Free Talk Live - oil

Obama Prepares for War Footing, Takes Control of Resources

ZEUSLGN — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:43:26 +0000

President Barack Obama issued an Executive Order on March 16, 2012 giving the White House absolute control over all the country’s natural resources in case of a natural disaster or during a time of war. In the order, the National Defense Resources Preparedness Order, the President granted to himself the authority to approve the dispensing of all domestic energy, production, transportation, food, and water supplies as he deems necessary to protect national security.

al Megrahi was released because of oil! Get use to it!

ziggy_encaoua — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:29:05 +0000

The release of al Megrahi nothing to do with compassionate grounds but everything to do with what’s under Libyan ground

USA Turns Down Help From Dutch On Oil Spill

Takeshi Kovacs — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:22:57 +0000

Why does neither the U.S. government nor U.S. energy companies have on hand the cleanup technology available in Europe? Ironically, the superior European technology runs afoul of U.S. environmental rules. The voracious Dutch vessels, for example, continuously suck up vast quantities of oily water, extract most of the oil and then spit overboard vast quantities of nearly oil-free water. Nearly oil-free isn't good enough for the U.S. regulators, who have a standard of 15 parts per million -- if water isn't at least 99.9985% pure, it may not be returned to the Gulf of Mexico.

GULF OIL SPILL FIX: Top-Kill? Dispersants? Nope...Home Depot

prefect — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:44:07 +0000

Boat captain designs his own oil skimmer, purchasing parts from a local hardware store with his own money, to help clean up the Gulf oil spill. Once again, the free-market efforts of individuals acting outside official "government" or BP response.

EPA Classifies Milk as Oil, Forcing Costly Rules on Farmers

Renniks — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:21:07 +0000

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is classifying milk as oil because it contains a percentage of animal fat, which is a non-petroleum oil.
The Hesperia farmer and others would be required to develop and implement spill prevention plans for milk storage tanks. The rules are set to take effect in November, though that date might be pushed back.