Another Oil Rig Explosion

[Rush]

1 Missing After Rig Explosion In Gulf - News Story - WDSU New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS -- One person is missing after a rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, about 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

Rescue crews from New Orleans and Houston are on the way to the rig via helicopter, the Coast Guard said.

Twelve people were accounted for, and one is missing.

It happened around 9 a.m., and as of 10:15 a.m., the rig was still burning, the Coast Guard said.

Stay with WDSU.com for the latest on this developing story.

Not this again.

 

[Scoot26]

Is it BP again?

 

[waldo7239117]

Is it BP again?

I would be surprise, so I doubt it is.

 

[cubsneedmiracle]

sigh..

time for some clean energy

 

[RandallPinkFloyd42]

Wow. I don't really have anything to say to this except...yeah...clean energy.

 

[Crystallas]

It's Vermilion Oil owned by Mariner Energy's rig.

Apparently it's in much shallower of water than the BP rig.

 

[cubsneedmiracle]

It's Vermilion Oil owned by Mariner Energy's rig.

Apparently it's in much shallower of water than the BP rig.

thankfully

 

[cubsneedmiracle]

sounds like no oil is flowing.. still proves the dangerous state of oil drilling.

 

[derosabomb]

sigh..

time for some clean energy

Obama could kill fossil fuels overnight with a nuclear dash for thorium - Telegraph

 

[Crystallas]

hydrogen > nuclear

Same investment, one doesn't use radioactive materials.

 

[Livewire]

hydrogen > nuclear

Same investment, one doesn't use radioactive materials.

The process in which hydrogen is recovered from natural gas creates a ton of carbon dioxide. So you're just replacing one problem with a slightly better one. You also need to look at resources used versus energy gained and you will see why nuclear power has far money money invested into it's technology than hydrogen power plants.

The problem is not that we use radioactive materials in nuclear power but what can we do with the waste from the plants. France has been making fuels from the waste from their plants. Nuclear power is a no brain solution, it is efficient, causes no pollution, and is cheapest solution. We just need to develop a system of dealing with the spent rods and byproduct waste.

 

[Crystallas]

Carbon Dioxide is fine. It can be used to make more hydrogen, plastics, and other fuels. CO2 is the gas of life for the majority of life on this planet, and I don't get where how you can turn that into a product of pollution.

Hydrogen is just 100x more versatile, and after the initial investment, its ridiculously cheap in comparison to nuclear. All of the worlds transportation could run on hydrogen, but that is not the case with nuclear.

 

[DewsSox79]

we got fucking scientists on this board! yes!