Why is Halliburton being hit so much harder than Exxon was, when the Valdez leaked oil?
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When the drunken captain ran the Valdez aground that kind of disaster had not been really heard of. No one had considered that kind of devastation could occur. They did not think of the wildlife and livelihoods that would be affected by this kind of action that could have been evaded by a sober ship's captain.
As for Halliburton, if they've done something bad like the Exxon Valdez captain, and like BP with the Deepwater Horizon, then one would expect the memory of the Valdez disaster to create a better understanding. The Valdez disaster is within the adult memories of most 40+ people. When another disaster resembles the first then it becomes a travesty. No one can believe that something like that can happen more than once, and if it does, they wonder why it was not prevented?
Familiarity breeds contempt?
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When the Valdez hit the rocks off the Alaskan coast, 10.2 million gallons spewed out of the hull of the ship. With the BP spill, nearly 150 million gallons spewed into the Gulf. Any more questions as to why it is so much worse?
One last reason: the Valdez preceded the BP spill. After the Valdez, there is really no excuse for such devastation to our environment. We should have learned our lesson, but it seems clear we did not.
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