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- LETTERS, Page 8Oil and Water
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- The Exxon Valdez oil spill (NATION, April 10) points out an
- interesting phenomenon that could be called the Oops theory. It
- states that technology, Big Government and giant corporations
- have made it possible for an employee to make one mistake on his
- job and thereby pull the plug on the planet.
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- Robert TerBerg Calgary, Alta.
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- The oil spill shows that environmentalists are right --
- again. Proponents of risky developments are full of assurances
- beforehand but consistently fall short when assistance is
- needed. Oil development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
- is next on the list for the oil companies. They will once more
- make promises about their abilities to ensure environmental
- protection and ignore the pleas of the environmentalists.
-
- Joe McGloin Denver
-
- So Exxon's chairman, L.G. Rawl, says the company will meet
- its "obligations to all those who have suffered damage from the
- spill." I suggest that we send Exxon a bill for the extra cost
- of gasoline every time we leave the pump.
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- Charles A. Hall Marion, Ind.
-