not good

They don't give a $hit about the environment, enjoy while we still can, $$$$ talk

wheelnut said...

Is there scientific proof that they will damage the reef or could it be a conspiracy?

lol - thanks for asking wheelnut

No evidence whatsoever. No leaks have ever occurred, and even if they did (which they didn't), no short term or long term impact to the surrounding areas could possibly take place:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oil_spills

Especially of note:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill

(yes I recognise the irony of posting a wikipedia link as evidence)

Was there in October and as we sat on top of the hill at the light house having a beer and watching the sun-set, we counted in excess of 7 rigs on the horizon all with their flares burning away.

Is Shell just adding to the numbers.

At the end of the day, money talks and Shell has lots of it.

Damn shame if it gets the go ahead given the uniqueness of this brilliant place. Nothing is sacred.

Mind you "Exmouth-ians" have done well previously when it comes to protesting and succeeding with stopping large scale projects like the salt production that was going to go ahead in the gulf. Another reason that it may have stopped however was pressure from the fishing industry.

I dont think the tourism industry has the same degree of push though.

At least this one is reputed to be 50 k's off the reef and any spill (never happens just ask the $$$$ end of town[}:)]) will not drift into any sensitive area, according to a local mouth from Exmouth on radio this morning.
We can whinge, bitch, complain and what ever else, but there is now way its going to be stopped by the likes of average citizen.

Environmentalist furious I presume that be the Greens then same mob who think its real clever to want a tax on carbon that makes up 0.023% of atmospheric elements, under the guise that carbon is a pollutant.

We're humans.
Its our calling to fk it all up.