Why just the executives? There are hundreds if not thousands of people at fault. The people who made the parts for the rigs, and the people who actually ran the thing. In fact, some of those people got blown up already anyway so I guess they deserved it. And what about us? We're the one's who buy their product after all, why shouldn't we be punished? More taxes? Forced labor to clean the beaches for anyone who's affiliated with the oil business?

And what about the government? I talked to a guy at work the other day who works for an oil company other than BP. He said that the day the of the disaster Norway offered us several large oil scrubbing ships that if used right away would have helped the cleanup effort quite a bit. Our government refused the help. Why? Because 10% of the water that these ships comes back out still oily. Personally I'd go ahead with it and get rid of the other 90% anyway, and so most rational people. But we didn't, and we didn't start burning it off right away either which also would have helped. And now we're in hurricane season. Should we lock up or kill those people in the government who were involved? No, of course not.

It's all right to be upset, but I don't think that killing anyone would help. I don't even think that sending anyone to prison would help at this point. Maybe later if and when we can narrow down the blame to whoever was most directly responsible but right now we should just focus on what we can do to minimize the impact of this disaster.



Not quite. It's not even the biggest oil spill in history.



http://www.envirowonk.com/content/view/68/1/



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gulf_oil_spill

BP's oil well would have to spew 100 million gallons of oil everyday for over a year to just equal the Kuwait spill. And with the relief wells being drilled and a new cap being put on I highly doubt that will happen.

Another thing the guy at work told us was that it's very, very hard to calculate how many barrels a day are in fact leaking. He said it's like taking a syringe, filling it with colored water, putting it on the bottom of a bath tub and trying to guess how much fluid is coming out and how much is still in there. That's why the estimates vary so widely.

And I hope you realize I'm not trying to be mean or anything. A little sarcastic, but I always get that way when I'm upset about something. I wish you could get tone of voice in type. Don't take it personally, it's not meant that way. Oh, and last time I checked there was still a Kuwait and still a Persian Gulf. So I think our chances of getting wiped out by a giant bubble are looking even slimmer. lol

Why just the executives? There are hundreds if not thousands of people at fault. The people who made the parts for the rigs, and the people who actually ran the thing. In fact, some of those people got blown up already anyway so I guess they deserved it. And what about us? We're the one's who buy their product after all, why shouldn't we be punished? More taxes? Forced labor to clean the beaches for anyone who's affiliated with the oil business?

And what about the government? I talked to a guy at work the other day who works for an oil company other than BP. He said that the day the of the disaster Norway offered us several large oil scrubbing ships that if used right away would have helped the cleanup effort quite a bit. Our government refused the help. Why? Because 10% of the water that these ships comes back out still oily. Personally I'd go ahead with it and get rid of the other 90% anyway, and so most rational people. But we didn't, and we didn't start burning it off right away either which also would have helped. And now we're in hurricane season. Should we lock up or kill those people in the government who were involved? No, of course not.

It's all right to be upset, but I don't think that killing anyone would help. I don't even think that sending anyone to prison would help at this point. Maybe later if and when we can narrow down the blame to whoever was most directly responsible but right now we should just focus on what we can do to minimize the impact of this disaster.



Not quite. It's not even the biggest oil spill in history.



http://www.envirowonk.com/content/view/68/1/



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gulf_oil_spill

BP's oil well would have to spew 100 million gallons of oil everyday for over a year to just equal the Kuwait spill. And with the relief wells being drilled and a new cap being put on I highly doubt that will happen.

Another thing the guy at work told us was that it's very, very hard to calculate how many barrels a day are in fact leaking. He said it's like taking a syringe, filling it with colored water, putting it on the bottom of a bath tub and trying to guess how much fluid is coming out and how much is still in there. That's why the estimates vary so widely.

And I hope you realize I'm not trying to be mean or anything. A little sarcastic, but I always get that way when I'm upset about something. I wish you could get tone of voice in type. Don't take it personally, it's not meant that way. Oh, and last time I checked there was still a Kuwait and still a Persian Gulf. So I think our chances of getting wiped out by a giant bubble are looking even slimmer. lol

People said this same thing about the Persian Gulf when Saddam did all of the dumping and burning of oil in Kuwait. Guess what, it was cleaned up.

i say the execs because THEY cut costs on parts and went with what they KNEW wouldnt work. they KNEW this well was to deep, but they drilled regardless. the workers on the rig were just following orders and doing theyre jobs... the execs are responsible for this horrible mess and IMO they deserve to pay.

BP stopped activity today after the government raised concerns the operation could put damaging pressure on the oil well and make the leak worse.

I'm thinking the same thing. There's no doubt that what's happening is horrendous, but the end of the world? Not quite. It's like the people who insist that they know when judgement day will be. It's more of a scare tactic then anything else.