(Sen-D) Lautenberg proposal would require relief wells for new offshore wells

[Lone_Star_Dem]

Source: NorthJersey.com

Oil companies would be required to drill an emergency relief well with every new offshore well under a bill introduced Tuesday by Sen. Frank Lautenberg.

Lautenberg, D-N.J., said relief wells such as the one BP is digging in the Gulf of Mexico are proven to work. But it takes too long to drill them when there’s an emergency.

“If relief wells had been in place before the BP rig explosion, the gushing oil could have been stopped in weeks instead of months,” Lautenberg, D-N.J., said in a news release.

Read more: http://www.northjersey.com/news/061510_Lautenberg_proposal_would_require_relief_wells_for_new_offshore_wells.html

[peacebird]

1. relief well should be standard procedure. Great idea!

[Betty Karlson]

22. God bless Sen. Lautenberg. n/t

[Trillo]

2. This is a good proposal,

but isn't it reminiscent to learning the ABCs all over again?

[rotund1]

3. Yeah, let's have TWO holes to blow out instead of one.

This clown has zero expertise in this area. (There cannot be a 'relief' well until there is already a first well. Where do we get these morons in the senate?)

[elleng]

10. 'This clown?'

Frank Raleigh Lautenberg (pronounced /ˈlɔːtənbɜrɡ/<2>; born January 23, 1924) is the senior United States Senator from New Jersey and a member of the Democratic Party. He is serving his fifth non-consecutive term in the Senate, first serving from 1982 to 2001 and again since 2003; he is the only current Senator to have returned to office after having retired from the Senate. Lautenberg is the second oldest member of the Senate, after Robert Byrd of West Virginia. . .

Lautenberg is considered one of the Senate's most liberal members. He is pro-choice, supports gun control, has introduced many bills increasing penalties for carjacking and car theft, and has criticized the Bush administration on national security issues. He has been very involved in various anti-smoking legislation, anti-alcohol legislation as well as airline safety legislation, and is probably best known for being involved with, and authoring some of, the legislation that banned smoking from most commercial airline flights. He also is known for authoring the Ryan White Care Act, which provides services to AIDS patients. Upon his return to the Senate, Lautenberg was the first U.S. senator to introduce legislation calling for homeland security funds to be distributed solely on the basis of risk and vulnerability.

In 2005, he became a leading voice within the Senate in calling for an investigation into the Bush administration payment of columnists.<8>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lautenberg

[rotund1]

13. So he did some good things...that does not make him an expert on this problem.

And his support for 'gun control' and vilifying smokers makes him an enemy to me. Yes, he's a clown..or worse.

[karynnj]

20. He's my Senator and both of those things make him a hero to me

He did not "villify" smokers. He simply made it illegal to smoke in the small closed area of an airplane. No one needs to smoke every minute of the day. The smoke could not be kept in the "smoking rows" as anyone who flew before the no smoking rule knew. There are people with respiratory problems and kids on the plane.

As to gun control, NJ is for it - as are many urban states.

[tabbycat31]

17. hey don't knock him

if he goes he's replaced with a conservative republican thanks to our insane governor.

And he's very anti offshore drilling (as is Menendez)

[elleng]

18. LUCKY to have 2 good Dems in the Senate.

:thumbsup:

[tridim]

4. I can't get past the fact that double the holes will equal double the risk

[pundaint]

12. One tap into the oil reserve - two exit chutes. The pressure at either outlet is reduced, and

presumably, more manageable.

[rotund1]

15. The idea is just idiotic: you can't implement a 'backup' without having a first

situation. Plan B can't precede Plan A. That's why it's CALLED an alternative! jesusfuckingchrist, some people...

[Child_Of_Isis]

5. Yes! The answer to this catastrophe

is obviously drill baby drill!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

6. how about no new wells?

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. Or old wells.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

8. I totally agree!!!!

[Grassy Knoll]

9. How about before ANY new drilling........

that the oil company's must first come up with a machine to clean up
" any " spill immediately.
That should be the law !

[truthisfreedom]

11. Well yeah, this is a good idea. It's the law in Canada. They care about their shores.

And in a country in Europe it's law that they have to install the half-million dollar emergency shutoff valve that BP avoided as well. That's something else we should require when drilling below a certain depth.

[rotund1]

14. Well, no, it's not a 'law' in Canada or anyplace else.

The blowout preventer that BP didn't correctly use is a completely different thing.

[izquierdista]

16. Since you're new here

Let me be the first to compliment you on your obtuseness. You have definitely achieved your goal of erasing any evidence of even a modicum of education. Your command of the facts would hold a teabagger rally in awe. I look forward to many more posts from you at the Palin standard of critical thinking.

[K8-EEE]

21. I read that BP was fighting the requirement in Canada...even after this disaster!

If they're against it that probably means it's a good idea.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

23. He's dead, Jim.

The mods are fast on the keyboard.

[Hugabear]

19. Fuck that shit. We need to close ALL offshore wells - including old ones

We don't need to have the risk of this happening again.