Dinah
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I have just as much of a distaste for Haliburton and drilling especially drilling in the gulf or anywhere near FL which is my home. If anything my discomfort of those activities and Haliburon is likely much stronger than most peoples feelings, but even if accidents have happened at haliburton serviced wells that is not by any stretch of the imagination any kind of proof or evidence or anything else that haliburtion actually caused any problems. Here is an example of that logic, Well Nellie (thats me) was out on a boat, then 20 minutes later said boat capsized, so Nellie must have been negligent or done something to be at least partially responsible. When in reality there are about infinity other reasons why a boat can sink or capsize.
The problem with drilling is not Haliburton or Exxon, or BP or anything else. Part of the problems are things like the time that I spent on the gulf coast as a child will not be the same as the time my kids get to spend on the gulf coast. Now depending on where you are at I have seen at least one platform personally from shore. I worry that a bunch more platforms will start to pop up and that will be our view the next time we go to the coast to try and catch a glimpse of the flash. Now instead of beautiful Sand dollars and huge stretches of beach on Sanibel Island, I worry there will be effects of an oil spill for my kids to enjoy instead. I worry that no longer will we be able to just go out and catch some fish to eat, and I worry that the reefs of the Keys which were my true childhood stomping grounds won't be there once my kids are old enough to take diving there (stomping figuratively speaking....do not step on the Coral!!!).
Despite my discomfort I really truly feel that even big mean companies like Haliburton are truly trying to be careful and safe. I'm sure that most of the employees are consciences people just like the rest of us. I bet they take their jobs and responsibilities very seriously. I seriously doubt that even the higher ups want to have a disaster. It is just bad business to piss off everyone from Texas to FL and that is if BP recovers and this spill gets cleaned fast with minimal damage. It will be even worse business for them if they end up ticking off everyone from south America all the way up the east coast to Canada (if the spawning tuna take a big hit). Even big mean companies don't want these things to happen because it isn't profitable for them to have entire states and countries mad. But nobody is perfect, no piece of equipment is perfect, and even if somehow people and our machines could be perfect things can still happen, thats just part of life....if you don't like being imperfect, then you had better hope you are the pope, god, or Q.
We are a one car family. We drive an efficient car only when necessary, the rest of the time we have bikes. We recycle, compost, garden in our yard, use cfl bulbs, dry our clothes on a clothes line, and I have been using canvas grocery bags for about a decade now. Plus this is the first winter that as an adult I have even turned the heater on. But even though my family tries hard to minimize our need for petroleum products we still need them. I would feel like a hypocrite saying I hate your line of work, but at the same time I depend on it. And even my family that works really hard to minimize our needs still needs some of these products.
Mahatma Gandhi said "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." So for anyone who really wants to do something about this spill and future spills, the best things we can do is put our money and activities where our mouths are. Ride a bike, grow some food, watch your energy usage, use a clothesline, compost, recycle, put in some solar panels, replace you water heater/other appliance with a more efficient ones, wash in cold water, and watch out about what detergents you use as many of them use petroleum products as well. I can tell that some people here obviously feel very strongly about petroleum and oil drilling. If everyone put their money and actions where your mouth was, the need to even be in the gulf drilling it to pieces would be much lessened. So rather than being upset and angry with Haliburton, or BP, or anyone else, I think it is much more productive to look at ourselves and in what ways we contributed to the problems and in what ways
we can be the change. Spend your money wisely, if everyone did that then the people who ruin our gulf will soon find themselves broke and out of business.
The problem with drilling is not Haliburton or Exxon, or BP or anything else. Part of the problems are things like the time that I spent on the gulf coast as a child will not be the same as the time my kids get to spend on the gulf coast. Now depending on where you are at I have seen at least one platform personally from shore. I worry that a bunch more platforms will start to pop up and that will be our view the next time we go to the coast to try and catch a glimpse of the flash. Now instead of beautiful Sand dollars and huge stretches of beach on Sanibel Island, I worry there will be effects of an oil spill for my kids to enjoy instead. I worry that no longer will we be able to just go out and catch some fish to eat, and I worry that the reefs of the Keys which were my true childhood stomping grounds won't be there once my kids are old enough to take diving there (stomping figuratively speaking....do not step on the Coral!!!).
Despite my discomfort I really truly feel that even big mean companies like Haliburton are truly trying to be careful and safe. I'm sure that most of the employees are consciences people just like the rest of us. I bet they take their jobs and responsibilities very seriously. I seriously doubt that even the higher ups want to have a disaster. It is just bad business to piss off everyone from Texas to FL and that is if BP recovers and this spill gets cleaned fast with minimal damage. It will be even worse business for them if they end up ticking off everyone from south America all the way up the east coast to Canada (if the spawning tuna take a big hit). Even big mean companies don't want these things to happen because it isn't profitable for them to have entire states and countries mad. But nobody is perfect, no piece of equipment is perfect, and even if somehow people and our machines could be perfect things can still happen, thats just part of life....if you don't like being imperfect, then you had better hope you are the pope, god, or Q.
We are a one car family. We drive an efficient car only when necessary, the rest of the time we have bikes. We recycle, compost, garden in our yard, use cfl bulbs, dry our clothes on a clothes line, and I have been using canvas grocery bags for about a decade now. Plus this is the first winter that as an adult I have even turned the heater on. But even though my family tries hard to minimize our need for petroleum products we still need them. I would feel like a hypocrite saying I hate your line of work, but at the same time I depend on it. And even my family that works really hard to minimize our needs still needs some of these products.
Mahatma Gandhi said "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." So for anyone who really wants to do something about this spill and future spills, the best things we can do is put our money and activities where our mouths are. Ride a bike, grow some food, watch your energy usage, use a clothesline, compost, recycle, put in some solar panels, replace you water heater/other appliance with a more efficient ones, wash in cold water, and watch out about what detergents you use as many of them use petroleum products as well. I can tell that some people here obviously feel very strongly about petroleum and oil drilling. If everyone put their money and actions where your mouth was, the need to even be in the gulf drilling it to pieces would be much lessened. So rather than being upset and angry with Haliburton, or BP, or anyone else, I think it is much more productive to look at ourselves and in what ways we contributed to the problems and in what ways
we can be the change. Spend your money wisely, if everyone did that then the people who ruin our gulf will soon find themselves broke and out of business.
