tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556034524339788728.post6526512210127094290..comments2024-02-25T23:28:33.908-05:00Comments on 70.8%: Oops, we may have a problem hereThomas Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14692570096553186379noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556034524339788728.post-73021042219539173752010-06-22T09:39:02.320-04:002010-06-22T09:39:02.320-04:00This disaster strikes close to my heart as I spent...This disaster strikes close to my heart as I spent nearly two years running a crew boat in the Kerr McGee oil field in Breton Sound. We actually lived on Breton Island and took the men out daily to service the hundreds of wells located there. It was a fantastic area and the fishing was out of this world. Speckled sea trout, redfish, Spanish mackerel.<br /><br />Coupled with Katrina, this is almost like the last nail in the coffin for Louisiana.Richardhttp://oldsalt1942.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556034524339788728.post-61309581271594157012010-06-10T20:50:14.818-04:002010-06-10T20:50:14.818-04:00Give me a break. Environmentalists didn't wan...Give me a break. Environmentalists didn't want them to drill off-shore, any more than on-shore! We want sensible alternatives, and we're willing to pay more for them. When the oil men start making less money, we'll be getting somewhere. Im not sure how a sailor or kayaker can NOT be and environmentalist. I'm happy to see Eva Too in the water, Bob, nice clean water. Let's hope it stays that way.Shawnhttp://www.driftingson.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556034524339788728.post-84672394325825144682010-06-10T13:09:41.967-04:002010-06-10T13:09:41.967-04:00The greens would have us use less oil. I suppose t...The greens would have us use less oil. I suppose that's bad too?<br /><br />BP boss Tony Heywood doesn't seem like the kind of fella one would want for a friend or a neighbour. And no doubt he'll get a big payoff and maybe a government job shortly...Gavin Atkinhttp://intheboatshed.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556034524339788728.post-76965133463510902572010-06-09T01:33:30.751-04:002010-06-09T01:33:30.751-04:00Bob, you sound like you are marketing something. T...Bob, you sound like you are marketing something. This is a word for word copy of your comment on <br />http://odock.blogspot.com/ <br />Have you no shame?dorymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16077373149267825091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556034524339788728.post-59610161905698754732010-06-07T23:04:41.972-04:002010-06-07T23:04:41.972-04:00Wish I could convey my feelings upon reading this ...Wish I could convey my feelings upon reading this post. The photos are diverse both geographical and in content. Well done.Ken E Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14083376938841980857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556034524339788728.post-88155729484752473542010-06-07T10:48:19.643-04:002010-06-07T10:48:19.643-04:00Off course it is the environmental lobby that is r...Off course it is the environmental lobby that is responsible for this oil spill. Certainly not the lack of safety standards, or putting corporate profits above all else, or preserving our ability to drive big, inefficient cars when ever and where ever we want.<br /><br />And comparing this US spill to the worst spills in history in order to minimize and rationalize it is quite sad.<br /><br />It seems that there was a time when the US would have looked at the need for new and innovative energy sources as a challenge to overcome. Now we just make excuses.Bill Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13265056578369751829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556034524339788728.post-58648108531201960712010-06-07T07:37:06.255-04:002010-06-07T07:37:06.255-04:00Yes, it is a tragedy. Yes, we are all complicit by...Yes, it is a tragedy. Yes, we are all complicit by our use of energy. <br />No, we won't be going back to the romantic age of sail.<br /><br />A little perspective.<br />1) We would not be drilling 5000 feet below the surface, stretching the limits of man's knowledge and technology had not the environmentalist lobby driven oil producers that far offshore. There are huge, vast, humongous resources on land and much closer to shore where drilling is safer. We're that far out because the environmentalists pushed us that far out. They are complicit, perhaps even more so than the average person.<br /><br />2) While there is a lot of hyperbole in the news about this being the greatest, biggest, worst spill ever, the real facts are that it is still 1/6th the size of the 1979 IXTOC-1 spill in the gulf in 1979, and 1/20th the size of the Gulf War intentional spills in Iraq. source: http://sppiblog.org/news/past-oil-spills<br /><br />We survived those. We'll survive this one too ... and will learn from it.Bob Eastonhttp://bob-easton.com/blognoreply@blogger.com