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Jaw literally dropped #PiperAlpha

The Piper Alpha oil rig exploded and collapsed – and I made a desperate 175ft jump into the sea In July 1988, the North Sea oil platform ignited. As it melted around him, Joe Meanen knew there was only one possible, but highly perilous, way out for him

There are a lot of trade-offs with fossil fuels that we definitely don't discuss enough. #PiperAlpha I recall as a kid, but it was just one in a succession of oil platform accidents that cost a lot of lives.

And that's quite apart from the climate costs.

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There are a lot of trade-offs with fossil fuel use that we definitely don't discuss enough. #PiperAlpha was the really big one I recall as a kid, but it was just the latest in a whole succession of oil platform accidents that cost a lot of lives and suffering in the North Sea. And then there was […]

Finished the #PiperAlpha documentary. So angry making. My dad had worked on it & some uncles. A neighbour died on it, an old neighbour survived because he'd changed his shift.
Did I swear loudly at the Occidental building from an LA tour bus in 2004 & have to explain to fellow tourists? Yes, I did.

And -
Watch BBC`s "Disaster at Sea - The Piper Alpha Story" - to witness the cost of fossil fuel in human lives as well as that to our planet.
#PiperAlpha

More drilling in the North Sea say the #tories let the planet and people burn! #piperalpha #climatecrisis

Disaster at Sea: The Piper Alpha Story On 6 July 1988, fire engulfed Piper Alpha, killing 167 men. With dramatic testimony and emotional interviews, this is the minute-by-minute story of that night and the search for truth.

"On 6 July 1988, fire engulfed Piper Alpha, killing 167 men. With dramatic testimony and emotional interviews, this is the minute-by-minute story of that night and the search for truth."

#PiperAlpha

Disaster at Sea: The Piper Alpha Story On 6 July 1988, fire engulfed Piper Alpha, killing 167 men. With dramatic testimony and emotional interviews, this is the minute-by-minute story of that night and the search for truth.

#PiperAlpha

Today marks the anniversary of the #PiperAlpha disaster — one of the most devastating tragedies in the history of the offshore oil and gas industry. On the 6th of July 1988, 167 lives were lost in the catastrophic explosion and fire on the North Sea platform.

6 luglio 1988

Esplode in mare la piattaforma Piper Alpha

167 morti

#6luglio1988
#piperalpha
#piattaformapetrolifera
#maredelnord
#tragedia
#pernondimenticare

Piper Alpha - Wikipedia

Today is the tragic anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster, where 167 died off the coast of Aberdeen.
Greed over lives.
#piperalpha #disasters #scotland
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#PiperAlpha memorial