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Hydra

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30. Spot on

Reply to femrap (Reply #14)

Fri Nov 16, 2012, 04:20 PM

Nov 2012

And I'd throw nukes in there as well.

The idea that we can't have safe, renewable and clean energy without breaking the bank is ludicrous- we're paying in blood for this stuff.

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Report Two Dead, Two Missing in Gulf Platform Explosion [View all] Hissyspit Nov 2012 OP

Here we go again. MgtPA Nov 2012 #1

Fuck! Not again Pharaoh Nov 2012 #2

fuck... PatrynXX Nov 2012 #6

Not BP....independent company. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #22

fuck. nt xchrom Nov 2012 #3

I suppose the cause is due to more "cost-cutting measures" by the oil co or one of its contractors. valerief Nov 2012 #4

Has there been any new R&D and implementation for oil clean-up yet? Last I heard it was stuck in nc4bo Nov 2012 #20

and Deregulation! n/t sheshe2 Nov 2012 #34

OMG! MynameisBlarney Nov 2012 #5

Oh lord not again! hrmjustin Nov 2012 #7

from the ap xchrom Nov 2012 #8

Shallow water should be good news but who knows? yellowcanine Nov 2012 #11

I wonder how femrap Nov 2012 #14

Righteous rant. nc4bo Nov 2012 #18

Spot on Hydra Nov 2012 #30

I was just femrap Nov 2012 #35

How many years later will we wait... MrMickeysMom Nov 2012 #9

In related news....BP to pay $4-billion criminal fine in Deepwater Horizon spill Klukie Nov 2012 #10

Well, the good news is that it's a shallow water platform. bluedigger Nov 2012 #12

Thank goodness!! MightyAfrodite Nov 2012 #21

We are committing aggravated assault to our oceans all over the world. Lint Head Nov 2012 #13

Just a subset of mankind is destroying mankind. Mainly corporations and politicians. AAO Nov 2012 #33

Let's not forget DonCoquixote Nov 2012 #15

WWL-TV: US Coast Guard does not suspect oil rig fire in the Gulf of Mexico will produce a spill. nt Comrade_McKenzie Nov 2012 #16

and let's not forget DonCoquixote Nov 2012 #17

God.Dammit. Arugula Latte Nov 2012 #19

Let me add a oswaldactedalone Nov 2012 #23

Wow the day after the BP fine??? alp227 Nov 2012 #24

Exactly! Rhiannon12866 Nov 2012 #25

Awful conveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenient, isn't it? n/t durablend Nov 2012 #26

Black Elk is headed by John Hoffman, who left BP to start this offshore operation. Zen Democrat Nov 2012 #27

lmao Hydra Nov 2012 #31

Nice find there!!! dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #32

CNN TV just reported that a worker attempted to cut the wrong pipe, causing the explosion Rhiannon12866 Nov 2012 #28

Yeeeow. (nt) Posteritatis Nov 2012 #29

Company paid $300K fine 2 months ago MountainLaurel Nov 2012 #36