Greenpeace,
Aaron Gray-Block, March 15, 2013
No truer
words were said than US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar when he bluntly pointed
out on Thursday that Shell "screwed up in 2012" during its chaotic
attempt to drill for Arctic oil.
In a
damning assessment of Shell's embarrassingly inept operations in Alaska,
Salazar said the company will not be allowed to return without a comprehensive
overhaul of its plans to avoid the same kind of mishaps that plagued its 2012
operations.
An Obama government review found that Shell, a massive company with profits in excess of
$26 billion last year, was not prepared for the extreme conditions in the
Arctic. Shell's ill-preparedness resulted in a series of accidents and the New
Year's Eve grounding of its drill rig the Kulluk.
The review
was harshly critical of Shell management and said the company had failed to
plan for the short drilling season in the Arctic and the region's extreme
weather conditions. Its equipment, in particular, did not stand up to the harsh
environment.
Clearly,
despite its promises, Shell is not Arctic ready, and the US government should
be embarrassed for granting Shell the operating permits that it did, but
President Obama now has solid evidence to justify a ban.
Even Shell
announced a "pause" in its Arctic drilling last month and any oil
company reckless enough to believe it can operate safely in the fragile Arctic
ocean should stop and learn from Shell's mistakes.
Like the BP
Deepwater Horizon oil spill, an accident in the unforgiving Arctic could result
in devastating consequences for a fragile, pristine region. Rather than tap the
oil that is leading to the Arctic ice melt, it's time to turn back from the
frontier.
Shell
clearly can't be trusted there.
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“… 4 - Energy (again)
The natural resources of the planet are finite and will not support the continuation of what you've been doing. We've been saying this for a decade. Watch for increased science and increased funding for alternate ways of creating electricity (finally). Watch for the very companies who have the most to lose being the ones who fund it. It is the beginning of a full realization that a change of thinking is at hand. You can take things from Gaia that are energy, instead of physical resources. We speak yet again about geothermal, about tidal, about wind. Again, we plead with you not to over-engineer this. For one of the things that Human Beings do in a technological age is to over-engineer simple things. Look at nuclear - the most over-engineered and expensive steam engine in existence!
Your current ideas of capturing energy from tidal and wave motion don't have to be technical marvels. Think paddle wheel on a pier with waves, which will create energy in both directions [waves coming and going] tied to a generator that can power dozens of neighborhoods, not full cities. Think simple and decentralize the idea of utilities. The same goes for wind and geothermal. Think of utilities for groups of homes in a cluster. You won't have a grid failure if there is no grid. This is the way of the future, and you'll be more inclined to have it sooner than later if you do this, and it won't cost as much….”
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