Keith Addison wrote: > Hi Chris > > >> there's something that seems to have gone completely under the radar >> of the media (or they're willfully avoiding the question) in their >> coverage of the gulf catastrofe. they report from time to time that >> bp has brought, or is bringing, this or that asset to the gulf to add >> a certain capability in the response effort. basically repeating the >> Bloodsucking Parasite's press releases and little more. anyway, from >> where are these vessels being diverted? canada, the north sea, >> norway. i'm gonna say it's safe to assume that they had these ships >> and platforms stationed in those places because their governments >> require more than empty claims and winks and nods, where disaster >> response and preparednes are concerned >> > > I'd guess you'd be right. Though if you tried actually to prove it > rather than just safely assuming it you might find yourself facing > the unfathomable murkiness of just about anything to do with Big Oil. > It could also be reinforced by Big Oil's perception of greater risk > (greater financial risk to them, that is), since they don't own > Ottawa or Oslo in the same way they own Washington and Wall Street. > > All best > > Keith > > > >> On 6/24/10, Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> http://www.prwatch.org/node/9171 >>> >>> The Other Oil Giants? Just as Unready as BP >>> >>> Submitted by Ross Wolfarth on June 18, 2010 >>> >>> The Gulf of Mexico response plans of four of the five major oil >>> companies discuss protecting walruses. No walruses live in the Gulf. >>> >>> On June 15, the CEOs of ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, Shell, Chevron >>> and BP were grilled by the House Subcommittee on Energy and Natural >>> Resources. Unsurprisingly, much of what they said was spin. They >>> paraded industry investments in alternative energy and safety that >>> make up a vanishingly small percentage of their balance sheets. BP's >>> competitors claimed again and again that they would never have made >>> the catastrophic mistakes that led to the collapse of the Deepwater >>> Horizon. But the hearing's scariest moment came when Exxon CEO Rex >>> Tillerson told the truth. Tillerson stated that when oil spills occur >>> "there will be impacts." According to ExxonMobil, the cleanup effort >>> launched by BP represents the best efforts of the oil companies. For >>> the oil companies, this travesty is the cutting edge of safety and >>> environmental protection. >>> >>> Same Plan, Different Covers >>> >>> The major oil companies have essentially identical regional response >>> plans for a disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. These 500+ page plans >>> have been approved by the Department of the Interior and outline how >>> each company would try to stop a leak and would clean up the oil. >>> According to Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), in the June 15 hearing the >>> plans are ninety percent identical. All five plans were prepared by >>> "The Response Group." All five refer to the same contractors for >>> clean-up and the same sources of equipment. The covers even feature >>> the same photographs of oil wells, although The Response Group did >>> tint the covers a different color for each company. >>> >>> Protecting Walruses, But Not the Gulf >>> >>> There is nothing fundamentally wrong with oil companies planning a >>> similar response to similar disasters. If Chevron knows how to stop >>> environmental and economic disaster, by all means it should let Shell >>> know. The problem is that all the 'cookie-cutter plans' for the Gulf >>> feature laughable errors and have been proven ineffective by the >>> Deepwater Horizon spill. Four of the five regional response plans >>> discuss the protection of walruses, mammals that have not lived in >>> the Gulf for three million years. Three of the plans refer readers to >>> the phone number of an expert who died in 2005. >>> >>> Even worse, the plans claim that the companies have the capacity to >>> deal with a "worst case scenario," a disaster dumping substantially >>> more oil into the Gulf than the Deepwater Horizon spill. The >>> residents of the Gulf Coast know all too well that BP's plan has >>> >> > failed utterly to protect their environment and their livelihoods >> >>> from Horizon. It seems that the oil companies have very low standards >>> for what constitutes adequate disaster response. >>> >>> What Are the Oil Giants Ready For? >>> >>> As ExxonMobil's Tillerson admitted, "we are not well-equipped" to >>> deal with offshore disasters. One might question whether the oil >>> companies are well-equipped for drilling in general if they cannot >>> stop the failure of an exploratory well from spiraling into a >>> national catastrophe. >>> >>> There is one task for which ExxonMobil is very well-equipped. Unlike >>> their competitors, ExxonMobil's regional response plan includes >>> forty-pages on media response. Exxon may not be prepared to deal with >>> a disaster. They may not be able to drill for oil without endangering >>> >> > the health and safety of millions. But they are ready to spin. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > Sorry Keith, i tend to disagree with you on this! The Oilsands prove the contrary! Fritz
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