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From: Moderate on 16 Jun 2010 10:45 "William Clark" <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote in message news:wclark2-5E3E32.10202416062010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu... > In article <5p2g16tpakq00t5uqed3lq8dacrr8prmrj(a)4ax.com>, > Howard Brazee <howard(a)brazee.net> wrote: > >> On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:20:58 -0400, William Clark >> <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote: >> >> >You would only remove "most" of the oil with a massive supertanker >> >presence, taking oil and water back to onshore separators. Why didn't BP >> >come up with this idea from the word go, and get started on it? Answer: >> >their supertankers were too busy shipping oil around the world making >> >profits, to be taken out of service just to save the Gulf. >> >> They also seemed to be attracted to the idea of using chemicals to >> break the oil up into small pieces that weren't as visible. > > But which are probably every bit as toxic to marine and bird life as the > oil. Nice one, BP. Dispersants were approved by the Obama Administration. http://www.dhs.gov/ynews/testimony/testimony_1274125488135.shtm
From: John B. on 16 Jun 2010 10:46 On Jun 15, 9:34 pm, Jack Hollis <xslee...(a)aol.com> wrote: > On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:17:42 -0700 (PDT), "John B." > > <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> The EPA are a bunch of idiots. =A0But I already knew that. > > >Tell me -- were they a bunch of idiots before Jan. 20, 2009 or did > >they all become idiots on that day? > > They've always been idiots. However, it's up to the president to > override their decision not to allow Shell skimmers to remove 146,000 > barrels of oil a day from the Gulf because the water they pump back > has some oil in it. Only an idiot like Obama would allow such a thing > to happen. > > It is the same thing when the EPA wouldn't give LA a permit to build > sand bars to block the oil from getting into wetlands. The reason > they do that is because sand bars could have a negative impact on the > wetlands. > > IDIOTS. Permits to build sand berms come from the Army Corps of Engineers, not the EPA. You continue to show your ignorance.
From: Moderate on 16 Jun 2010 11:14 "John B." <johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:5806820d-bb71-4779-b048-2dab74046783(a)a30g2000yqn.googlegroups.com... On Jun 15, 9:34 pm, Jack Hollis <xslee...(a)aol.com> wrote: > On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:17:42 -0700 (PDT), "John B." > > <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> The EPA are a bunch of idiots. =A0But I already knew that. > > >Tell me -- were they a bunch of idiots before Jan. 20, 2009 or did > >they all become idiots on that day? > > They've always been idiots. However, it's up to the president to > override their decision not to allow Shell skimmers to remove 146,000 > barrels of oil a day from the Gulf because the water they pump back > has some oil in it. Only an idiot like Obama would allow such a thing > to happen. > > It is the same thing when the EPA wouldn't give LA a permit to build > sand bars to block the oil from getting into wetlands. The reason > they do that is because sand bars could have a negative impact on the > wetlands. > > IDIOTS. Permits to build sand berms come from the Army Corps of Engineers, not the EPA. You continue to show your ignorance. ******************************************************* The Corps of Engineers gets approval from the EPA. Obama is supposed to be in charge of both. Sadly he is not.
From: William Clark on 16 Jun 2010 15:39
In article <hvao1o$tor$1(a)speranza.aioe.org>, "Moderate" <no_spam_(a)no_mail.com> wrote: > "William Clark" <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote in message > news:wclark2-5E3E32.10202416062010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu... > > In article <5p2g16tpakq00t5uqed3lq8dacrr8prmrj(a)4ax.com>, > > Howard Brazee <howard(a)brazee.net> wrote: > > > >> On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:20:58 -0400, William Clark > >> <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote: > >> > >> >You would only remove "most" of the oil with a massive supertanker > >> >presence, taking oil and water back to onshore separators. Why didn't BP > >> >come up with this idea from the word go, and get started on it? Answer: > >> >their supertankers were too busy shipping oil around the world making > >> >profits, to be taken out of service just to save the Gulf. > >> > >> They also seemed to be attracted to the idea of using chemicals to > >> break the oil up into small pieces that weren't as visible. > > > > But which are probably every bit as toxic to marine and bird life as the > > oil. Nice one, BP. > > Dispersants were approved by the Obama Administration. > > http://www.dhs.gov/ynews/testimony/testimony_1274125488135.shtm So? |