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Has anyone seen this documentary? I caught most of it on HBO this afternoon, but missed the first 20 minutes or so. I may find it more interesting than most people since I have worked in the oil and gas industry, but it does a great job of showing the dangers and effects of drilling in America. Some of the environmental and health effects of drilling near people's homes are downright scary. I'm just wondering if anyone else has seen this...and if you haven't I would highly recommend it. I need to find a way to catch the first part of it.
 
I haven't see it but it's sounds about right. The common man gets the shaft from Big Business whose deep pockets always win out.
 
KrazeeEyezKilla said:
I haven't see it but it's sounds about right. The common man gets the shaft from Big Business whose deep pockets always win out.
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Does big business winning = they provide us (the common man) with the products we demand at prices we can afford? If that's so, what would be different if the common man won out?
 
Gameface said:
Does big business winning = they provide us (the common man) with the products we demand at prices we can afford? If that's so, what would be different if the common man won out?
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How about not trying to drill in people's backyards or near major drinking water sources. Or maybe spend more money on alternative forms of energy...
 
I haven't seen this documentary yet, and it's on my radar. So I don't exactly want to comment, but it is well timed. Without getting too political, the BP story as it fully unfolds will reveal that the Bush administration made it absurdly easy for oil companies to drill anywhere they wanted with no oversight. That's why there was a scandal with the MMS (the Department of the Interior agency responsible for handing out lucrative drilling contracts and took kickbacks.) US policy was pay the toll, drill.

I'm not going down the Bush road, but I made a joke in an earlier thread that it's literally harder to get the paperwork to add a bathroom to your house than it is to drill for oil in the Gulf of Mexico. Environmentalists are always viewed as alarmists in these matters. But drilling for oil causes all kinds of problems that go well beyond oil not spilling which I assume the documentary covered. The point is that there needs to be far more government regulation of the industry than presently exists.
 
billyshelby said:
I haven't seen this documentary yet, and it's on my radar. So I don't exactly want to comment, but it is well timed. Without getting too political, the BP story as it fully unfolds will reveal that the Bush administration made it absurdly easy for oil companies to drill anywhere they wanted with no oversight. That's why there was a scandal with the MMS (the Department of the Interior agency responsible for handing out lucrative drilling contracts and took kickbacks.) US policy was pay the toll, drill.

I'm not going down the Bush road, but I made a joke in an earlier thread that it's literally harder to get the paperwork to add a bathroom to your house than it is to drill for oil in the Gulf of Mexico. Environmentalists are always viewed as alarmists in these matters. But drilling for oil causes all kinds of problems that go well beyond oil not spilling which I assume the documentary covered. The point is that there needs to be far more government regulation of the industry than presently exists.
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They didn't cover oil spills at all unless I missed it in the first 20 minutes or so. It was all about natural gas drilling and fracking...or fracturing (as if it needs to be shortened). You should definitely check it out though.
 
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Damn. I thought this thread was going to discuss which fast food place has the best burritos: Del Taco or Taco Bell. Personally, I'd go with Baja Fresh, although I don't know if that qualifies: no drive-throughs.
 
GlassEater said:
Damn. I thought this thread was going to discuss which fast food place has the best burritos: Del Taco or Taco Bell. Personally, I'd go with Baja Fresh, although I don't know if that qualifies: no drive-throughs.
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Damn, I LOVE Baja Fresh. Too bad they closed them here in Utah. Now I have to travel to Vegas or L.A. to get my Baja chicken burrito.
 
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