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Originally Posted by roflwaffle
Since when did we abandon drilling in the Gulf?
The problem with accidents/spills is that they get people killed and destroy more business in the region (tourism, fishing, and so on) than the oil provides. It's not like running a safer drilling operation is that hard. I have family that have worked on rigs for decades and they said straight up that the accident was caused by cutting corners. It's not too much to expect companies to fly right and not kill people/cause billions in economic damages.
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you'll notice i didn't say abandoned i said ban, but yeah i meant the 6 month moratorium but it's actually gone for i think over 8 months now. what i'm worried about is if you look at( i think) minesotta had a 6 - 12 month moratorium on drilling for natural gas like 10 - 15 years ago and now they don't have enough to heat all the houses, there having to burn more coal for electricity and also they had a contract with texas to supply like 1200 megawatts of electricity and they had to cancel the contract cause they need it to heat houses now