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hwcllns (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I know you can find lots of high paying oil industry jobs by going to Oilcareer com
jgosses (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
its not toxic sludge... its water and silt..which the local newspaper decided to title toxic sludge as it sounded sexier
measuredcup (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Blue shirt is an IDIOT! BP is trying to get him to use LESS of their product. Whether or not their data is correct, they undeniably are saying use less energy.
umbablabamos (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
We can't hit them with argumentum ad hominem. They're kinda right. If they quit making gas and such, someone else would pick up the slack.
Private individuals have to make the switch.
There really is no other way.
tsol920 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
It is much cheaper to maintain the status quo and keep upping the price of oil than it is to switch technologies.
The energy companies will adapt to new technologies only when oil becomes so cost prohibitive that the average consumer will be unable to afford it.
The only reason oil companies do any research is to placate our sense of duty to Earth. BP makes 8-10 Billion US dollars a quarter. Spending that much over ten years to finance alternative energy is nothing to them.
matman302 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
For example, last year BP dumped 8 billion dollars into a 10 year alternative fuel research program. And they already have a huge market selling wind, solar, and biofuel technologies.
matman302 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
You have to realize, BP isn't just an oil company...they are an ENERGY company. Inevitably, it is energy companies that will provide future "green" technologies. It isn't going to be environmental groups that offer green energies...it's going to be engineers and scientists who work for companies like BP who will end up developing and selling these new sources of energy to us...the people.
stopbp (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
In the United States, BP markets their products and services under five name brands so if you don't agree with what they are doing, don't give them any of your money!
1. BP
2. Amoco
3. ARCO
4. am/pm
5. Castrol
stopbp (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I believe the proposal to allow increased dumping of ammonia and toxic sludge into Lake Michigan from British Petroleum's oil refinery in Whiting, Indiana is unconscionable. Certainly a company that claims to be "Beyond Petroleum" can also be beyond polluting our waters.
Please halt progress on this proposal now and find a way to deal with the waste this plant produces other than dumping more of it into Lake Michigan.
butlerg13 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
So the loud guy who objects so much winds up admitting that it is down to us after all - just not as much as the ad suggests...huh? He didn't have to buy into that lifestyle. And anyway, no-one knew the environmental impact until recently. It is up to us to change our ways - the energy companies only supply it because we demand it. |
