Exxon pipe burst into Yellowstone River

If we don't use oil, oil can't be spilled.

Biofuels can do anything that can be done with petroleum.

If no biofuels are used biofuel tanker accidents can't explode all over passenger cars nearby, in tunnels, on bridges, driving down the highway either. Air+steam combining IN THE CYLINDER makes a plenty powerful explosion to push a car down the highway.

PLENTY POWER.

I would remind you the early Volkswagen bug only had 57 horsepower AND PEOPLE LOVED THAT CAR. Being air-cooled was a mistake, being fuel-cooled from compressed air ended that.

Biofuels would be very good for running home-based electrical generators and END MAIN POWER GRID UMBILICAL CORD DEPENDENCE. Homes don't drive down the highway and have fender~benders! hahaha I would suggest developing a window-mounted biofuel generator combo that plugs into the Wall Outlet beneath the window frame and finish these electric meters off with one swift blow to their head.

@hombre76

Not just from this Exxon spill either. There are flood waters submerging large areas of the very best farmlands we have from North Dakota to Louisiana. Remember that there are also thousands of cars, trucks, filling stations, storage tanks and so on and so on submerged too.

Crude oil, gasoline, diesel fuel, motor oil and everything else from sewage to plastic is being carried along and deposited on the farmlands by those flood waters.

Complacency sets in with less pipe breaks. Telling people "not to worry" hehehe has the reverse effect. America is sliding down many steep slopes. Today we slide into a pool of crude oil, tomorrow we slide into a vat of radioactive wastes, while every day we live in the midst of plentiful energies that are being purposely locked away, hoarded.

It is an interesting situation to observe people in control trying to force Evolution by destroying today's life forms. Or force the Rapture. Or prove the Rapture false.

A poor Economy also forces a steady supply of prostitutes to pick from.

Because EXXON is their ad dollar sugar daddy.

Because they don't want to piss off oil companies and lose millions of $$$ in advertising revenues.

Remember, oil companies very frequently are conglomerates that produce a large number of products------and they control an enormous amount of advertising revenue.

I saw a segment on CNN last night---Exxon claiming the "no wildlife was harmed" by their oil spill.

???????????????????? The MOST stupid asinine statement you could possibly make in my opinion.

Fish weren't killed? Frogs and salamanders weren't killed? Frogs and salamanders breathe through their skin----cover their skin with oil and they suffocate. Insects eat plants----plants die when covered with oil, if you don't think so, go out pour a few quarts of oil on your grass. Frogs and fish eat insects, larger animals like birds and mammals eat frogs and fish, or plants------kill the bottom of the food chain, and wildlife at the top of the food chain starves. Humans are at the top of the food chain----kill off enough of the bottom of the food chain by putting oil into your irrigation systems that make your food chain possible----and see what happens.

No wildlife harmed-----that is not only impossible---it is just plain stupid to think so.

Please delineate all the tax breaks they get that are unique to them.

Fix this and make them pay for it.

The Oil Co gets tax breaks for new developments, but that means they should have money to maintain their existing equip, from money that they are saving.

The only way to "fix" it is DON'T USE OIL!

Yep. That's an interesting point => whenever the oil companies make a mistake they just RAISE PUMP PRICES TO COVER IT... so it really doesn't matter whether some judge slaps their wrist or lowers the BOOM it always comes back to Users paying for their Mess versus the oil companies never pay for their Mess.

They're too big to fail Jan. The only answer in such a cornered situation is to throw a bear trap in the animal's face. Of course that would not be right to do, so a new technology that BRINGS COMPETITION BACK would suffice quite well.

Til competition is restored this only has a bad result. Oil companies are not the only ones doing this. The entire medical community doctors & hospitals have the same scam, and know how to use it. In Virginia business owners know all the judges rule in their favor, so they use the same hammer also.

This nation Prides itself on Freedom but in real terms we are a Communist country. The U.S. has embraced the practice of Communist Theology.

The "marriage" of Democracy with Capitalism is pretty much guaranteed to devolve into Communism, depending of course how you define Communism. Supposedly Competition is to hold the Consumer on the high ground but it doesn't take long for Businesses to realize that results in them constantly BEING STRANGLED TO DEATH so they are forced to join hands against Consumers and gain back the high ground.

To me that means No Competition, and that means Communism.

So like the dentists all in a city, or state, will all agree to raise the price on dental charges. That's Communism by my definition. Doctors and hospitals ditto, more Communism (set prices agreed upon in back rooms).

I fail to see where America is anything but one big group of Communists.

Communism sets in like a vile cancer and grows itself into permanence.

