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To: Road Walker who wrote (798)7/21/2008 1:30:19 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 86356
 
Putting an oil rig in service isn't going to cause a Chernobyl.

Environmental impact studies that take many years to complete, followed by years and years of additional political debate, all for a fairly standard and well understood actions isn't about rationally limiting environmental harm as much as it is about delaying or even preventing the action because there are a lot of people who just don't like it.