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Originally Posted by Mattyk
As with anything it seems, it takes a mega disaster for quality safety measures to be put in place. Even then a lot of it is just window dressing to make everyone think it will never happen again. I'm really not convinced this is going to change very much in the long run.
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Well the Valdez oil spill lead to double lined tankers but I guess other offshore accidents have lead to nothing. That's what shockes me the most. I would have never guessed with all the enviromental laws we do not require a better safty plan for these wells. While I'm for limited goverment I'm pretty disapointed with the lax rules in place for the past 30 to 40 years. I'm still for offshore drilling but not until they have better safty standards in place. The left can say "See I told you so" but from the post I've read here it seems even people on the left are shocked at the lack of safty rules in place.