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Rough Costs: Gulf Spill vs. Exxon Valdez
Grand Rants ^ | 06-17-10 | Alan Speakman

Posted on 06/17/2010 6:08:13 AM PDT by Stoutcat

And truth be told, the cleanup will no doubt reach a point of diminishing returns… For example (and this is just an example), BP might be able to remediate 75% of the damage at a cost of $40 billion, 80% at a cost of $50 billion, 83% at a cost of $75 billion, and 84% at a cost of $150 billion. Put another way, there will come a time when there just isn’t enough ecological bang for the (available) cleanup buck...

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; History
KEYWORDS: bp; environment; exxonvaldez; gulf

1 posted on 06/17/2010 6:08:14 AM PDT by Stoutcat
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To: Stoutcat

What pi**** me is the damage done by Obama’s inaction....and it was VERY deliberate...in fact, I’d say with malice towards all....


2 posted on 06/17/2010 6:45:37 AM PDT by Sacajaweau (What)
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