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Oil industry has yet to adopt lessons of BP spill http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1286289594
Oil industry and government officials could get caught flat-footed again by another deep-water blowout in the coming months because they have yet to incorporate many of the lessons learned during the BP disaster, experts inside and outside the business tell The Associated Press.
For one thing, it could be another year before a bigger, better cap-and-siphon containment system is developed to choke off leaks many thousands of feet below the surface. Also, existing skimmers still don't have the capacity to quickly suck up millions of gallons of oil flowing at once.... And despite an overhaul of the federal agency that regulates the industry, there are lingering doubts about whether the government can effectively police Big Oil at the same time it relies on the industry for revenue.
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'Doc Jim says:
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Why should they learn their lessons... people are still driving their cars around like there's no tomorrow!
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Oh, wait... there kind of IS no tomorrow...
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