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Galapagos oil spill update - Lava Gull threatened

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Subject: Galapagos oil spill update - Lava Gull threatened
From: John Gamblin <>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 20:40:52 -0800 (PST)
Mike Simpson <> wrote:

Unfortunately, the ship in question was apparently
shipping fuel oil to the Galapagos to run the
generators which power the facilities used by
bird-watchers and other visitors to the islands.

It is therefore difficult to see how any initiative to
protect such sites from similar tragedies can be
prevented.

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Perhaps it's TIME to think of power alternatives:

Perhaps if the means and needs for the fuel demand
were change?

John.

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