Posted on 07/27/2008 4:52:05 AM PDT by thackney
“Estimated at 140 million gallons over 9 months, it drawfed the Exxon Valdez (1989, 11 M gal) by several orders of magnitude..... but is rarely, if ever mentioned by the Greenies. I don't know why - you would think this would be a poster child for banning offshore drilling. We (US) have a better record in offshore platforms.”
That helps confirm my suspicion— I believe environmental groups are sold out to foreign contributers [at the high level]. Most environmentalists are just being used.
I think that one fellow beginning to realize what's going on is Robert Redford. He once told off Bill Clinton [in an op-ed] for allowing oil drilling in Escalante [I think it was Escalante— been a while], the same place where Bill Clinton prevented the gathering of hard coal [which burns cleanly— even with low tech burning]. Perhaps it's just wishful thinking, but for all of his faults, Redford may one day find out the truth about a few things.
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