A second attempt to plug the leakage of fuel oil from a damaged platform in the Timor Sea off the north-west coast of Australia has failed today, for the second time this week. Reported as the worst oil spill in Australian waters for 25 years, a spokeswoman has the audacity to insist that "the impact on wildlife had been minimal". Are we supposed to believe her more because she's a woman? How can this not have a damaging effect on marine life?
Where is all this oil destined for? Am I helping to perpetuate this type of drilling, simply by living in this vast continent? I am personally responsible for threatening the lives of turtles simply because I choose to take the bus to work rather than risk my life on Sydney's roads on two wheels?
Sigh.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8306048.stm
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