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Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing-related Issues & News => Topic started by: troutbreath on June 10, 2010, 11:13:40 AM

Title: Oilwell ......oh well it's deja vu time.
Post by: troutbreath on June 10, 2010, 11:13:40 AM

http://www.wimp.com/oilspills/


Scary really scary. Lets not let these profiteers loose here until they can develop a way to respond to emegencies. 30 years later and the same bad responce to a blowout.

Title: Re: Oilwell ......oh well it's deja vu time.
Post by: skaha on June 10, 2010, 12:37:58 PM

--Thanks: bummer.. in 70's I was at UVIC environmental studies.. Oh Yah we were fighting to prevent oil tankers from alaska with garanteed double hull safeguard from coming through inside passage.  Pre- EXXON

Title: Re: Oilwell ......oh well it's deja vu time.
Post by: k.c. on June 10, 2010, 01:11:07 PM

WOW! Very disturbing and to think they want to do this in the arctic 30 years and still the same mistakes, with no new solutions. I certianly hope one of our idiot government leaders see this and stop to think for a minute or two ???