Monthly Archives: July 2010

Link: Can you say “Rush to Judgment”? This is an important piece of forensic evidence, if one is interested in determining exactly what happened on the Deepwater Horizon. But before understanding the accident, the Obama/Salazar team has imposed an arbitrary … Continue reading →

Link: No bluff: Deepwater drilling rig (+ jobs) leave Gulf of Mexico. #rsrh One down, 32 to go.

Environmentalists and the Obama Administration consider all offshore wells to be equally risky, but it’s important to recognize the relative risk of grossly dissimilar types of wells. Congress is considering a proposal to remove liability limits for all offshore well … Continue reading →

Link: 5th Circuit rejects bid to restore deepwater drilling moratorium #rsrh Not that this will make an immediate difference. The threat of a second moratorium is Sec. Salazar’s ace in the hole, and is sufficient to keep the rigs from … Continue reading →

Link: BP Bigwig on Climategate East Anglia Exoneration Panel “He is accountable for technology strategy and its implementation across BP and conducting research and development in areas of corporate renewal. In this role, David also oversees the technological capability of … Continue reading →

Link: Obama/Salazar Jihad on Offshore Drilling Continues #rsrh

Link: ‘Big Sugar’ + OSHA = ‘Cozy Relationship’? 14 dead, only $8.7 million in fines. How many workers must die before we end our addiction to sugar? Big Sugar enjoys gov’t subsidies, and we must import most of what we … Continue reading →

Link: Ex-N.O. Juvenile Court judge has a rocket in his pocket. This guy needs a trip to the vet.

Link: Vintage board game: BP Offshore Oil Strike! “Monopoly” meets “Battleship”

For context in understanding the oil spill, and to help answer the question “How could it possibly be this bad?”, I recommend a book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable. The BP spill … Continue reading →