Oil reaches Louisiana shores: News in pictures

[FUCK THE POLICE]

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/05/oil_reaches_louisiana_shores.html

I would copy them all into the next post but I don't think people want to have to load all those pictures to get to this thread.

 

[Minister of Truth]

Louisiana: A Well Lubricated State

 

[WinterBorn]

The damages are serious and the potential damages are horrendous. To have the Louisianna wetlands saturated with oil would be a nightmare.

 

[Onceler]

I suppose this is an emotional reaction, but this event has completely changed my views on offshore drilling.

From everything I've read, it's going to take years for the region to recover. And that's if they can plug the leak.

 

[SmarterthanYou]

It is sad, but do you really think this is going to stop offshore drilling?

 

[Topspin]

It will absolutley not stop offshore drilling or even deepwater drilling. Though that might be the quickest way for me to get rich. Some of these platforms produce hundreds of thousands of bbls a day.

The worse spill ever on record that happened in the gulf messed up fishing for a couple years and within 5 things were back to normal.

 

[Onceler]

It will absolutley not stop offshore drilling or even deepwater drilling. Though that might be the quickest way for me to get rich. Some of these platforms produce hundreds of thousands of bbls a day.

The worse spill ever on record that happened in the gulf messed up fishing for a couple years and within 5 things were back to normal.

This is potentially the worst spill ever, right now, and the ramifications for the local economy alone are definitely going to be measured in terms of years. As for ecosystem, there could be permanent damage and habitat loss.

It's not worth it. I know you love oil, but it's time to really kick the next level of energy production into high gear.

 

[SmarterthanYou]

This is potentially the worst spill ever, right now, and the ramifications for the local economy alone are definitely going to be measured in terms of years. As for ecosystem, there could be permanent damage and habitat loss.

It's not worth it. I know you love oil, but it's time to really kick the next level of energy production into high gear.

find a way to make it cheaper first.

 

[Onceler]

find a way to make it cheaper first.

No question. Washington can start by ignoring the oil lobby. I don't believe in punitive things like higher emission standards and other restrictions. I do believe in elevated funding for R & D and new domestic technologies.

Technology development is exponential. We are not that far off from solutions that can harness renewables more efficiently for mass consumption; price will go down as this becomes less of a niche market.

 

[SmarterthanYou]

No question. Washington can start by ignoring the oil lobby. I don't believe in punitive things like higher emission standards and other restrictions. I do believe in elevated funding for R & D and new domestic technologies.

Technology development is exponential. We are not that far off from solutions that can harness renewables more efficiently for mass consumption; price will go down as this becomes less of a niche market.

elevated funding? we're not spending enough all around for you yet? or do you want to make budget cuts elsewhere?

 

[Topspin]

This is potentially the worst spill ever, right now, and the ramifications for the local economy alone are definitely going to be measured in terms of years. As for ecosystem, there could be permanent damage and habitat loss.

It's not worth it. I know you love oil, but it's time to really kick the next level of energy production into high gear.

wow that is gay, Elton John thinks your gay.

how many of your friends drive renewable fuel cars to your gay pride parade?

 

[Topspin]

No question. Washington can start by ignoring the oil lobby. I don't believe in punitive things like higher emission standards and other restrictions. I do believe in elevated funding for R & D and new domestic technologies.

Technology development is exponential. We are not that far off from solutions that can harness renewables more efficiently for mass consumption; price will go down as this becomes less of a niche market.

you have zero clue what your talking about!!! Dems want it more than you. THey flipped thier tune once in control because they now we are decades away if not further.

 

[Onceler]

you have zero clue what your talking about!!! Dems want it more than you. THey flipped thier tune once in control because they now we are decades away if not further.

They flipped their tune once they were in control because they became even more beholden to big oil money.

You get really defensive about big oil, btw.

 

[Onceler]

elevated funding? we're not spending enough all around for you yet? or do you want to make budget cuts elsewhere?

Damn straight. Any year you can slice off of massive dependence on foreign oil means hundreds of billions pumped back into the U.S. economy.

It's called an investment.

 

[Topspin]

They flipped their tune once they were in control because they became even more beholden to big oil money.

You get really defensive about big oil, btw.

of course I do, I've spent my life giving you ungreatful bastards cheap gas

 

[SmarterthanYou]

Damn straight. Any year you can slice off of massive dependence on foreign oil means hundreds of billions pumped back into the U.S. economy.

It's called an investment.

two questions then.

1) where's the invisible money come from?

2) how do you plan to pay for it later?

 

[Onceler]

two questions then.

1) where's the invisible money come from?

2) how do you plan to pay for it later?

It's not invisible. I call it "prioritizing in the budget."

This kind of investment pays for itself tenfold. Keeping hundreds of billions flowing in the U.S. economy instead of sending it to the Middle East creates jobs and increases tax revenues, among other economic benefits.

To me, it's a no brainer. A dollar invested now likely means $10 or more back to the economy later.

 

[SmarterthanYou]

It's not invisible. I call it "prioritizing in the budget."

This kind of investment pays for itself tenfold. Keeping hundreds of billions flowing in the U.S. economy instead of sending it to the Middle East creates jobs and increases tax revenues, among other economic benefits.

To me, it's a no brainer. A dollar invested now likely means $10 or more back to the economy later.

so what you're suggesting is to pump another trillion or so in to the already massive budget/deficit in the hopes that it will fix the economy later while kickstarting a new means of energy production and usage.

 

[Cancel 2016.2]

two questions then.

1) where's the invisible money come from?

2) how do you plan to pay for it later?

1) End all subsidies to oil

2) Cut waste out of defense spending

3) End farming subsidies

4) Drill nat gas sites in US

 

[Cancel 2016.2]

so what you're suggesting is to pump another trillion or so in to the already massive budget/deficit in the hopes that it will fix the economy later while kickstarting a new means of energy production and usage.

that is not even close to 'what he is saying'

He did not state pump a trillion into it.

Nor did he state that this was some 'fix' to the current economic problems.