Speakeasy forum: An unforeseen result

It wasn't THAT long ago that people with older cars couldn't get parts to keep them on the road, BECAUSE of Cash For Clunkers, NOW more people are hanging on to vehicles that are over 10 years old when they used to only hang onto them for an average of 8., BECAUSE of Cash For Clunkers.

Seems like there are a lot of edges to that Cash For Clunkers Sword. It cuts whichever way YOU want it.

comment about the environment issue involved though.......If an oil rig, on land or sea, had dumped that much oil into the environment you would be one of the first to be up in arms over it. BTW....the Shell rig that floated ashore in Alaska has been freed, with no oil leaks, and is being towed thirty miles away and anchored down again, so your hysteria over it was groundless (pun intended)

no oil leaks, and is being towed thirty miles away and anchored down again, so your hysteria over it

WHY did they have to "check for leaks" IF it was such a non-event/not to worry/nothing can go wrong?

MY hysteria?

MY hysteria.....Here?

I didn't even comment on the grounding, More stuff you pull out of ?

U.S. concerned about oil tanker traffic from B.C.

Concerns south of the border over oil tanker traffic from British Columbia have spurred a U.S. Coast Guard review of proposed increases in Canadian oil exports.

A legislative amendment proposed by Washington state Senator Maria Cantwell and signed into law by President Barack Obama a couple of weeks ago gives the U.S. marine safety agency six months to conduct a risk assessment of the planned expansion of oil pipeline capacity to the West Coast.

While several proposed projects would see oil from the Alberta oil sands brought to the B.C. coast for export primarily to China, the legislation deals specifically with tanker traffic out of the Vancouver area.

"According to reports, Canada is poised to increase oil tanker traffic through the waters around the San Juan Islands and the Juan de Fuca by up to 300 per cent," said a statement issued by Ms. Cantwell's office.

"A supertanker oil spill near our shores would threaten Washington state's thriving coastal economy and thousands of jobs," the Democratic senator said in the statement. "This bill will provide crucial information for Washington coastal communities by requiring a detailed risk analysis. ..."