Tweeters,



Like Roger Moyer, I am somewhat astounded at the amount of anger being
directed toward BP. As he points out, the Gulf oil spill did result from an
accident, and as of right now, there is no evidence that negligence was
involved (unlike the Exxon Valdez incident, which definitely resulted from
negligence). Yes, BP may have shortcut some recommended safety procedures,
but so, I am sure, has every other oil company involved in offshore
drilling. Our anger should be directed at the entire oil industry, not just
at BP. It was just BP that had the bad luck to have a blowout.



Nor should all of the anger be directed toward the oil industry. It should
be directed just as much-maybe more- toward federal governments which
allowed deepwater offshore drilling in the first place! This despite the
near-certainty that a blowout would happen sooner or later. Companies will
do whatever governments allow them to do, and we elected those governments.
(Yes, Canada has offshore oil drilling too.)



And perhaps some of our anger should be directed at ourselves, for
continuing to rely on fossil fuels for a major share of our energy needs,
despite the huge drawbacks of oil pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. As
long as we rely so heavily on petroleum, oil spills are inevitable; we may
be able to reduce the frequency of spills by various precautions, but there
is no way on earth to GUARANTEE that no spills will occur.



So instead of just being mad at BP, save same of your outrage for the entire
oil industry, for past federal governments, and even for yourself. As Pogo
said long ago, "we have met the enemy, and they is us".



Wayne C. Weber

Delta, BC

contopus at telus.net







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[mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Roger Moyer
Sent: June-04-10 5:55 PM
To: tweeters
Subject: [Tweeters] Gulf Oil spill pictures and such



It appears that the webpage has been taken down. I have been sitting here
watching the evening news and they have been showing the birds with all the
oil on them. It is difficult to watch. Many most of the birds won't survive.

I hear a lot of anger in the comments towards BP. I agree that BP needs to
take responsibility, but people need to also remember that this was an
accident. They didn't plan for this to happen and people need to remember
that this well is a mile deep. Where do people think the oil comes from?
Our society revolves around petroleum, whether people like it or not. How
many oil wells, super tankers, tail cars, refineries, tanker trucks, and I
can go on, operate without accidents? We as a society want our conveniences,
and then get mad when there are accidents. You can't have it both ways.
There are so many wells (I have heard as many as 40,000) in the water, and
this is the first major accident in our waters. If people would let some of
the land based areas be opened up maybe we could get away from having to
drill offshore.

I am for a clean environment as much as the next person but I think that
people need to use common sense and balance. Where has reason gone??? I
will get off my high horse now.

Roger Moyer
Chehalis, WA

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