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Originally Posted by 2ndgenz28
If Gov inspectors in that part of the industry were as prevelant as FDA meat inspectors, it would not be a problem.
But only in the meat industry do we have people watching 24/7 365 to protect our "health"
No one can cut corners if there are checks n balances put in place.
Drilling is safe if you don't cut corners.
Watched the history channel show about meat once, even the lone butcher who take his killing truck to people house to slaughter 1 cow, a FDA meat inspector must be on hand to watch.
On a off shore rig, there should be about 20+ of them doing a similar job.
Its is all on BP but anyone with a brain knows you must have Gov inspectors around to keep folks honest.
We got safe meat, but at nuclear power plants and oil drinning and refining plants, no one is watching to keep them honest like we do for meat.
I include nuke as we got one local, twice now the doam or cap on it has been eaten nearly through by "leaking" acid, and we don't find out till it almost killed everyone and they had to tell somone. Not like on day 2 when it started, but 2 days before it might have blown up.
Gov inspectors aren't doing their job anymore.
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depends where the ship (yes, mobile offshore platforms are 'ships') is flagged from. Different countries, somehow, have different inspection protocols (somehow) when off the US coastline.
And yeah, the regulators weren't doing that good of a job when several major oil corporations include protecting Walruses in their environmental plans (Walruses haven't existed in the Gulf of Mexico for millions of years). Or when they list a dead guy as a consulted expert. Or when all the plans are practically identical, regardless of company or drill site.
Someone should have clued in. And these things have been happening for
years. It isn't the fault of any particular administration or party: there is enough blame for everyone.