Hank: oil-drilling catastrophes will become more frequent as oil gets more expensive, absent regulation (2010)
prediction · status: unresolved · last event: predicted (2010-09-03) · owner: Hank
In July 2010 Hank quipped that the end of the Gulf oil spill would last only until it happened again; in September 2010, after another oil rig explosion, he predicted that oil-drilling catastrophes will happen more and more as oil gets more expensive, unless companies are told they cannot take those risks.
About: petroleum
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-07-16 | predicted | Hank adds that the end of the spill lasts only until it happens again. (playful) | VidCon, Oil Spill, Punishments, Shane Dawson, and my Balls 00:02:13 |
| 2010-09-03 | predicted | Hank predicts oil catastrophes will happen more and more as oil gets more expensive, unless someone tells companies they can't take those risks. | ANOTHER Oil Rig Explosion?! REALLY?! 00:03:04 |
What is said about it
3 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2010-09-03 · ANOTHER Oil Rig Explosion?! REALLY?! — Hank says that if there were suddenly no oil anywhere, we would all die: no economy, power, water, transportation or food. — 00:00:29
- 2010-09-03 · ANOTHER Oil Rig Explosion?! REALLY?! — Hank: To get at the hard oil, Hank says, you need new technologies, more money, or more risk-taking. — 00:01:27
- 2010-09-03 · ANOTHER Oil Rig Explosion?! REALLY?! — Hank predicts catastrophes like this will happen more and more as oil gets more expensive, because companies will take those risks unless someone stops them. — 00:03:04