Another Gulf Oil Rig Explodes 423
A few readers have noted that another gulf oil rig has exploded. This one is off the coast of Lousiana. So far all the workers are accounted for, but they are in immersion suits waiting for rescue.
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Cap (Score:3, Interesting)
The experience gained over the last few months means they should be able to cap this one very quickly.
Re:BP (Score:3, Interesting)
I wonder if BP execs will give themselves a bonus.
"Hey! It wasn't one of ours!" bonus.
Actually, my sister works for ExxonMobil. Her comment on the BP disaster was, "Well, at least we are not responsible for the biggest ecological catastrophe any more"
Re:Maybe (Score:5, Interesting)
Not to discredit the idea that domestic and off-shore drilling and oil recovery should be as safe as possible... but
It still kills fewer americans than getting oil from other places... like the middle east.
Re:Ban Oil, Nuclear, AND Coal ( +1, Clean ) (Score:2, Interesting)
Thats what we do in Alaska, however our close in Natural Gas reserves are falling off.
We'd be alot better off with a nuclear power plant but we don't have enough people here to make it economical.
The US and Canada would be better off replacing natural gas and coal generation with nuclear and exporting the natural gas and coal.
Re:Bah. (Score:3, Interesting)
Second Time Coincidence
Third Time is Enemy Action.
- Dan.
Re:BP (Score:4, Interesting)
NPR interviewed some oil workers at various smaller companies a little while back. They basically said that they were angry with BP, because while the record in the US since the Exxon Valdez has not been perfect, it has substantially improved. BP's experience -- accident or dangerous indifference -- has tarnished the entire industry. Exxon employees especially were furious because that company basically overhauled its entire safety mindset in the years after the Exxon Valdez, and most of what gets brought up about Exxon is a disaster from 20+ years ago, like nothing has changed since.
Re:BP (Score:3, Interesting)
I just realized that I mixed some of my thoughts there. NPR interviewed workers from smaller oil companies; the interviews with employees of Exxon, which is in no way a small company, were conducted another time, though I don't recall if it was by NPR.
Re:Bah. (Score:3, Interesting)
Yeah. We're drifting sadly off-topic here, but a complaint that this hardly seems like "News for Nerds" might have been more understandable, and may have been his actual issue, but the claim that Slashdot "has become" a news aggregator is just silly. It was never anything but.
In a feeble attempt to bring this back on-topic: I would rather have seen slashdot link to some technical analysis of what happened and why. Details are probably lacking as of yet, but I'd find that a lot more interesting, and much more "News for Nerds" than the current article.
Re:your next car should be electric (Score:3, Interesting)
even if you're at the worst case scenario for grid power, you're still doing better than an internal combustion engine with gasoline.
Indeed...
Tesla Roadster 40 miles = 11.2 kWh
Coal power generation is about 1.4 pounds of CO2 per kWh electricity delivered to the home.
internal combustion engine-powered 40 miles @ 25 mpg =1.6 US gallons
CO2 emissions from a gallon of gasoline = 19.4 pounds/gallon
Tesla= 15.6 pounds CO2, internal combustion = 31 pounds CO2.