Posted byHere’s the first New York Times article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/09/business/09blame.html?src=busln
The article is typical of others that say that Transocean, Halliburton, or Cameron may be more to blame than BP. But blame is the main objective of the article (not finding the root cause).
On the same day there is another article titled:
“Republicans’ Calls for Offshore Drilling Have Grown Quieter “
Hmm … is there an agenda here or just reporting?
Will one accident (that we aren’t even close to knowing the cause of) stop the progress of a whole industry?
Just a couple of days ago I published an link about the Hindenburg disaster. That accident killed an industry. Is there an attempt to make this accident an industry killer in the US?
Three Mile Island almost killed the nuclear industry. 20+ years later it is starting to come back. What would be the cost to the US if offshore oil drilling had a similar 20 year setback?
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And here’s what the Houston Chronicle’s Washington Bureau had to say:
“Federal investigators are just beginning to probe the cause of last month’s deadly Deepwater Horizon explosion and the subsequent oil spill in the Gulf. But many lawmakers, environmental groups and political analysts have been quick to point the finger at the energy industry for flexing its political muscles in ways that minimized government regulation, won oil companies waivers from certain federal rules and limited liability in accidents.”
Quoted from:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6996736.html
Could regulation be strengthened? Always … but how?
Don’t we need to know the cause of the failure first?
Comment by Mark Paradies — May 10, 2010 @ 12:06 am