johnrocks
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Cigarettes are indeed regulated and people still smoke and die as a result, government subsidies on tobacco helped this along for years also.
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Tougher regulation could have prevent oil spill.
cigarettes kill thousands,, they aren't regulated..
Really? Cigarettes aren't regulated? So I can smoke anywhere I like? I had no idea.
Sound like it's not the fault of a single party but a systemic problem with the industry in the region
That's the trouble with regulations, they are always chasing a problem that already happened...
I like how you assume that regulations never prevent accidents just because you don't hear about it on the news. Why would the news even report that? Its a non-event. "Today an accident did NOT occur..."
Can you show examples of where regulations prevented much of anything?
You can't seriously be this stupid. Do you not wear a seatbelt when driving a car ? They save lives every day .
If the U.S. had required something called an "acoustic switch" to be installed on the rig, which cost a paltry $500,000 (compared to BP's billions in annual profits and the millions they are spending daily to fix their mess)
Leaking Oil Well Lacked Safeguard Device - WSJ.com
From the article: The efficacy of the devices is unclear.
Well heck, we wouldn't want to install such a device - that might work - because it might have prevented this - and we wouldn't have wanted that to have happened!
From the article: The efficacy of the devices is unclear.
Well heck, we wouldn't want to install such a device - that might work - because it might have prevented this - and we wouldn't have wanted that to have happened!
Hindsight, it's always 20/20. Even if they had installed it, there is no guarantee it would have prevented this.
BP have an excellent record, they are one of the most ethical gas companies in the world. Shit happens. That's what this is. Shit. You wanna blame somebody? Blame yourself - and every other individual who uses gas and demands low prices.
Can you show examples of where regulations prevented much of anything?
You can't seriously be this stupid. Do you not wear a seatbelt when driving a car ? They save lives every day .
Can you show examples of where regulations prevented much of anything?
You can't seriously be this stupid. Do you not wear a seatbelt when driving a car ? They save lives every day .
My grandfather survived a car accident because he did not have his seat belt on.
Sound like it's not the fault of a single party but a systemic problem with the industry in the region
It's all going to boil down to what caused the explosion and ensuing spill. This will be tied up in litigation for at least a decade...if not longer...before blame is assigned.
If the U.S. had required something called an "acoustic switch" to be installed on the rig, which cost a paltry $500,000 (compared to BP's billions in annual profits and the millions they are spending daily to fix their mess)
Leaking Oil Well Lacked Safeguard Device - WSJ.com