Dentists charge whatever they like and cackle like a gaggle of turkeys at their nice homes and vintage automobile collection, or expensive paintings, and brag how they send their children to the best colleges, and buy their women/wife the nice rings from the best jeweler in town [who is in reality also a Communist crony doing the same scam with local jewelers].

The ultimate result of this corporate kudzu is what we see happening today => a gross & widespread CONTEMPT FOR OTHER CITIZENS. Pipelines breaking who cares? Who gives a damn? => because tomorrow we Communists still WIN. Jan, this is why your efforts continue to fail and will continue to fail, because the football field is operating by the Communist playbook while you mistakenly think this is a nation of free & equality-minded people.

It is not. You and me, we're the PREY. They destroy us piece by piece every day which means they win piece by arm & leg (ours) every day. Whatever objectives the Founders of this Nation envisioned we have turned aside into Communism: fully-praciticed Communism.

I can give you an excellent example of that when we moved into these apartments each month we were charged an increasing amount for Water, when in fact our water usage was quite stable. The owners of Peters Creek Apartments in Roanoke Virginia had taken the recent drought as a springboard to overcharge for water, so when we moved in, the drought ended (2003) but, they had gotten used to getting $35-$55.00 per month extra in their pockets from 160 apartments. Do the Math.

I figured out what they were doing and told the County people. The owners were quietly forced to sell, nothing was ever printed in the newspaper because they all knew they had to protect their positions over Consumers, and that if any of them gave the situation any Press -as should've happened- they would have all been forced to compensate the hundreds of [UGH, YUCK} APARTMENT RENTER SCUM, their enemies, the ones they all knew they had to remain in domination over at all costs.

Democracy and Truth be Damned. So Jan, when you wonder what has happened and why we live every day like pigs in wet mud slop begging for food to be tossed our way, there's your reason. Communism degrades everybody down to the Lowest Common Denominator.

If this was a proper Democracy Jan we would be in an upward spiral headed for Greatness higher than the fictitious Krypton ever had. This is not the America I was brainwashed as a child to believe exists. This is a load of pig crap. My last good chewing tooth split down the middle over a month ago, and my dental insurance decided not to pay for a dental cleaning so I got a bill for $209.00, and they all cackle amongst themselves LIKE THE COMMUNISTS THEY ARE because they know my position is stomping material and fodder to be thrown into the deep.

I'm not complaining, just explaining. This is what the US has down-spiralled into a long time ago actually. That's why we keep using Crude Oil. 1776 is no longer the rule of law in this land.

I've done that many times before. Handed out flyers I made, placed them on parked cars in parking lots, etc.. Saw people throwing them in the trash. Maybe some didin't, but all I can say about BP is, at least I showed up. If people across this country walked into their local BP today and did the same thing that might make a difference too.Then again, I think the main problem is that people have become apathetic, distracted and just plain don't care. It will take more than a flyer to change that, but I might try it again.

Yes Jan, most of them will end up in the trash-----you are right. But if we hand out a hundred and only reach person----that is one person more than there were. And if that one person hands out a hundred, and only reaches one person more, then there are two people more than there were..............................

All we can do is try, the worst we could possibly do is not any worse than what is happening already.

Remember---we are fighting over a century of greed, billions of $$$, and brainwashing telling people that they HAVE to have oil to live. I think the first thing we need to do is to make it known to people that we don't have to give up anything to get rid of oil, except wars, high prices, economic and environmental damage etc. etc. etc....................

It is being done right now in other places with biofuels......................Brazil, Germany, Sweden, Argentina, even China, Byeolorussia, Ukraine, Pakistan and many others. We need to make people see that that do NOT HAVE to use oil. We have other choices.

Very good point wet dog. oil and water do not mix. That was a very good analogy. I think this story will spread like the oil that was spilled.

-----" I think this story will spread like the oil that was spilled."-------

I think Exxon, other industries that pollute, the media that derives their income from these industries and politicians friendly to them will all be doing their utmost to bury any coverage and follow up on the results.

I think it is up to us----nothing is going to change unless WE change it.

Alaska is next. Remember that on election day, 2012.

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"Obama Plan for Oil Drilling in Alaska Draws Critics"
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/science/earth/01energy.html

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WOW Nardo----you've summed it up pretty well!

True dat. Irresponsibility and corruption=EXXON

and our children's future.

the EPA became a joke after the gutting and remanaging Bush did to it.

This is why Jan should have a small time slot on Current TV.

Small? An hour a day would not even begin to address all the environmental issues that are over-looked daily around the world. It would be a great start though. +^'d

I'm game. Current can be a leader in getting out truth. I'm all for that.

