Quote Originally Posted by Poke 'Em View Post
The ExxonMobil bigwigs were sitting around one day, thinking to themselves, "what are we going to do with this extra $100,000 worth of oil that we have sitting around?" "I know! Let's dump it in the river, then we can pay to clean it up too!"

I saw them out there myself, dumping barrel after barrel of the stuff into the river, laughing about how good it felt to be throwing away money.
Joe's fears are not unfounded or did you forget about Prince William Sound and the Exxon Valdeze?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exxon_Valdez_oil_spill

While the EPA may not be at fault here other parts of the government and courts are. Exxon passed the cost on to the insurance companies as well as you and I.

Back to the case at hand. 1,000+ barrels of crude oil is very damaging to the environment no matter how high the flow rate of the river! Crude oil is not a finished product or distillate therefore it does not dilute near as easily nor does it evaporate as rapidly. Take a look at this report:

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/07/03...est=latestnews

Even if the damage is limited to the Billings area the environmental and economical impact will not be good. As far as what Company, state or federal types say I personally don't trust them any further than I could pick them up and throw them.