Tag: Oilpocalypse
Boehner Sides With BP Over American Taxpayers
John Boehner said in a press conference that the government and taxpayers should be responsible for paying for the BP oil spill cleanup.
Oilpocalypse: Who Should Pay?
I started a small Twitter war last night when I suggested that perhaps we should tax gasoline to pay for the cleanup of the oil volcano in the Gulf. BP is statutorily limited to $75M in damages for a spill. I suspect that they will end up paying more than that voluntarily, but they will, […]
Oilpocalypse Update
Oilpocalypse updates: both good news and bad news. Giant plumes of oil have been observed under the water. However, the tube insertion appears to have been successful. Extra special bonus – Palin speaks!
What Does the Oil Spill in the Gulf Look Like?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ91G3e0OBQ[/youtube] Or this footage of an ROV capping a part of the riser: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH4I1a5vg3w[/youtube] h/t HuffPo
Dirty Energy Isn’t Cheap
Yesterday we learned that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was five times worse than first thought. The oil is spilling at a rate of 210,000 gallons of oil per day. That oil is now hitting the coast of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Unlike what we were told, offshore drilling is not so technologically advanced […]
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