Comments on: Rudd-erless while Oil Spilled http://www.duncanriley.com/2009/11/04/rudd-erless-while-oil-spilled/ blogging is not a spectator sport Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:29:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Stilgherrian http://www.duncanriley.com/2009/11/04/rudd-erless-while-oil-spilled/comment-page-1/#comment-338343 Stilgherrian Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:41:32 +0000 http://www.duncanriley.com/?p=1670#comment-338343 <strong>@Duncan:</strong> Agreed, there does seem to be a confusion of threat levels here. However I'm not sure <em>what</em>, exactly the government could have done, at least not directly. Maybe more pressure on the owners to fix it fast -- but would they have the legal power to do so? I have no idea, myself.<br><br><strong>@yewenyi</strong> Perhaps you might like to revise your comment in light of the existence, since 1902, of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Australian_Engineers" rel="nofollow">Royal Australian Engineers</a>? @Duncan: Agreed, there does seem to be a confusion of threat levels here. However I'm not sure what, exactly the government could have done, at least not directly. Maybe more pressure on the owners to fix it fast — but would they have the legal power to do so? I have no idea, myself.

@yewenyi Perhaps you might like to revise your comment in light of the existence, since 1902, of the Royal Australian Engineers?

]]> By: Stilgherrian http://www.duncanriley.com/2009/11/04/rudd-erless-while-oil-spilled/comment-page-1/#comment-338070 Stilgherrian Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:41:32 +0000 http://www.duncanriley.com/?p=1670#comment-338070 <strong>@Duncan:</strong> Agreed, there does seem to be a confusion of threat levels here. However I'm not sure <em>what</em>, exactly the government could have done, at least not directly. Maybe more pressure on the owners to fix it fast -- but would they have the legal power to do so? I have no idea, myself.<br><br><strong>@yewenyi</strong> Perhaps you might like to revise your comment in light of the existence, since 1902, of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Australian_Engineers" rel="nofollow">Royal Australian Engineers</a>? @Duncan: Agreed, there does seem to be a confusion of threat levels here. However I'm not sure what, exactly the government could have done, at least not directly. Maybe more pressure on the owners to fix it fast — but would they have the legal power to do so? I have no idea, myself.

@yewenyi Perhaps you might like to revise your comment in light of the existence, since 1902, of the Royal Australian Engineers?

]]> By: Jacques Chester http://www.duncanriley.com/2009/11/04/rudd-erless-while-oil-spilled/comment-page-1/#comment-338064 Jacques Chester Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:26:12 +0000 http://www.duncanriley.com/?p=1670#comment-338064 I don't like Rudd much either, but plugging a deep sea oil well isn't easy. You have to hit a narrow hole 2km under the surface of the earth through several kilometres of mud & rock and hundreds of metres of water. Like trying to hit a straw with another straw at 500m, in the dark. I don't like Rudd much either, but plugging a deep sea oil well isn't easy. You have to hit a narrow hole 2km under the surface of the earth through several kilometres of mud & rock and hundreds of metres of water. Like trying to hit a straw with another straw at 500m, in the dark.

]]> By: yewenyi http://www.duncanriley.com/2009/11/04/rudd-erless-while-oil-spilled/comment-page-1/#comment-338047 yewenyi Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:03:37 +0000 http://www.duncanriley.com/?p=1670#comment-338047 Unlike the Americans, our military does not have an engineering corps. But still, you could declare an environmental emergency and send in the fixers. Of course you would have to bill the company later, otherwise they would just expect a free ride. Unlike the Americans, our military does not have an engineering corps. But still, you could declare an environmental emergency and send in the fixers. Of course you would have to bill the company later, otherwise they would just expect a free ride.

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