>Evidently the governor's worries evaporated after what pipeline
>officials characterized as a period of ''education.'' Whatever malarkey
>they told Bush in private, he apparently bought it.

More likely HE was bought...

>Right. They're going to chew through 90 miles of ocean bottom and leave
>it just the way God made it.

What made it?

>Nothing stirs up sediment like a humongous underwater drill, yet we're
>supposed to believe that all that suspended debris -- millions of tons
>-- will be transported harmlessly away from the reefs.

Depends on the current direction, or rather, the drillsite location
with relation to the reef. If it's offset or downstream of the reefs,
then the latter won't be affected.
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
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