[afz400]

Sorry, but this isn't an environmental wacko issue. This hurts a lot of people and whoever is responsible should be punished. A single hulled tanker has no business hauling this much oil.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I think the cargo was N6 fuel oil, which means its likely to sink rather than float and evaporate on the water's surface like distillate or gasoline. This means it'll be coming ashore for a long time.

[Rockitz]

Sorry, but this isn't an environmental wacko issue. This hurts a lot of people and whoever is responsible should be punished. A single hulled tanker has no business hauling this much oil.

Amen. I'm no wacko, but I'm sick about this and every FReeper should be.

[Former Fetus]

This hurts a lot of people

This hurts a lot of hard working, low class people, working poor if you wish. My prayers are with the fishermen and their families, as their livelihoods are destroyed. I don't have no faith in the Spanish government. Those people (the fishermen) will have a hard row to hoe. When I think of them, I get very upset at the environmentalists fussing about the birds caught in the slick. Sad? certainly, but we must set our priorities in order.

[FreePaul]

...whoever is responsible should be punished.

At the risk of being accused of plagarism I believe that it is the irresponsible who should be punished. All we have to do is find out who they are. The ship driver? The ship owner? The ship builder? The owner of the oil? The company who produced the oil? The people who were going to get cheaper oil? This could go on and on.