tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30740798.post5782481971566137877..comments2024-03-22T01:17:01.667-05:00Comments on Georgette's Jiu Jitsu World: Break my freaking heart...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30740798.post-85854266110797149152010-05-30T19:10:24.917-05:002010-05-30T19:10:24.917-05:00@Anony: "My bjj sister"-- I like that! ...@Anony: "My bjj sister"-- I like that! Why are you anonymous then? :(<br /><br />I agree that the loss of human life is a tragedy. I don't think we need to rank loss of human life above or below the devastation to the environment... but if we DID have to pick one over the other, I am afraid my thoughts go like this:<br /><br />The people working on that rig had the choice to work there or no; had the information available to assess the risk and decide to accept it. (Granted they might not have known enough, or been truly economically free to choose, etc. But relatively speaking, they had informed consent and free choice.)<br /><br />On the other hand, the animals living throughout that ecosystem had no choice and likely many of them are doomed to a painful, slow death. Likewise, the humans who depend on the Gulf for their livelihood didn't have a choice. They didn't assume the risk to the same extent.<br /><br />And I will take the somewhat radical position that in some ways, sometimes, animal life and ecosystem life is as important if not MORE important than individual human life.<br /><br />Eek.Georgettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08705282002904234217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30740798.post-10206303800408243222010-05-30T18:23:20.402-05:002010-05-30T18:23:20.402-05:00Sorry to disagree with my bjj sister but the trage...Sorry to disagree with my bjj sister but the tragedy of this event is the loss of eleven human beings who were killed when the rig exploded. Sadly little is mentioned of this fact. This is what makes it Americas worst oil spill. The irony is the environmental lunacy that forces the rig far off shore and to drill at an absurd one mile beneath the sea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30740798.post-52735897551475145402010-05-28T16:05:02.347-05:002010-05-28T16:05:02.347-05:00Here here, Georgette. It is churns my stomach to t...Here here, Georgette. It is churns my stomach to think of the destruction this accident is causing. I am not a fan of overreaching government regulation, but I agree 100 percent than in issues that have such a huge environmental stake such as offshore drilling, there is no room for cutting corners, and that means government holding industry's feet to the fire when it comes to safety and prevention. And that means US holding our government's feet to the fire when it comes to transparency, honesty and inappropriate relationships between government and industry.<br /><br />The topic of energy is a big one - by my view no liberal or conservative congress / president has taken it seriously. I worked at a national energy laboratory a few years ago and I saw that with the correct motivation and funding, there are amazing technological solutions to tackle oil dependence, start us down the road to clean fuel and carbon recycling, etc. The problem is, between environmentalists, government red tape and government/corporate inbreeding, we can't get anything done. For lack of a better phrase, it's a Mexican standoff. <br /><br />We're America. If we put our heads together like we did in WWII for the Manhattan project, we could come up with something amazing, but this time PEACEFUL instead of destructive. The next ultra-clean engine or fuel technology is waiting for us, and good, smart people are trying to bring it to us, but someone is always standing in the way with a lawsuit, a checkbook or a political agenda.SkinnyDhttp://www.arcanumbjj.comnoreply@blogger.com