If government was so clever and so wonderous at solving environmental issues why hasn't it contained the So Cal Methane disaster that is ongoing as we type to each other?
So a private driller screws up big, and it's the government's fault? Interesting logic. Is it your contention that the government needs to maintain a well-plugging SWAT team, ready to plug any leak, no matter how big, at a moment's notice?
You pro AGW so called enviro protectors answer why neither the state or the feds have stopped this disaster. Ohhhhhhhhhhh. Because they were too busy getting their faces out there claiming they care about the planet.
So you spend decades screaming that government regulation of drilling is the most awful thing ever ... and now you claim there wasn't enough regulation.
Well done! <slow clap>
Fool I've been a conservationist for decades. I specifically concentrate on water. Look up Grassy Narrows. That's what set me on this path.
Now I not only believe in regulation but strict enforcement of regulations. I've done this a lot of years. Including fighting against intensive hog farms in southern Ontario to the point we had Kennedy up. Still fighting all the boil water advisories that exist north and south of our borders. In civilized lands this should not be allowed.
I'm not a bullshit person on a message board. I'm an activists.
What I resent is our governments being so tied into $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ that can be gained versus real solid solutions to our environmental problems.
Conservationist to the core. And I live it.
Sure, Tiny, sure. And that is why you consistently blame any and all governments for the sins of private companies. So, you really think that the Government of California has the equipment to drill and plug that well?
In Porter Ranch, ongoing gas leak seeps the joy out of Christmas
Despite repeated assurances that the fumes pose no serious health risks, many residents are skeptical and say they have reason not to trust SoCal Gas. The company's formal summary of tests taken Nov. 12 in the community said that levels of hazardous sulfur compounds were "intermittent, very low" and below state standards.
That isn't true. The tests had found hydrogen sulfide levels of 183 parts per billion — six times the state standard for a chemical that can be poisonous.
The company said the hydrogen sulfide was released during an early attempt to stop the leak at the wellhead, one of several methods SoCal Gas tried before giving up and embarking on the lengthy process of drilling relief wells to intercept and plug the damaged well.
Lisa Larroque Alexander, director of technology solutions at SoCal Gas, described the omission in report as an "oversight" and said, "We are making the correction."
But the damage to the company's credibility has been done.
I think your credibility is about the same as that of SoCal.