[Old School]

Nor do they in the United States sure the follow more closely but there have been several events to where they were warned, did not fix the problems and the result has been an oil spill. Now with that said not onlt the oil industry but coal industry are also at fault for recent issues because of not following regulations and guidelines. When being notified not fixing the issues. Thus, these companies are very important in the free market economy that we live in however, these companies also need to realize while they are cutting costs they are risking lifes in which I do not think they realize untill such situations happen. But agreed companies that are the centerpiece of energy and oil are the american economy at this day in age, with out off shore drilling we would be importing oil in mass and thus, our gas prices would prob be at 8 or 10 dollars a gallon. I dont want that but I DO want these companies to follow guidelines and make changes when they are suggested so all American families can be safe.

You are wrong if you think that violations in coal minies are not being corrected. Once a violation has been issued the coal company must correct the violation within a specified time which is set by the inspector. The amount of time given to abate the violation varies depending on the severity of the infraction, some must corrected within 24 hours while others may be given a couple of days. Many of these violations are corrected before the inspector leaves the mine.