Originally Posted by **********

Dyna, why do you say it's Clogging the government? The Oil industry has a terrible reputation when it comes to cleaning up their messes. Scientists overwhelmingly agree that man made climate change is warming the planet. The pipeline crosses extremely fragile aquifer that many states rely on for drinking water. There are legal disputes to the land it uses. It increases the US dependancy on foreign oil once again, etc etc etc.

Don't you think that these issues should be addressed, properly?




No, it was on Vice, yesterday. But yes it is also a lot about corexit. According to scientists, corexit (1) is used to force the oil to sink to the bottom, meaning the oil is STILL THERE, and (2) increases toxicity by over 50 times. Next, people in the Gulf are getting sick. Skin Leasions, breathing problems, cancers, tumours, etc. There are also tumours being found in almost 50% of all fish from the golf.





Actually I was there a long time ago, and it was beautiful place. Now, many of the beaches have fresh oil washing up. The marsh lands are caked with oil too. Yes, today, now, still.

My beef isn't just with the pipeline. The oil industry, in general, is irresponsible, dangerous, and doesn't give a fuck. Maybe if they were made to get their shit together they would deserve more business. Currently though, they should be very heavily regulated, heavily taxed, forced into a minimum 10 year spill-free record of perfection, and forced to pay for every single clean-up until every single area is pristine and spotless, where life can grow once again.