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LETTERS, Page 8Oil and Water
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.
Robert TerBerg
Calgary, Alta.
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.
Charles A. Hall
Marion, Ind.