Canada and Norway have figured it out, and require a relieve well to be drilled at the same time as the real well, so it doesn’t take months to plug a blowout. The US just requires paperwork and vague promises.
]]>Exxon CEO: As an industry, ‘we are not well equipped’ to handle oil disasters
ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson told Congress we must do everything possible to prevent offshore drilling disasters, because once they occur, there is not any way to stop the damage. By admitting the unavoidable risk of catastrophe, Tillerson exploded the myths — promoted by the oil industry and right-wing supporters — that offshore drilling is “environmentally safe,” and that the industry can handle these disasters when they occur. Tillerson made the shocking admission that the industry is “not well equipped to prevent any and all damage” under questioning from Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI), the chair of the oversight subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, during a hearing that featured top executives from the five largest private oil companies:
There will be impacts as we are seeing. We have never represented anything different than that. That’s why the emphasis is always on preventing these things from occurring because when they happen we are not well equipped to deal with them. And that’s just a fact of the enormity of what we’re dealing with.
Ahhh… I do so love irony!! 😀
]]>I understand that he is very skilled at reading speeches, but I don’t listen to them, I read them myself to see what they contain, if anything. Most of the speeches are fairly content free, so he must be rather skilled at giving them.
]]>– Badtux the Snarky Penguin
]]>Ohhh… dear, dear me… I am so… shocked. And… surprised. Yes, shocked, and surprised. tch, tch… Whoda thought such a thing was even possible?! Oh deary me… what a shock. And a surprise… Really! Did I mention how shocked I am? 😈
Aha! 😉 😛
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