Offshore drilling will not make us conserve oil
I grew up in the early 70s and my dad drove odd cars. If you were around then you’ll remember that “the big three” American car companies ruled. Most people, especially those in the Midwest, drove very large cars in those days. I remember people driving GM Camaros and Suburbans and I remember being taunted [...]
Offshore drilling will not wean us off foreign oil
There is something about misleading statistics that really bothers me. The more I look at offshore drilling the more I see campaigns that have preyed on emotion and not logic.
This is the first of a few posts seeking to delve into the pillars of the pro-offshore drilling argument.
We’re told that by expanding offshore drilling, America [...]
In praise of online obscurity
Solid piece in WIRED by Clive Thompson on how dialog breaks down with too many followers. This suggests a workaround of smaller, more nimble campaign-oriented messaging. I.e. People don’t want to “save the world” as that’s too abstract but they may want to follow the issues around offshore drilling.
All that said I’m not sure the [...]
Timor oil spill now 5,800 square miles and growing
Remember that oil spill off the coast of Western Australia that started on August 21st?
Well… it’s still spilling.
Great coverage on this over at the SkyTruth blog. They are leveraging NASA satellite photos to track this, those are here.
A few points hit me regarding this spill.1. No one is talking about this spill. This is one [...]