Advocates Hope Oil Spill Will Push Climate Bill Forward

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This country would be a lot better off if we but some more effort into switching away from coal and oil and toward nuclear, wind and solar. But oh, that might require some work up front and that would be terrible for the current time.
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Scott of CA 7:52PM June 30, 2010

My God. This disaster is, far and away, the worst environmental wreck we have ever suffered. And it will get much worse, because the proposed solution to this, the new wells they are digging to intercept this well far beneath the ocean floor, is a month away. And what if these intercepts miss their target? Then what? Every plan to date has failed miserably. My gripe is this: BP developed leading edge technology to drill an incredibly dangerous well at the bottom of the ocean, but have no adequate technology to prevent or cap a blowout? How foolhardy! How stupid!! But greed drives everything! And the environment, the ecosystems, the fisheries and the jobs be damned! The rules and laws governing required environmental impact statements and federal oversight have been discarded under the banner of DEREGULATION. And the pervasive incompetence and sexual gratuities at the Minerals Managment Service cannot be the only seed of this disaster. Read Arrogance. Read Avarice. Read Fraud. Read Corruption. Green energy is being choked at all levels by the power of the OIL lobby, which would rather wipe out entire coastlines then give up control over energy.
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Daniel Cobb of OR 3:14PM June 30, 2010

When will people wake up and realize that you do not even exist to these people...
They don't think like you and I. Its not about cleaning up the oil, its about their One World Government Agenda, and the "Cap & Trade", "Carbon Tax", "Human Consumption Tax", whatever you wish to call it, was how they were going to fund themselves. Of course these jokers don't want to clean up the oil - not until they get what they want, just like insolent little children.
Just par for the course with these zero-credibility clowns.

George Washington of NJ 3:54AM June 30, 2010

When will people wake up and realize that you do not even exist to these people...
They don't think like you and I. Its not about cleaning up the oil, its about their One World Government Agenda, and the "Cap & Trade", "Carbon Tax", "Human Consumption Tax", whatever you wish to call it, was how they were going to fund themselves. Of course these jokers don't want to clean up the oil - not until they get what they want, just like insolent little children.
Just par for the course with these zero-credibility clowns.

George Washington of NJ 3:54AM June 30, 2010

So this is why Obama is letting the Gulf Coast die? So he can say look what oil has done for you, see all the evils in it! Yes, oil needs to be replaced with an alternative fuel, but destroying our coast in the process, all the wild life does not furthur his agenda in my opinion, it just makes his administration look incompetent! What is bad is I really supported him, campaigned for him, and donated to his campaign! I feel he has done very little to contain this oil, why has it takin two months to accept some foreign help? Why can't the EPA guide lines be lifted to let skimmers from foreign countries operate there large skimming ships? Let me explain, A Whale skimming ship is in the gulf right now waiting federal approval, but the water going back in the ocean may have one to two percent oil in it, the EPA says water has to be 15 ppm of oil before it can be dumped back in the ocean. Does not make since to me, skimming up 98% of the oil is a whole lot better than 0%! This just angers me, I thought when he was president he would be more toward preserving the enviroment, but I guess I was wrong! The only thing about the enviroment he wants is to tax the large poluters, well guess what? Paying for companies to polute isn't helping the enviroment, it just makes it hard on the elderly and people with fixed income to survive! While big companies will just pay to polute and charge it to the consumers! This will not do anything for the enviroment, well except the enviroment Al Gore's wallet who is vested in carbon credits!!!!!

Don WV of WV 10:38PM June 29, 2010