David Lock

OK let's be serious for a moment.

The Arctic and Antarctic are the last unpolluted areas of the world and we should do our utmost to keep them that way.

Of course there is a chance, albeit tiny, that drilling could contaminate this wonderful area.

That is all I'm saying

dl

nizmo80

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working in the north sea for the last 8 or 9 years and I have seen very little being dumped into the sea but the rig is allowed by law to allow a small amount of pollution to go into the sea as when I was offshore last week there was a small amount of material to go into the water which caused a very thin sheen across the water but this is few and far between I see this.

but other country's its a different ball game as some places just dont care about the environment.

here is a picture of Albania where I was a few years back working in a land oil field where there was around 4000 wells
this picture I got off the internet and does not even come close to what I seen in person over there



what I witnessed over in there oil fields was 1000 times worse than in this picture as they even had little rivers of black disgusting oil running through the field and the farmers are growing crops right next to it

RA Dunk

I'm pretty sure given the location and high profile nature of this job that every step will be taken to ensure that there is zero harm to the enviroment. there's going to be too many people looking in from the outside to not have every box ticked.

RA Dunk

Criminal isn't it. these are the same operators that preach Health & Safety to us over here and ram the Enviroment this and the Enviroment that down our throats as well, but when it comes to working in a country with little laws or regulations its seen to be ok to pollute it as they feel.

nizmo80

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yea fully agree
when I was in parts of the field in albania it was like breathing fumes as it was really hard to breath with the pollution I hear a lot of places in africa are the same.

it all comes down to laws in each country as if they can get away with it then its fine but uk regs are tough so they have to stick to them but africa and places like that with lots of corruption they just get environmentally shafted.

plus some operators in the north sea are a bit dodgy like Apache they are major dodgers maybe not with pollution but the stuff that happens on their rigs are a eye opener

Leslie

I believe that there is the [possibility of vaccination against bovine TB. As an animal lover, I am aghast at the thought of killing as many badgers as possible if not the lot. They are harmless creatures and are a natural part of the wild life of this country. It is not their fault that they can catch Bovine TB off the cows and cause the possibility of the spread of the disease. I believe that it is just the costs associated with the use of the vaccine which encourages the cheaper way out ie. to destroy the badgers.

I think it is quite wrong to kill off the badgers just for convenience sake and to save the cash which should be used to produce a vaccine to protect the cows.

It is a big mistake to murder the wild life of our country.

Les

RA Dunk

Being an animal lover I'm not keen on it either, but do see the need to cull certain types to control numbers.

Hopefully they will start on seagulls next.

LSherratt

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Talking of seagulls, one of the farmers next to me prepared a field last month and planted it with new grass seed for cows. ******* hundreds of seagulls every morning for 2 weeks were out there in his field which happens to be close to mine. I went out there 4 days in a row with my semi-auto but as soon as the gun goes off, they buggar off for the whole day.

Turbohot

Just wondering why seagulls can't be eaten by humans. Somehow I think they should taste nice, as they look quite stout. I may be wrong, though.

RA Dunk

In some countries they do, think Spaniards eat them.

Plenty up this neck of the woods if you feel a wee bit peckish..

Turbohot

Nice.

Some rural folk this end brag about eating pheasants. I think that's wrong no matter how tasty it is. Pheasant is a beautiful bird. It shouldn't be killed for human greed. If they have to, they must give me its feathers to make a hat for myself.

neil-h

And its rather tasty as well. Me mums gotta really nice recipe for pheasant stroganoff, very good indeed.

SJ_Skyline

Cracking post TH

Turbohot

LSherratt

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The animal kn0b-heads were out in force today as I was travelling back from town through my village at 20:40; also passed a police transit van and an L200.

Passed one car parked on the side of the road in a gateway with 3 idiots hanging around, boot open ram packed with sleeping bags, duvets, and pillows. I've been told they sleep on the public footpaths all night pathetic.

RA Dunk

You mean they actually stop hugging trees long enough to sleep?

I'm pretty sure if these ar$eholes had their way we would be back to living in caves.

LSherratt

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Hard to believe, but yes I guess so Although they probably take turns so that there is always at least 1 person up hugging trees and walking the countryside.

RA Dunk

Maybe after we're finished culling badgers we can cull tree huggers? how fun would that be, shooting hippies for fun lol

LSherratt

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Just had a letter today informing me that the culling period has been extended by 8 weeks starting 22nd October.

RA Dunk

Brilliant, another week of sleeping in trees and on pavements for the tree huggers, hope it pi$hes down with rain the whole time, as for their other tree hugging buddies in the Arctic the Russians are not giving them any slack TBH.

Martin2005

There aren't any trees to hug in the Arctic, are there?

RA Dunk

Sarcasm is the lowest possible form of wit, I bet you're a tree hugger Martin?

Martin2005

No i'm just on the side of tolerance, which inevitably puts me on the opposite side for the argument to you

RA Dunk

Nothing new there then, have fun in your make believe perfect world where no one ever gets offended then.

LSherratt

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Well tonight a lone activists set off our farm siren by hopping over one of our farm gates. We actually thought it was a potential thief at first and it didn't cross our mind he was an activist until we met him. My dad and I rushed out into the truck, I grabbed my semi auto just in case, and drove down the lane to have words before he had vanished. He did apologise but it's still trespassing. Scruffy looking bloke he was, baseball cap and black jacket. Probably mid 40s to 50 years of age. Idiots...

fatscoobfella1

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Go on, say semi automatic again..

Please...

hodgy0_2

are these anti-environmentalist farmers the same ones that put environmentally friendly windmills all over their land?

^Qwerty^

You can't eat seagulls, they have a permanant seat on COBRA and are intrinsically involved in the governerning of the UK. You only have to look them in the eye to know this is true

daveyj

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or Humans for that matter.

Leslie

Its a pity that the badgers can't shoot back really.

Les