As to Carl’s points, all of this stuff is predictable, which is why I oppose the existing systems. What really bugs me is the people who assume it is because I’m some kind of DFH, when in fact I opposed them on purely utilitarian grounds – after decades of using these systems they still aren’t safe or clean. People are still dying and the environment is still getting screwed up after years of promises that “accidents” like that can longer happen.
The systems that might make a big difference are not being used because “they aren’t economically feasible “. Which translates to the Ford Pinto logic: “It’s cheaper to kill people than fix the problem.”
]]>While I was over there, I rejoined SC. Will that save the Earth? Is it the best activity I could undertake for the environment? Is the “free” “backpack” (both words used advisedly) any good? No, no, and possibly, but I’ve known the locals forever and they’re astonishingly competent at what they do in a city context, I like them (most of them) and have a history with them, and I’m tired of doing absolutely nothing as catastrophe unrolls around us.
Oh, and I could use a new rucksack. 🙂
.-= last blog ..How To Cheer Yourself =-.
The rig was 50 miles off the coast, so if the oil reaches the coast, another claim evaporates, and the drilling zone will be pushed further away.
I hope like hell they can cap the sucker, because no one needs the mess.
]]>Good luck. Y’all will need it.
.-= last blog ..it’s kentucky derby week =-.