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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:31 AM Original message |
BP Executive Says US Cannot Do Without Gulf Oil |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. BP's press releases are not LBN. nt |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
2. I read that as a threat |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Nope |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 10:17 AM Response to Reply #3 |
16. But how would we do our bombing runs and fire our tanks and stuff? |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 02:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
41. Amen |
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Lochloosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. No shit. Nationalize BP and keep the oil. It is ours after all. |
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SPedigrees (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 10:30 AM Response to Reply #6 |
18. It worked for Hugo Chavez and the Venezuelan people. nt |
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dmosh42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 11:15 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Yes, seize the wells from the crooks! |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 11:53 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. +1 if O wants to up his popularity & really save the environment, DO IT |
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Titanothere (198 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 02:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
40. Right, because things are going so smoothly down there |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 02:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:39 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. It IS a threat. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:51 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. BP sells a lot of oil to the US DOD |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 11:12 AM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Almost all of it. Oil is oil. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
4. And now you don't even have to drill for it. |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
5. What percent of America's oil consumption comes from the Gulf? |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:45 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. That's not material |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:48 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Yep!!! n/t |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 10:52 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. The EIA report for 2009 says that the Petroleum and Liquid fuels |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 11:22 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. That is all liquid fuels. Further down the page. The Gulf is roughly 30% of US crude production. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 11:57 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. I can see how you got to that figure |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 12:15 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Why? |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 01:59 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Actually, I had the same thought. But, I tried to interpret the |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 02:16 PM Response to Reply #20 |
38. This is what I was looking for. |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 12:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
31. our oil goes on the international market- total BS that "ours" will make us energy-independent |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
8. Then maybe we should get out of Iraq. That would save a lot of oil bought from BP |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 11:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
27. out of Afghanistan, too---some of the war machinery goes 1/2 mi per gal |
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RockWiggles (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
12. Fine BP, but we can get Gulf Oil without you. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
13. But the U.S. and the Gulf can do without BP -- once it pays out billions for what it did. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
14. Said The Pusher to the Junkie |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
28. it'll make you feel so good to keep those wars and lack of public transportation going |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
15. Are they suggesting they are "Too big to Fail"? |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 10:25 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. They wouldn't fall |
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Gregin Orlando (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
19. It'll be difficult to drill in the Gulf if workers cannot breathe the air |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 02:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
35. Did that happen with Ixtoc which was even bigger.? |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
24. Try us you asshole. We can do without you just fine. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
25. the thing is, people on the scene in louisiana know and accept this |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 11:58 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. the relief wells are not a panacea; an expert on MSNBC said they spill oil, too |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 12:04 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. the thing is...foreign wars for resource spill human blood |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 02:07 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. Speak for yourself |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 02:49 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Well said! I live in the middle of what used to be the biggest oilpatch |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #25 |
43. I understand the economic point of view. BUT, we have to wean ourselves off of oil |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
37. "Gulf oil" is the operative term. |
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junior college (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
44. Gulf oil makes up like .02 percent of the US oil supply |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 03:27 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. .02? more like 30%. I guess .02 is close enough to 30 though. n/t |
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