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I have quit two jobs because of safety issues. These guys chose to continue to work there, they consented to the additional risk. I'm sorry for their families, just like I'm sorry for the Earnhardt family, but, well, they were there, in that situation, by choice. I'm not blaming those workers, specifically. I am just pointing out that they were there by choice and knew the risks and that this disaster occurred because of the very foreseeable consequences of someone not doing their job properly. I personally chose not to climb scaffolding that did not meet safety standards, but if I had and it collapsed while I was on it, well, so on, so forth.
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I've made a conscious decision to use petroleum products only when absolutely necessary, and the few products I do continue to use are recycled. We no longer have a car and my husband's carpool uses a hybrid. I personally walk or ride a bicycle for most of my errands and carpool for the others. Most of the products used in my home are locally produced, many of them by me. You don't have to sell 'every oil burning vehicle and tool' to make a difference, that's just ridiculous hyperbole. There are many very affordable vehicles suitable for large families that get over 30mph, and most towns at this point have recycling centers. Two easy changes that can drastically reduce oil usages just by themselves, and yet people consistently are full of silly excuses not to use either.
I have quit two jobs because of safety issues. These guys chose to continue to work there, they consented to the additional risk. I'm sorry for their families, just like I'm sorry for the Earnhardt family, but, well, they were there, in that situation, by choice. I'm not blaming those workers, specifically. I am just pointing out that they were there by choice and knew the risks and that this disaster occurred because of the very foreseeable consequences of someone not doing their job properly. I personally chose not to climb scaffolding that did not meet safety standards, but if I had and it collapsed while I was on it, well, so on, so forth.
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I've made a conscious decision to use petroleum products only when absolutely necessary, and the few products I do continue to use are recycled. We no longer have a car and my husband's carpool uses a hybrid. I personally walk or ride a bicycle for most of my errands and carpool for the others. Most of the products used in my home are locally produced, many of them by me. You don't have to sell 'every oil burning vehicle and tool' to make a difference, that's just ridiculous hyperbole. There are many very affordable vehicles suitable for large families that get over 30mph, and most towns at this point have recycling centers. Two easy changes that can drastically reduce oil usages just by themselves, and yet people consistently are full of silly excuses not to use either.
the world is going to die off, with the huge domino effect, of one blown oil well.
Please don't again misrepresent my statements. I specified around 400 species and even listed several of them. I did not say the world was ending because of this one oil well. Strawmen really don't add to a discussion.
Please don't again misrepresent my statements. I specified around 400 species and even listed several of them. I did not say the world was ending because of this one oil well. Strawmen really don't add to a discussion.