caves in no time. Start getting your canned good together. :lol:
 
A troglodyte race would be fun, some have a head start on us librulz.
 
American said:
This is great, Japan gave the environazis and excuse to end all nuke power, and this will give them and excuse to say we should shut down oil drilling. We'll be living in caves in no time. Start getting your canned good together. :lol:
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What about environmentalist types who are still wholly in support of vastly increasing our nuclear power generation?
 
Deuce said:
What about environmentalist types who are still wholly in support of vastly increasing our nuclear power generation?
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Count me in.
 
Since when was environmentalist a bad thing? You would think that since that is the one thing we ALL need to live, it would be a top priority.
 
Deuce said:
What about environmentalist types who are still wholly in support of vastly increasing our nuclear power generation?
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What about all those oilfield jobs? Or, do you take Bill Maher's stance on the issue and say, "**** your jobs"?

I haven't seen too many nuke powered cars on the market, lately.
 
Your Star said:
Since when was environmentalist a bad thing? You would think that since that is the one thing we ALL need to live, it would be a top priority.
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Oil is a part of the environment and we need it to stay alive.

On a side note, has anyone heard about the 80,000 barrel floating storage tank that Obama approved for Petrobraz? Now, there is a **** up waiting to happen.
 
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apdst said:
What about all those oilfield jobs? Or, do you take Bill Maher's stance on the issue and say, "**** your jobs"?

I haven't seen too many nuke powered cars on the market, lately.
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No, but there are certainly electric cars that you can plug into your home and recharge using energy potentially being generated from a nuclear power plant.
 
StillBallin75 said:
No, but there are certainly electric cars that you can plug into your home and recharge using energy potentially being generated from a nuclear power plant.
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How much more electricity will that cause consumers to have to buy?
 
StillBallin75 said:
I'm not sure, but everything is a tradeoff.
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I see, you get your agenda and everyone else gets the bill, to make you happy. Awesome trade!! :rofl


It's no secret that oil won't last forever.
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That's why we should make the best of it while we can, strengthen our economy from the revenues the industry produces and use that time to develop a practicle replacement. Let's face it, it's going to cost a ****load of money to develop a new energy source and build the infrastructure to support it. Whether the government pays for it, or the private sector pays for it, the money has to come from somewhere. Killing private sector businesses and jobs is a step in the wrong direction.
 
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This is a pisser. Not because of environmental Damage but because it will give Obama another excuse to keep from drilling oil wells when we need it the most.
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Imagine that...limiting the use of environmentally hazardous technology because it is environmentally hazardous. We should probably build a Mark 1 nuclear reactor right next to your house since what we need most is the affordable energy.
 
I see, you get your agenda and everyone else gets the bill, to make you happy. Awesome trade!!
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If you want to pay for 7 dollars/gallon gas in the future be my guest.


I was talking about nuclear power. Nowhere did I say anything about killing private sector jobs.
 
CriticalThought said:
Imagine that...limiting the use of environmentally hazardous technology because it is environmentally hazardous. We should probably build a Mark 1 nuclear reactor right next to your house since what we need most is the affordable energy.
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You are aware that crude oil is organic and bio-degradable. Yes?
 
StillBallin75 said:
If you want to pay for 7 dollars/gallon gas in the future be my guest.
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If the government would stop trying to fix every goddamn thing, we wouldn't be paying so much and if we were, we could at least afford to do so.



I was talking about nuclear power. Nowhere did I say anything about killing private sector jobs.
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You shut down the oil and gas industry and you're killing some of the best paying private sector jobs in the country, not to mention the tax revenue that is generated by those jobs.

Name another industry where a high-school drop out can go to work at 18, making 50 grand a year.

What does a law school grad make in his first year post bar exam?
 
apdst said:
You are aware that crude oil is organic and bio-degradable. Yes?
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You are aware the nuclear radiation will dissapate. Yes?

Of course, the damage it causes to your health when you consume food that has been contaminated by nuclear radiation or spilled oil does not dissapate or bio degrade.

It's easy to talk about it when it isn't your back yard, but I gurantee you aren't jumping at the chance to have a Mark I nuclear reactor built down the street from your house just because you electric bill would go down.
 
If the government would stop trying to fix every goddamn thing, we wouldn't be paying so much and if we were, we could at least afford to do so.
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Conjecture, not fact.


Where the **** are you getting that I want to shut down the oil and gas industry?
 
apdst said:
What about all those oilfield jobs? Or, do you take Bill Maher's stance on the issue and say, "**** your jobs"?

I haven't seen too many nuke powered cars on the market, lately.
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How are the whaler jobs doing these days?

apdst said:
If half the bull**** were true, we would all be dead by now.
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Oh please explain how you came to this conclusion.
 
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