So SHELL is also in the
fire-works display business, on occasion providing a show to the
residents of Dutch Harbor. What you mean it wasn't an intentional
fireworks display? Well what else can go wrong for this outfit that
wants to drill for oil where no man has ventured before? Supposedly
when the SHELL flotilla was leaving the Chukchi Sea in a post haste
retreat to warmer climates due the ice caving in on its 2012
exploration plans, well the NOBLE Discoverer caused some laughter
down at the “Deadliest Catch” docks. The residents call this
exploration vessel “jinxed”, after dealing with it early on in
the exploration season, wherein there comes more controversy this
off-shore drilling program then possible future benefit. According to
the public relations mouth-piece; “Upon engine start up at Dutch
Harbor, Alaska, the Noble Discoverer last Friday morning experienced
a loud engine backfire followed by a small residual fire that was
quickly extinguished by the crew”. But here it is, the true story,
the “testimonial” facts of this matter and gives a possible
answer to the “Kabooms” that were reported during late summer by
scouting whaling crews in the area that SHELL was exploring. And
since Obama has been re-elected, the cat is out of the bag, almost –
this article shell help! It was late August when the
flotilla of a gazillion escort vessels decided to make a go at
braving hydrocarbon resource exploration where no man has braved
before – in an area known for its whale birthing, polar bear
denning and a place on earth that has been so far missing any trials
and tribulations the oil men. But when the flotilla arrived in Dutch
Harbor for the journey north preparation, it was under close scrutiny
supervivion and oversight the men & women of the Environmental
Protection Agency, or according to Alaska Senator MoanaLisa MurCowpie
– the department that frustrates her “Most Wanted” axeman.
indeed already a dud, MoanaLisa thinks Congress can do a better job
at protecting the environment then can the entire cast of scientists
employed by Uncle Sam and so educated on things like “global
warming”. See, MoanaLisa knows all about land swindling dealings
and nepotism, so that combined experience qualifies her to protect
the air and water. It doesn't mean clean, and that “protect”
clause is so defined by her constituents - “Big Oil & Mining”
interests. Whatever happened to “For the People”? Imagine, crocks
controlling the earth's destiny in the category of environmental
responsibility. Man, what a crying out loud laugh! Now one of the
requirements for the SHELL game while exploring in the Chukchi and
Beaufort sea arena was to burn “Low Sulfur” diesel fuels only,
the kind one can purchase at a local 7-11 pump, wherein big green
lettered signs are posted – for the greening of America mandate –
advertising that the fuel dispensed is legal and finds less then
15ppm of sulfur as an additive. And the fine print warns of jail time
if this fuel is abused and substituted by the illegal stuff – the
high sulfur air polluting crap! The change to “Low Sulfur Diesel”
has caused an unbelievable downturn in documented chronic and
respiratory diseases, so it works – and this came about through
research reported by the EPA scientists, not Congress! So each ship
in the flotilla, the fuel from each fuel tank had to be tested before
the clearance was given to sail north, as the area that SHELL finds
interest to exploit is protected still from outlaw type aggravation.
Not a big problem, as I am sure that somewhere along the way, maybe
right there in Dutch Harbor, at the pump there came that big green
sign I was talking about - advertising for sale “Legal Fuel”. And
too assist not contaminating the air, SHELL had installed on their
own accord equipment that would scrub the ships' engine exhaust air
even more, to make it even better then what was required by law. WOW!
But this equipment required the LSD, as anything above the 15ppm
could and would contaminate the catalyst used to burn off those nasty
and unwanted cancer causing polluting constituents found in the
sulfur additive. Sulfur is used to lubricate the engine pieces, so it
can last longer. All was good, until...See when the fuel samples
arrived in Fairbanks for the testing, to a local lab that was the
closest in the vicinity that could provide the required testing
according to ASTM principles, well the samples started showing in
excess the allowable sulfur content and indicated that the ships had
been loaded with “off-road” diesel designated for farm equipment
use only. So, SHELL was already in violation the air permits, as this
flotilla was on the move and engines were turning, having sailed
“North” from Seattle. Matter of fact, the actual amount of sulfur
in the fuel tanks was so significant that the lab personnel had to
inform SHELL that is was over 500ppm, as the machine used to verify
if “LSD” was loaded in the fuel tanks, well it was off the charts
and on “TILT” scale. The machine could not even determine what
was actually in this fuel even though it was purchased at a facility
that had those big green signs! Suspicious? Well this dilemma was
holding up the sailing and the exploration schedule was already
critically delayed so time was of the essence. Each day counted, and
a delay of a few more days could have canceled the entire show. More
samples, same old thing, “Failed”. And so the situation was like
this, there rested a major obstacle with contaminated fuel, and with
no way to unload the “crap” and then no other way to refuel with
the right stuff the amount required to fuel SHELLZILLA, SHELL was you
know what! In other words, SHELL was “Palined”. In Alaska we tend
to use the latter over the age old “F” word. Now the
environmental permit allowed for “LSD” for one and only one
reason, to limit pollution. And in efforts to accomplish that feat
from the engine heat, like already mentioned and credit to SHELL
without Congressional approval to pollute the air, there came
millions spent in retrofits to the drilling equipment –
specifically the engines by conditioning the exhaust fumes through
