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Another Gulf Oil Rig Explodes

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the here-we-go-again dept.

A few readers have noted that another gulf oil rig has exploded. This one is off the coast of Lousiana. So far all the workers are accounted for, but they are in immersion suits waiting for rescue.

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  1. Ecotage? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Could some group be committing ecotage for nefarious ends?

    1. Re:Ecotage? by oldspewey · · Score: 0, Troll

      I'm sure we'll be hearing all kinds of crackpot theories from the usual suspects in the far right of the political spectrum.

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  2. Re:Bah. by M.+Kristopeit · · Score: -1, Troll
    they don't know if oil is not spewing... i know because i read about this on 10 other sites many hours ago.

    slashdot = stagnated

  3. No Oil by Nidi62 · · Score: -1, Troll

    How about mentioning in the summary that, as of right now, it is believed that the rig was not actively pumping oil and that there is currently no known oil leak into the gulf? Or does that take too much of the sensationalism out of it?

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  4. BLAME BP by joe545 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Even though it's not their rig, I'm sure BP had some nefarious hand in it all. The oil leak, hurricanes, Lockerbie, 9-11 etc and now this!

  5. Re:Bah. by M.+Kristopeit · · Score: -1, Troll
    funny how you think slashdot is a news aggregator... used to be a publisher when i started reading in the 90s....... i must have missed the memo.

    slashdot = stagnated

  6. Re:Bah. by M.+Kristopeit · · Score: -1, Troll
    i sign up new USERS all the time. i assure you, i'm the same PERSON.

    you're an idiot... but you know that.

  7. Re:Bah. by Hognoxious · · Score: -1, Troll

    Call me back when there's oil spewing.

    Irrelevant. According to TFA it's owned by "Houston-based Mariner Energy.".

    Good ole 'Merkan oil leaks are just part of the a cost of freedom. The freedom to drive vehicles that do gallons per mile, apparently.

    It's only smart-talking Queen-salutin' high-falutin' fancy-accent limey oil[1] that kills wildlife, causes cancer and supports tayrzum.

    Didn't you learn anything from the Exxon Valdez?

    [1] From a company that's 40% US owned, but who cares about facts when you're number one?

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  8. Re:Fuck The Ecomaniacs by daem0n1x · · Score: 1, Troll

    Wow, what a spin! Two oil rigs explode, so the environmentalists are to blame! Have you considered a career in Fox News?

  9. Re:Cap by bsDaemon · · Score: -1, Troll

    I drive a pickup truck, but actually use the pickup truck-like features. I'm not some douche-bag Manhattanite driving a Range Rover. I try to drive as little as possible. But the area I live in gets a fairly significant chuck of its electricity from a nuke plant, so that's something at least.

  10. Re:Maybe by boliboboli · · Score: 0, Troll

    You're right, it was like when earthquakes were the mainstream story of the week.

    Now if we can only find out how to blame the oil platform explosions on global warming...

  11. Re:Maybe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I've worked on the safety system of some major rigs in the Norwegian sections of the North Sea and I cannot see how this could happen if proper procedures and sane safety systems were in place...

    Take your socialist regulation elsewhere, you dirty foreign commie!

  12. Re:Fuck The Ecomaniacs by LingNoi · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah, you'll see I didn't put "100% or nothing" or even make a point in that direction.

    Why do you people always have to invent strawmen?

  13. Re:Bah. by Kristopeit,+Michael · · Score: -1, Troll
    why should i do what you say?

    what will you do if i don't? what will anyone do?

    why couldn't it mean i want to pick a new user name like you did when you signed up for the user you are currently posting with... or did your mother name you 4h4h45A5rA5AQHAA4rr?

    what if i forgot my password and don't remember which email address i used to sign up? what if i like having the highest user ID number... i shouldn't be allowed to have things i like? because you don't want me to have them?

    you are NOTHING

  14. Re:Bah. by M.+D.+Kristopeit · · Score: -1, Troll

    you are NOTHING

  15. Re:Bah. by Kristopeit,+M.+D. · · Score: 0, Troll

    ur mum's face could use a time-out.