BP Oil spill rant

Whatever life could be killed in an explosion is NOTHING compared to the damage the leak is causing on the environment. Does no one remember the exxon valdez?

eh i had one next to where i live, up here in northern spain, dont remember the name of the damn freighter...

Remember there's also the chance of a worsening, the explosion fails and widens the hole.

oh thats not a problem aard. the drilling hole is actually a long long long shaft down to the reservoir of oil. the hole we are alking about is basically a chimney for the reservoir. if we widen it it will simply widen the tip of the chimney, causing no change in the amount of oil spilled.

The problem is that it isn't regulated, in european companies, they HAVE to have this special seal thingy. The other thing is that it was a stupid idea in the first place, I had thought it was a good idea at first, but now I KNOW I am wrong. This is ridiculous, they also lied about being prepared for this spill, they obviously weren't. Its too dangerous, we will never be able to vacation to that area in our life times again if the oil washes up, WHICH IT WILL.


*waits for Ptolemy to post silly thingz

Oh and Aard, reports have shown that there is hardly any big oil out there, so, it isn't necessary. Also, soda and water mix, oil doesn't mix in water, duh.

secondly, they are trying to cap the leak not take all the oil out, the latter is of secondary importance right now.

shit happens, this just means we will have more strict codes when it comes to offshore drilling.

u can't just say "shit happens"

this will be here after u and I are DEAD!!!

we will never be able to go vacationing the same.

there are plenty of places to vacation, the gulf wont be the same, but vacations arent ruined because one tourist hotspot is polluted with oil. the oil should be cleaned up AFTER the leak has been fixed/stalled. it wouldnt make sense to clean it all up, fix the leak, then clean yet again. theoretically since oil is a naturally occurring in nature it should clean itself in due time

Sinusoidal wrote:there are plenty of places to vacation, the gulf wont be the same, but vacations arent ruined because one tourist hotspot is polluted with oil. the oil should be cleaned up AFTER the leak has been fixed/stalled. it wouldnt make sense to clean it all up, fix the leak, then clean yet again. theoretically since oil is a naturally occurring in nature it should clean itself in due time

I love the "eh fuck it" type attitude lol. They should clean it up while its leaking, that minimizes the damage to the surrounding ecosystems and could possibly stop the oil from reaching things like the loiusiana wetlands and florida everglades.

Oh well, enjoy driving guys.