Doug Ross contemplates the possibility of the next disaster:
What the Obama administration has wrought: the world’s first “Oilcane”
Art Horn, writing at OilPrice.com, describes the catastrophic potential of an oil-infused hurricane in the Gulf. Consider the series of missteps by the White House that has led up to this point, wherein the entire Gulf waits on pins and needles for the impending “Oilcane”:
• The “Obama administration knew about Deepwater Horizon[‘s] 35,000-foot well bore, green-lighted [it] and fast-tracked the project”…
• Disregarded and underestimated the impact of the tragic explosion and spill for over a month…
• As of last week, had deployed only 20 of 2,000 skimmer (clean-up) vessels…
• Fought Louisiana’s use of sand berms to prevent damage to the Gulf coast tidal region…
• Forced Louisiana to stop using 16 barges that were sucking up thousands of gallons of oil daily out of the Gulf…
• Refused to waive the Jones Act, which prevented foreign vessels and crews from cleaning up the Gulf, even though “American shippers who generally support the ban said they wouldn’t object to lifting it to fight the spill”…
Go read the rest.