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Old 11-16-2012, 02:39 PM
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Oil Rig Explosion, Fire in Gulf Coast - Yahoo! News
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Old 11-16-2012, 02:58 PM
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so what? this stuff happens. tell you what: cut off all your petroleum based products to your household, EVERYTHING, including your car and all plastics, etc. and I might listen to your hyperbole.....


that being said, I do hope the missing workers are found alive & well.
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Old 11-16-2012, 04:26 PM
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so what? this stuff happens. tell you what: cut off all your petroleum based products to your household, EVERYTHING, including your car and all plastics, etc. and I might listen to your hyperbole.....


that being said, I do hope the missing workers are found alive & well.
What hyperbole?

Besides cutting off all plastic while desireable to me environmentally is 99.9% impractical today.
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Old 11-16-2012, 04:47 PM
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Might be time to re-examine the safety protocols on oil rigs in our territorial waters.

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