Wonder where BP oil in the Gulf went?

I like where this thread is going.


It's like watching the fat guy go down the waterslide but gets stuck in the middle

 

I like the lame justifications about "gee, it's only one spill" and "more oil seeps out of the ocean floor or what we pour down the drain", or "gee, the fisheries bounced back", stick to the party line kids, have at it, really. Shall we just forget about the fact that nothing has changed to prevent this from happening again? Or that fucking up people's lives or screwing up and ecosystem is only a crime when individuals do it and not corporations? Or forget that you have created a huge dead zone in the gulf?

The people who caused this should be brought up on charges, tried, and thrown into fucking prison, doesn't matter how much fucking money they pay, it's a criminal act, period.

 

What is a corporation when DC executes them by the handfuls with their failtown policies?

 

I watched a documentary on the spill, and it was actually very easily avoidable.

The BP guy on the rig told the rigs captain (remember, BP didn't own the rig, Transocean did) to move faster than the rig was designed for. IMO, both parties are at fault.

 

I watched probably the same documentary as you did, it was Halliburton, Transocean and BP, you're right, there was pressure to move faster and let's not forget, it cost 11 guys their lives as well. It's my point exactly, taking shortcuts in the interest of saving money constitutes criminal negligence, they knew what could happen should that well head blow, the biggest problem is that working at those depths is technically much more challenging and they (thanks to lax regulations), didn't have diddly in place to deal with a blown head at that depth.

As for an above poster who asked what I am doing? Well, other than the outright disgust at all things political in this country, I would like to see a Congress that is not bought and sold by lobbyist, till then, I buy less plastic, buy local when I can.

 

Haha, good idea on how to help clean the ocean

 

Show us you are serious about stopping these criminals and I can take you seriously...

Fifty Things Made From Oil

Petrol for cars ​

Diesel for cars, lorries and ships ​

Aviation fuel for planes ​

Credit cards ​

Plastic bags ​

Hair brushes ​

Anti-freeze​

Motorcycle Helmets ​

Carpets​

Telephones​

Brake fluid ​

Boats​

Glue​

Toilet Seats ​

Shampoo​

Household paint ​

Detergent​

Bowls​

Fertiliser​

Explosives​

Car tyres ​

Artificial turf​

Football boots ​

Lipstick​

Weed killer ​

Parachutes​

Umbrellas​

Food wrappers ​

Shower curtains ​

Waterproof coats ​

Artifical limbs ​

Roads​

Bubble wrap ​

Drinks bottles ​

Toothbrushes​

Life jackets ​

Fishing line ​

Tennis rackets ​

Roller blades ​

Eye glasses ​

Lunch boxes ​

Flower pots ​

Toys​

Car seats ​

Insulation​

Nail polish ​

Hair spray ​

Medicines​

Insect repellant ​

Golf balls ​

 

^^ you lost me at "football boots".

 

While I'm worried about the environment (yes, I definitely spent a lot of time this year dealing with seafood from the Gulf by living ON the Gulf), I'm even more worried about the impact on the people in the surrounding areas. Mainly, the fiscal impact on the fishermen. The BP payout was disgustingly low, IF they got paid out. The number of fishing boats dropped drastically afterwards as the final nail in the coffin (behind Katrina & Rita).

I was reading some news on my iPhone yesterday and found this timely piece:
http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/09/201192913263037831.html

I can't say for sure about any of this, since I'm neither doctor nor scientist, but I do know what I've seen first hand by the numerous tar balls found throughout the Gulf, and by meeting a ton of people who depend on fishing in the Gulf.

Can we stop oil production to the extent it's so necessary for our survival? Probably not in our lifetimes. Should we? Why not try? At the very least it wouldn't put us at the mercy of foreign countries like Saudi Arabia, or the new Iraq/Egypt (yes, yes, I know abt all the oil in Alaska and in the Gulf).

Again, though, my main point is the people affected by this accident and how responsibility has flown away with the news.

 

I guess it depends on the definition of major. Unfortunately yes Maine is part of the US.

 

I say screw oil, BIODIESEL and BIOFUELS all the way!!!

 

nvm

 

I don't have to show you shit, I'm very serious

 

Leave all the anonymous negative rep you want about my sarcastic response to your soccer reference. Did you mean futbol? How about cleats? Caballeros & motocross riders wear boots.

 

So am I. I will go dump some motor oil in a lake in your honor. Environmentalists are as hypocritical as vegetarians.

 

WTF are you talking about? Was that you calling me a foreigner? Someone did something to you and in your blind angry obsession to my post you attack me. LOL

 

Douchebaggery not needed