Comments for Political reaction to rig explosion intense, immediate at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 9 out of 9 comments http://www.theind.com Sat, 25 May 2013 14:22:42 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/6875-political-reaction-to-rig-explosion-intense-immediate#comment-10263 Even with all the so called alternatives to oil it would be a small fraction of energy we would need. So here is a suggestion to all of you(especially Laf native res in Ca.)who seem to hate oil companies and the use of oil products: Stop using anything that comes from this abominable product. But that would mean you'd basically have to stop living for that to happen or live in seclusion and produce your own food and live in caves. So my suggestion is quit biting the hand that feeds you and all your luxuries cause it only shows your ingorance and hipocracy - Louisiana native residing in La. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:47:48 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/6875-political-reaction-to-rig-explosion-intense-immediate#comment-10260 How does everyone feel about the Jindal team recruiting that wind turbine/blade company that is moving in to the Michoud Assembly facility in eastern New Orleans? http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2010/08/wind_firm_to_plant_600_jobs_in.html That's a lot of cash for 10 years. Hopefully it'll encourage us to rebuild the coast in that area the right way and protect those investments, which can pay off over decades. There's a lotta wind off Grand Isle. Let's start with a wind farm out there. - Jason D. Faulk Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:31:39 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/6875-political-reaction-to-rig-explosion-intense-immediate#comment-10252 Yup, and no one is more ameanable to this solution than Obama. - LAFAYETTE NATIVE RESIDING IN CA Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:28:31 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/6875-political-reaction-to-rig-explosion-intense-immediate#comment-10248 "Keep drilling, to be sure, and safely, but full bore on the renewable energy sources. " I think that's very reasonable. Especially since I've read in another comment you made on the subject that you think natural gas is a part of that solution. So long as the government stays out of it, doesn't try to pick winners, and gives tax incentives to all solutions that people and companies come up with, I think that it's a very good idea. The problem is when the government puts up drilling moratoria for no good reason. when government gets on TV, and jawbones one part of the answer (corn-based ethanol) to the exclusion of others and creates a price bubble. or when government flat out gives money to preferred companies, campaign contributors, or universities and makes it impossible for competitors to stay in business. or when government just taxes gasoline, and electriciy, and every other kind of energy currently in use, to artificially control a free market. If those things aren't happening, I think "full bore on the renewable energy" is a great idea. If American ingenuity can crack this nut, and create a truly profitable industry around the technology, it'd be the biggest thing since the Internet. Yet another gift to the world from its greatest nation. - ragin_cajun Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:48:37 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/6875-political-reaction-to-rig-explosion-intense-immediate#comment-10230 I think you kinda miss the point there Perspective. Clean renewable energy is what we should pursue. Keep drilling, to be sure, and safely, but full bore on the renewable energy sources. - LAF NATIVE RESIDING IN CA Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:25:23 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/6875-political-reaction-to-rig-explosion-intense-immediate#comment-10229 Drilling is a complex operation with many variables. Human error and mechanical failure will always be a part. More pollution is put into our environment daily by our transportation system and kills more people in a few hours nationally than these rigs have done. The Mariner accident was in direct contrast to BP. All 7 blow out preventers deployed successfully. The crew stuck together and followed evacuation procedures under difficult conditions. They stuck together. Fire response was immediate, coordinated and successful. These situations, and each one will be different, needs to be looked less from a politcal point of view and more from a scientific, environmental, mechanical, and historical viewpoint, with improvements as the end result. The waters are already murky. Name calling and emotinal whip lash response only adds to the communication muck. - Perspective Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:55:23 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/6875-political-reaction-to-rig-explosion-intense-immediate#comment-10228 Anonymous, I don't understand your point!! What exactly are you saying. - LAF NATIVE RESIDING IN CA Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:07:51 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/6875-political-reaction-to-rig-explosion-intense-immediate#comment-10227 "Special interests"? How exactly are environmental advocates, who seek public good and public benefits, "special" interests? If you're going to throw around fraught labels, perhaps "special interests" could be reserved for those with money at stake, rather than those with all of our interests in mind. - Anonymous Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:56:21 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/6875-political-reaction-to-rig-explosion-intense-immediate#comment-10225 PREPARE FOR THE WORST AND HOPE FOR THE BEST. Thats Jindal and his tea partier right wingnuts solution to everthing that is damaging to our society. What they should be saying is that: WE ARE WORKING DAY AND NIGHT TO DEVELOP WIND POWER, BATTERY POWER AND NATURAL GAS TO POWER OUR LIVES: Instead, all you hear is: PREPARE FOR THE WORST AND HOPE FOR THE BEST. - LAF NATIVE RESIDING IN CA Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:33:08 +0100