If there was a way to make raw crude oil break down on contact with water into something less harmful, or something that sinks to the bottom and returns into the ground... and then an antidote (additive to add back into it during the refining process to restore that quality)... we'd be straight.

Anybody know any mad scientists wants to get ultra famous, or rich?

Hi janforgore excellent post. How many more water ways are going to catch fire before the American people have had enough.

They need to be taught a lesson...they pay attention to absolutely nothing but their own concerns , "Profit" ....... years of pleading with these corporations has done nothing to stop their insane arrogance and ignorance ...they wantonly destroy everything in their path with no regard for the environment or life, human or otherwise....Their only concern other than profit is hiding this fact ... Talking or the hope of political intervention is useless with them...breaking those laws already in place means nothing , the fines are simply the cost of fraud and deceit....If what you know about these corporations pisses you off...just imagine how much we do not know...These are the most morally corrupt people on this planet and we have to find a solution to this problem.

The BP Gulf ecocide should have been enough already. I don't know what bothers me more: the events taking place, or the collective apathy surrounding them on the part of the people of this country on the whole.

They have also managed to brainwash people into thinking their way is the only way. That no other energy source is as convenient and cheap. They are amoral liars. We need to counter them in the media with ads that tell the truth about their tactics and with ads that show the tremendous potential and affordability of renewable energy to make people understand that fossil fuels are not the answer to what ails this planet now. I was actually hoping to see that here, but I guess that's just a pipedream now ( no pun intended.)

Rolling out diapers on the road sure makes the cleanup effort look stupid. These oil giants always depend on nature to hide their inability to clean up a mess.

I foolishly thought the availability of honest news through the internet would enlighten people the world over and thus put an end to the Corporate destruction of this world.
I assumed it was ignorance due to the lack of truth...rather than, ignorance is bliss mentality ....the sitcom, pro wrestling ,American Idol watching , soft drink , lite beer swilling , TV guide, celebrity news reading idiots that make up half this Country ,who are allowed a vote based on nothing ,but repetitive talking points from cable news air heads... These people will never learn anything...and changing their minds ??? You need one that functions first!
We are fighting major corporations....corrupt politicians on both sides and all those idiots that would elect a freaking Bush/ Cheney ticket....we are out numbered and out gunned....but ...we can hope for a miracle or that it get's so damn bad they are forced to wake up.
Spreading the truth on the internet is still a way to acquire those ignorant due to dishonest media BS...all we can do is to keep trying
sorry about the rant...lately I get totally frustrated when the obvious is so thoroughly ignored.

Isn't that so true. Depending on that which they are destroying as if they cherish it. Evil.

the problem is that what exxon would be "fined" (i say this with quotations because odds are they aren't) is billions of dollars less than they made by taking shortcuts.

Not according to Michele Bachmann ... or most right-wingers!

His stance seems to be with the banking end of corruption and fraud....He's a Wall Street financial puppet more than a energy puppet...imho .

Obama is stuck in the same hole as all politicians. He started out with a NO New Drilling policy. However, due to the change in the economy, there is a new political push to open up drilling in Alaska, and increase off shore deep drilling in the gulf and in other areas.

The politics behind these things are such that when the ball gets rolling, it is very hard to stop. The ball was rolling in the NO NEW drilling direction, but President G. W. Bush made strong headway into getting this changed. Obama is not an environmentalist, he is a practicalist. That means if the politics are right, he just might push through a change in the law. Nothing personal, but he is not Al Gore.

I like Obama and support him, so don't think I am trying to slander the guy.

It is both repugs and dems
Obama needs to acquire some brass balls and quit being a moderate repug.

we need an other FDR I thought Obama was going to be that person I was so wrong as you say I am done being nice about it

I wonder if this will get reported on any of the major networks. Exxon is heavily invested in the media, its the 4th of July weekend, and there is that Keystone XL pipeline drama; just the first few factors that corporate media may try to avoid discussing the event.

To many people will know about it to keep it hidden completely, but it will only make a ripple instead of the wave it should.

The Casey Anthony trial is all I've seen.

Absolutely.

Pipelines breaking. Power plants breaking. Fish & birds dying. Planet innards blowing into its outards. Entire states on fire other entire states flooded the rest in drought conditions no drinking water.

It used to be everybody else... U.S. Katrina has arrived. Hey! Here's a idea. We all file for Disaster Relief! New homes for EVERYBODY!

People are starting to realize ...not a week goes by without a major corporation somewhere causing a disaster .....regardless the field....Energy, health,agriculture, financial, etc.. etc.