BP oil leak victims

[ceeej31]

do those fish look like some clown loaches, a wolffish and an acara to anyone else?

 

[SteveR]

BP is no longer a british company. Infact I think we need some famous british engineering to help you guys out!

I consider myself scottish not British anyway (nothing personal to the English on here), but however may I comment:

Your country (I'm talking about the USA) demands some of the cheapest petrol prices at the pumps in the world (certainly cheaper than the UK and scotland etc). To do this, oil companies are drilling around the world but the oil the planet has left is running out and extraction is becoming more difficult, along with the process. BP have messed up big time, I'm not denying. But remember, that oil companies (not just BP) are having to drill in more difficult and complex fields where extraction is more dangerous. There will be more of these accidents. To all of your saying why can't they plug a leak. I don't think you understand the feat of engineering required to do something like this on the sea bed, they will hopefully do it asap but I don't see it soon. It's tragic, but I expect more of these accidents to occur, whilst our planet relies on oils and other fossil fuels...

Food for thought...

 

[SteveR]

What I dont get is why is a british company drilling on or near american soil?

Like I said not really British anyway. And also, people are drilling all over the world to bring you cheap oil...

 

[SteveR]

Well, they are paying for the cleanup, obviously. Though they're only spending a very small percentage of their daily revenue on the actual cleanup efforts, which is pretty pathetic in its own right.



If you boycott BP you should stay consistent and boycott Exxon for their oil spill back in 1989. It wouldn't make much sense to boycott BP, just to go and buy gas from another oil company also responsible of irreparable damage to the environment.

VERY true. If your gonna do the boycott thing, you gotta do it properly. Only problem is most of them have screwed up at some time and caused a major disaster...

 

[SteveR]

I feel for you "yanks" it's a damned disgrace, however unforunately I think we'll be seeing it again and again. Pity my RX8 don't run on lemon juice. Actually that'd probably be more expensive!

 

[SteveR]

Check this out if you hate BP - funny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AAa0gd7ClM

 

[Toby_H]

im already banning BP from my use and have no problem driving to the next street to get a different gas station, this is ridiculous

If everyone did this they wouldn't be able to afford the clean up...

yeah i hate BP they are killing all of our fish.

BP didn't do anything that all the other oil companies didn't also do. BP just happened to own the rig that experienced the major mishap.

I don't understand how this spill has been going on for about a month, and they still haven't plugged it up!! Those @$$holes can have all this technology but can't plug up a d@mn oil leak?!

The 'oil leak' is a couple thousand feet under water and is spewing at tremendous pressure. The human race lacks the full techknowledgy to stop it. But they are trying everything within their grasp and have offered to pay anyone in the world for additinoal solutions.

I don't understand, killing a single person is enough to get you the death penalty in some places and life in prison everywhere else. But this? Destroying the planet? This earns the CEO's a death sentence in my books, this cant be tolerated.

You say this as if the CEO's created a devious plan to pollute the gulf.

The industry poorly functions with loop holes for such tragedies. The industry needs to be cleansed of it's corruption and held to a standard that is possible and profitable to abide by while also preventing such horrible dissasters.

What I dont get is why is a british company drilling on or near american soil?

Because they pay the US government massive fees for the privilage, just like the other companies.

Heres my Conspiracy theory by allowing this to happen it will inforce stricter laws on off shore drilling making it harder for any smaller company to compete in the market leading to more of a monopoly.

I don't believe for a minute anyone made this happen as a conspiracy...

But it is quite obvious that many people are making decisions and actions based on their own political motives.

BP is no longer a british company. Infact I think we need some famous british engineering to help you guys out!

Actually BP's headquartered in UK, though they are certainly a world traded corporation.

To do this, oil companies are drilling around the world but the oil the planet has left is running out and extraction is becoming more difficult, along with the process.

While there is certainly a limited supply of oil within the Earth, we are far from 'running out'.

There are estimates of a 10~25 year supply of the total US oil consumption that can be accessed in the USA via on shore drilling. On shore drilling is FAR safer and easier to acces, but because it makes Americans "feel better" to not have to see it they are willing to vastly increase the risk by moving it out of sight (off shore).

When the population of the world learns to make choices/decisions based on logic and forgo their darn feelings, the world will become a much better place...



Many people here obviously have passinoate feelings about what's going on. I encourage you all to put that passion into getting a fair education about what happened and how we can prevent it from happening again. The snippettes offered by the politically motivated media is not a fair education on this situation.

The truth shall set you free!

 

[SteveR]

I didnt say it was gonna run out soon. I know there is about 30 year supply at least but the remaining amount is harder to get it.

I got to hand it to you, you said some very intelligent stuff and responses. You should all read what NC_nutcase just wrote there!

 

[Cichla dude]

That sucks!!! That poor goby and jd!

 

[MrA123]

BP is 40% owned by US interests. We need a big plug, stat!