DUI on a bicycle, now that's one for the record. I better check my state for the rules on that, even though I don't drink and ride its just a curiosity. What state are you in DB?
On Jul 5, 12:15 pm, DarkwaterBlight <[email protected]> wrote: > True and I have a friend who recieved a DUI for riding his bike home > drunk! ;P > > On Jul 5, 12:01 pm, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Oh come on Lee! Just because I live in a big city with a good public > > transport system it doesn't necessarily mean that "Don't drink and > > drive!" commercials have no value. > > > On 5 Jul., 15:50, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > Indeed Rigsy. Boycott your cars then my consumer friends? > > > > On 5 July, 09:43, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Manufacturers and consumers have played their role as well. Oil is > > > > still a critical product. Ethanol and other alternatives have their > > > > own sets of problems.//Consider a breakdown of the electrical grid or > > > > water purity as future shocks.//There is enough blame to go around for > > > > the degradation of the environment beyond BP. > > > > > On Jul 4, 11:33 pm, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > The lunacy lies in big oil's complete lack of regard for the > > > > > environment and complete capitulation to record profits at any cost to > > > > > others. > > > > > > I was flabbergasted when BP first started trying to fix the Gulf > > > > > leak. Every time something failed their excuse was that they had > > > > > never done that in water this deep before. That they had begun deep > > > > > water drilling in such a confined area as the Gulf apparently without > > > > > knowing what they were doing or how to do it seems beyond absurd. It > > > > > seems pure insanity. > > > > > > However, the Gulf is far from the largest oil spill in the world. Not > > > > > counting Deepwater Horizon, the ten largest oil spills in the world > > > > > are as follows: > > > > > > 1. Kuwait - 1991 - 520 million gallons. Iraqi forces opened the > > > > > valves of several oil tankers in order to slow the invasion of > > > > > American troops. The oil slick was four inches thick and covered 4000 > > > > > square miles of ocean. > > > > > > 2. Mexico - 1980 - 100 million gallons. An accident in an oil well > > > > > caused an explosion which then caused the well to collapse. The well > > > > > remained open, spilling 30,000 gallons a day into the ocean for a full > > > > > year. > > > > > > 3. Trinidad and Tobago - 1979 - 90 million. During a tropical > > > > > storm off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago, a Greek oil tanker > > > > > collided with another ship, and lost nearly its entire cargo. > > > > > > 4. Russia - 1994 - 84 million gallons. A broken pipeline in Russia > > > > > leaked for eight months before it was noticed and repaired. > > > > > > 5. Persian Gulf - 1983 - 80 million gallons. A tanker collided > > > > > with a drilling platform which, eventually, collapsed into the sea. > > > > > The well continued to spill oil into the ocean for seven months before > > > > > it was repaired. > > > > > > 6. South Africa - 1983 - 79 million gallons. A tanker cought fire > > > > > and was abandoned before sinking 25 miles off the coast of Saldanha > > > > > Bay. > > > > > > 7. France - 1978 - 69 million gallons. A tanker's rudder was > > > > > broken in a severe storm, despite several ships responding to its > > > > > distress call, the ship ran aground and broke in two. It's entire > > > > > payload was dumped into the English Channel. > > > > > > 8. Angola - 1991 - more than 51 million gallons. The tanker > > > > > expolded, exact quantity of spill unknown > > > > > > 9. Italy - 1991 - 45 million gallons. The tanker exploded and sank > > > > > off the coast of Italy and continued leaking it's oil into the ocean > > > > > for 12 years. > > > > > > 10. Odyssey Oil Spill - 1988 - 40 million gallons. 700 nautical > > > > > miles off the cost of Nova Scotia. > > > > > > Which puts the Deepwater Horizon spill between number four and five at > > > > > the present time. The total amount of oil spilled just in the ten > > > > > largest is more than a BILLION gallons of oil between 1978 and 1991 > > > > > dumped into the oceans. I'm not being an apologist for BP but just > > > > > trying to put 84 million gallons in perspective. It's a horrific > > > > > disaster, no doubt. But we will get past it and recover from it. > > > > > > I was also taken aback by the rest of big oil's attitude. Each said > > > > > they'd never have done it the way BP did it yet they are all > > > > > conducting deepwater drilling and even more dangerous drilling in > > > > > highly sensitive areas in much the same way BP conducts its drilling > > > > > operations. Full speed ahead and damn the consequences. > > > > > > It seems to me the best answer is to get our well-oiled asses out of > > > > > oil as fast as we can. Like the ethanol ads say, 100 million gallons > > > > > and no one injured, none spilled and the environment is cleaner for > > > > > it. > > > > > > /e- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -
