Re: Boycott Shell

Greenpeace took out a semi-spoof ad in the (British) Financial Times last week,
inviting tenders (in a very Governmental style) for safely dismantling
the Brent Spar :-)

> I red today in the Danish newspaper that the structure is going to be
> stored on a fjord in Norway until some will come up with a better idea.
> Greenpeace wants to organize the site into a eco-tourisme attraction.
> Smart,and good PR job.
> I ve  a suggestion resolving definitively the problems with this
> plateform and those to come:
> why not to use them to built Fosters milleneum tower ?
> The modules could be added one after the other each time a platform gets
> retired.
> Foster job would be to conceive the high tech transition piece between to
> modules.
> This would also be the REAL tour sans fin dreamed by Nouvel...
> Always higher with recycled material.
> People would be very proud to be tenant there.
> Think,The first ECO tower, all in rusted metal.
>  c est chic to live in SHELL tower.
> Should I ring to Shell and speack with them about my idea ?
> Anyway, if Schell find that stupid, I can always make some nice drawing a
> la DMZ project and send them to Storefront or Loebbius Wood.
>
>  Wed, 21 Jun
> 1995, Jon and Karen Bruce Chenier wrote:
>
> > I heard on NPR that they decided, due to European countries
> > disapproval, not including Britain, that they would not dump it in the
> > ocean.
> >
> > Instead they would try to find a place on land.
> > Go figure.
> > You wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >> I'm sure you all know this by now, but Shell have given in to
> > Greenpeace et
> > >> al, and won't be dumping Brent Spar at sea.
> > >>
> > >> The question is - what _can_ they do now? Especially as the British
> > Govt
> > >> won't let them dismantle it in British Waters?
> > >>
> > >> Martin
> > >
> > >They could turn it into the newest, hottest resort craze! There's
> > >nothing like a cool, oily-smelling breeze off the North Sea to
> > >rekindle the romance in a troubled marriage!
> > >
> > >Contact your travel agent for details!
> > >
> > >Rick
> > >rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> >
>
> regards
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