tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8475986.post112774412914475837..comments2024-03-21T05:29:07.463-04:00Comments on THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS: KATRINA AND RITA PROVE OFF-SHORE OIL-DRILLING IS CLEAN AND SAFEUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8475986.post-1127926342463492812005-09-28T12:52:00.000-04:002005-09-28T12:52:00.000-04:00good find mccoy - ONLY ONE THING:this is the ONLY ...good find mccoy - ONLY ONE THING:<BR/><BR/>this is the ONLY spill.<BR/><BR/>out of DOZENS of refineries and thousands of rigs.<BR/><BR/>which measn you have PROVED my point:<BR/><BR/>refining and drilling is safe - EVEN IN CATEGORY 3-5 storms.<BR/><BR/>not ABSOLUTELY safe, but what is? NOTHING.<BR/><BR/>I woulds bet that Murphy's facility could be made safer in the future - like ALL refineries and rigs.<BR/><BR/>BTW: the Murphy spill (an isolated minor spill effecting only the immediate area), could not RATIONALLY be called an environmental disaster (like the Valdez spill was).<BR/><BR/>and as you may have noticed - since you cut&pasted my statement -i asserted that NO ENVIROMNETAL DISASTERS had occured.<BR/><BR/>I stand by my assertion. it was and remaions an accurate statement of fact.<BR/><BR/>and you should admit - if you are rational - that the performance of the refineries and the rigs was OUTSTANDING.<BR/><BR/>as i say, all rational people will see this is true.<BR/><BR/>FURTHER OPROOF: many homes gas/oil tanks and many gas stations leaked gasoline and heating oil in NOLA as a result of the CANAL BREACH.<BR/><BR/>should we banish gas stations and home heating oil tanks!?? should we demand a moratorium on their use!? many homes burned in fires as a result of gas leaks. shoiuld we nad gas heating!?<BR/><BR/>of course not. Very very few things in life are 100% effective.<BR/><BR/>Even Clinton got caught philandering and lying a few times.<BR/><BR/>rational people accept rational risks measnured by their rewards.<BR/><BR/>the rewrds of INCREASED drilloing and refining VASTLY OUTWEIGHS the risk.<BR/><BR/>and the last two Gulf hurricanes PROVE THIS.<BR/><BR/>BTW, mccoy - you are an ass and a moron.<BR/><BR/>buh-byee.Reliapundithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12942299527008194753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8475986.post-1127877705583421362005-09-27T23:21:00.000-04:002005-09-27T23:21:00.000-04:00"ALSO: there were NO enviromental disasters as a r...<I>"ALSO: there were NO enviromental disasters as a result of any REFINERIES being hit by the Category 5 storms. Therefore, we should build more refineries on the Gulf Coast (and elsewhere)."</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9365607/" REL="nofollow"> "Of particular concern is a spill in Meraux, a town just outside New Orleans on the Mississippi River, where oil mixed with floodwaters and sediment to submerge hundreds of homes.<BR/><BR/>Murphy Oil, which owns the refinery where the spill occurred, said Friday that two class action lawsuits were filed in federal court against the company seeking damages for residents.<BR/><BR/>The company said the lawsuits, filed in the U.S. Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, are seeking damages for residents of St. Bernard Parish in southeast Louisiana, parts of which were covered in oil and sludge after the spill.</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8475986.post-1127830570871377262005-09-27T10:16:00.000-04:002005-09-27T10:16:00.000-04:00RIGHT: we need both DRILLING AND REFINING - AND an...RIGHT: we need both DRILLING AND REFINING - AND anywhere.<BR/><BR/>the hurricanes prove that BOTH are safe and clean.Reliapundithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12942299527008194753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8475986.post-1127822035004245842005-09-27T07:53:00.000-04:002005-09-27T07:53:00.000-04:00More drilling will do absolutely no good if it is ...More drilling will do absolutely no good if it is not accompanied by more refining capacity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com