special filters, which could become contaminated and rendered useless
if fuels were burned with higher levels of sulfur, as the yellow-cake
chemical attacks the filter catalyst. These devices could not survive
for even an hour with fuels registering over 15ppm of sulfur. With
the filter equipment on “TILT”, MoanaLisa had her wishes come
true, to hell with the environment! So this backfire heard at the
dock in late November with SHELL's retreat, it was most likely caused
from the fact that the filter equipment designed to keep Moby Dick’s
air clean, well it appears to have been broken, and this would be the
cause of the “backfires”. Caused from the burning of “illegal”
fuel on the high seas! SHELL is gone bye, bye by now, so are the
fireworks and things appear to have quieted down at the docks. But
comes now before us a real matter of concern. Somehow the earlier
test results that failed the EPA approved sulfur content requirements
became acceptable and allowed SHELL to go north, when time was about
to forfeit their gamble for the 2012 exploration season. Had the
flotilla been denied access to the Arctic, they had come prepared, as
their backup plan called for taking down the American flag and
raising Soviet flags. Only kidding, but we can see Russia from
Alaska! But the EPA had no oversight at the site during the
contaminated fuel ordeal, only monitoring the entire scenario from
the comfort of an office in Seattle. And the lab results that finally
showed “acceptable” where kept under tight security, on a need to
know basis the actual results. But the “backfires” should sound a
warning that something ain’t right. Now it gets into the political
arena. Obama was all for drilling in the Chukchi and Beaufort sea, so
the EPA had their mandate - “APPROVED”. And since MoanaLisa
MurCowpie is adamant at destroying the climate as she wants the EPA
mothballed, well the heat was on to get SHELL going north, to
Alaska's resource rich ARCTIC in efforts to make some show of success
this drilling venture. So it is more likely then not that the EPA
turned a cheek and allowed SHELL to head north with contaminated
fuel. The drilling commenced, the pollution equipment worked for a
while, went broke from sulfur contamination, all was well, as OBAMA
was now looking at another inaugural celebration and didn't get
evicted from the Oval Office. Is it true that the maids still find
Bill's “used” cigars around the White-House? So suspicions,
should be no longer just a question, as this was all out abuse of the
system when political aspirations trump the air we breath. But herein
exists the bigger problem uncovered with this coverage of SHELL. It
costs a whole lot of extra loot to make “LSD”, the “Low Sulfur
Diesel” stuff. Refiners make both, the good and the bad, then blend
it to conform to EPA specifications. That stuff is then distributed
to the pumpers. But who in hell is watching? Look, the retailers are
smiling all the way to the bank, as they are charging you and I for
the good stuff and in return we are polluting the environment with
the unchecked stuff. When the fuels showed above and beyond the
required level of sulfur, the EPA should have started an
investigation, as it may have pointed to a widespread problem, not
the fact that nobody gives a rat’s ass about our air quality, but
the fact that we are getting charged at the pump for the
environmental friendly stuff when all the time trucks, buses,
rail-lines, they are burning the bad stuff. Now you may not use LSD
directly, but it effects your wallet, as transportation of goods
requires the “good” stuff, wherein the cost are consumed by the
“consumers”, that's still us unless MonaLisa gets her way. See,
she believes in nothing, so you will end up with nothing! But if it
is true that the pumpers are selling “crap” and stiffing us for
the real McCoy, what a way to make a profit. My research points to an
extra 50-cents on each gallon sold at the pump. Multiply that by
millions sold each week, get the point! It’s happening, as the
refiners can blend stuff to help the bottom line and if tests are not
required but on a randomly sampled basis – which means never if
nobody is watching or “book-cooking” if not through close
oversight - and allowed through an abusive policy of “trust us”
from an EPA friendly mandate, guess what is happening to an LSD pump
near you? The intent was good, as a ways and means to limit air
pollution. Sulfur causes all kinds of environmental problems. Yet in
the end, as when regulators come under the gun by Congressional
pressures and see the scalpel approaching with the likes of MoanaLisa
at the operating controls, ethics and responsibility runs for cover.
And when dedicated scientists go over the edge to bring a shelved
concern to the forefront and end up with a crime stamp, for allowing
government information to get outside its intended audience, we find
a retaliatory environment. Yes indeed, U.S. government scientists can
go to jail for doing too good a job! Is this Russia? Again, we can
see it from Dutch Harbor! And no matter what the law says, we are the
audience so any scientist that goes out of his or her way to blow the
whistle then loses that job with benefits, just to bring something
“bad” out in the open, you my friend deserve a “Badge of
Courage”. Bottom-line, even though that sign spells it out that the
LSD fuel is what the law says “SHALL” be consumed by your piston
like engine, it appears SHELL has uncovered a conspiracy, and the EPA
remains silent. And not only is this a case finding merit an
environmental crime, it is a crime also of “fraud”, as we paid
more for the environmentally friendly stuff through taxes that were
collected by Uncle Sam, in efforts to study the adverse effects of
MoanaLisa MurCowpie. Whatever! Anyway, we have been triple-dipped
robed, and we wonder what happened to good conscious! KABOOM, the
sound of a distressed America! Coming to a diesel fuel pump near you!
Thank you SHELL, for uncovering this calamity for the good of
America, now if only we had a representative body that gave a damn!
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
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