On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Jackie Myers <jackie_at_muddypuppies.com>wrote: > > "The Gulf of Mexico spill is a calamity with enormous costs. > Nevertheless, writes Ken Ringle, there are factors at work, observed in > similar calamities years ago, that suggest the damage to the environment > may be less than is widely feared, and reporters should be alert to them." > > You can be pretty sure that reporters will ignore this advice and, instead, refer to the oil that's still left on the Prince William Sound beaches. I still can't quite understand why these guys can't be held responsible for having equipment on hand to clean up serious oil spills. Either that or just captulate to the oil industry and form a new branch of the EPA which will just do it and avoid the various issues. There are over 4,000 drilling and production rigs (production rigs also drill.. it's called "workover") in the Gulf and apparently no one was ready for this. I am also betting that to get BP to actually pay ALL the damages from this incident there will be 20 years of litigation. If any of you are thinking about a new career, I'd suggest environmental lawyer. Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA www.nwkayaking.net *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed May 05 2010 - 11:01:07 PDT
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