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The Bright Side of this Disaster
Posted on 5/29/10 at 10:57 pm
Posted on 5/29/10 at 10:57 pm
I'm super-bummed about this as I'm an avid fisherman and think the Louisiana marshlands and the entire delta are an extremely beautiful part of nature...the images of the oil in the marsh makes me sick. But I'm trying to find the bright side to this...anyone else who wants to contribute, please chime in!
1. Increase attention on yet another part of Louisiana that makes it so special...maybe this will help people "get it" and we can leverage into reclaiming marshland
2. Increase in the number of people in America that go the math and science route. America has produced some of the greatest engineering feats of the past 100 years, and I think we are slipping as we have gotten comfortable...I hope this will re-energize and kindle interest in America's youth to pursue the sciences. I'm sure some will want to learn more about Petroleum engineering and others will want to find alternative energy sources.
3. The positive effects of reduced shrimping and decreased fishing pressure might outweigh the negative effects on fish population from oil in the estuaries (maybe this is wishful thinking but I'm looking for positives).
4. The drilling industry will be required to develop wild well control plans that are proven and ready to go...no more of this over-reliance on one control device...the BOP.
Others?
1. Increase attention on yet another part of Louisiana that makes it so special...maybe this will help people "get it" and we can leverage into reclaiming marshland
2. Increase in the number of people in America that go the math and science route. America has produced some of the greatest engineering feats of the past 100 years, and I think we are slipping as we have gotten comfortable...I hope this will re-energize and kindle interest in America's youth to pursue the sciences. I'm sure some will want to learn more about Petroleum engineering and others will want to find alternative energy sources.
3. The positive effects of reduced shrimping and decreased fishing pressure might outweigh the negative effects on fish population from oil in the estuaries (maybe this is wishful thinking but I'm looking for positives).
4. The drilling industry will be required to develop wild well control plans that are proven and ready to go...no more of this over-reliance on one control device...the BOP.
Others?
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Posted on 5/29/10 at 11:02 pm to Big L
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1. Increase attention on yet another part of Louisiana that makes it so special...maybe this will help people "get it" and we can leverage into reclaiming marshland
Unfortunately, everyone thought this was going to happen after Katrina. Makes me sick to go out in the marsh and notice things slowly disappearing, and realizing that we're spending time and millions of dollars on studies, and we're not doing a damn thing to actually fix the problem.
Posted on 5/29/10 at 11:02 pm to Big L
5. Hopefully they will move up the date on our increased royalties. I know Landrieu is probably pushing for this now. If we can do this hopefully we can make improvements in our abysmal school systems.
Posted on 5/29/10 at 11:04 pm to LEASTBAY
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Hopefully they will move up the date on our increased royalties. I know Landrieu is probably pushing for this now. If we can do this hopefully we can make improvements in our abysmal school systems.
Gotta disagree, money needs to go into taking ACTION into improving out marsh/barrier islands.
Can't thrown money at a problem and expect it to go away.....schools in D.C. spend the most per student, and they're still horrific.
What royalties? Ole barry wants to limit deep drilling.......
Posted on 5/29/10 at 11:06 pm to TJG210
yeah, we need the money for many different reasons. I didnt mean schools alone, hurricane protection is more important.
Posted on 5/30/10 at 12:02 am to LEASTBAY
number 4.... Anyone wish we hadnt had it?????? 
Posted on 5/30/10 at 12:40 am to Big L
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2. Increase in the number of people in America that go the math and science route.
Yep, I bet there would be a lot of great scientists in our country there if there weren't people like Jindal pushing for creationism (intelligent designer jeans) in the classrooms or Palin saying the earth is 6000 years old and men and dinosaurs lived together.
Posted on 5/30/10 at 7:15 am to Big L
I travel around the country and the people in California and the East Coast people don't care what happens in La. unless it effects them. Don't look for much sympathy from the rest of the nation until it directly effects them.
Posted on 5/30/10 at 8:27 am to Schwaaz
I'm sure alot of the people on the east coast actually welcome the fact that there is no shrimping going on in LA. It will help their economy b/c there will be a higher demand for their shrimp.
Posted on 5/30/10 at 9:25 am to guttata
Along with foreign shrimpers and fishermen. Now if and when the oil gets into the gulf stream then they will be screaming for some heads.
Posted on 5/30/10 at 9:28 am to Schwaaz
I have friends up North and they are very pissed.
Posted on 5/30/10 at 9:44 am to LEASTBAY
East coast is safe. Oil will not reach there quickly enough for it to be a problem.
The royalty increase all goes to coastal erosion when it happens. Production will not be shut down I would bet a stack of money on... we can't afford to do that.
But back to the silver lining comments.
Next year shrimp and fish will be totally unaffected by this for the most part. The only long term effects MIGHT be that the area east of Venice is closed to shrimping due to shrimpers getting oily stuff in their nets by pulling up tarball stuff off the bottom. This will help red snapper because shrimper by catch kills most of the young. BP may have just done the charter captains a big favor long term. silver lining talk remember.
The royalty increase all goes to coastal erosion when it happens. Production will not be shut down I would bet a stack of money on... we can't afford to do that.
But back to the silver lining comments.
Next year shrimp and fish will be totally unaffected by this for the most part. The only long term effects MIGHT be that the area east of Venice is closed to shrimping due to shrimpers getting oily stuff in their nets by pulling up tarball stuff off the bottom. This will help red snapper because shrimper by catch kills most of the young. BP may have just done the charter captains a big favor long term. silver lining talk remember.
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