BP Oil Spill In the Gulf
 

I guess this isn't as news worthy as a Kung Fu Bear, or the death of Guru... But its still disconcerting that nobody posted anything about this.

I imagine we could collect a few articles on the most current events, maybe a few pictures.

Relief wells usually stop spill, but not necessarily right away

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/06/0...top-spill.html


http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slides...6673_large.jpg

I guess its not as riveting as a guy marrying a cat, but we could at least try.

I couldn't talk about it because its literally the most depressing thing I've ever seen. Greed and corruption have killed/will kill tens of millions of animals, possibly wipe out a lot of species, destroyed the wetlands (something that greedy fu*king developers have been begging for since the 40s), put tens of thousands of people out of work when there is no other work to be had, and completely destroyed America's greatest fishery for at least two generations.

Its heartbreaking to watch greedy motherfu*kers destroy our world. Instead of performing the repair work that would have stopped this leak WEEKS ago (cutting and capping it), they shot mud and golf balls at it so the pipe would continue leaking oil into the sea. BP won't get the rights to drill another well on this continent ever again, so they've got to let as much spill as possible so that they can slurp it all up later and sell it off. And all the while, Government just sits pretty and twiddles their thumbs.

This is heartbreaking. We're watching the Earth die right before our eyes.

James Cameron offered to help clean up the spill with his submarines and BP basically told him to F off. These people are major D-bags. Like TMB said it's depressing. I hope this clues these idiots in on how important alternative fuel sources are and puts an end to this oil crap. I know it won't go away over night but something needs to change soon or there won't be a planet to live on. Reading about this makes me want to punch an oil tycoon in the jaw.

It makes me very sad to see oil reports. I spent summers on the beautiful white beaches on the Florida panhandle for as long as I can remember....I went there two weeks before Memorial day knowing full well that those beaches may not ever be the same. it was sad. seeing all the wildlife....walking around on the beach. :(


and I saw a report today that some scientists are proposing detonating a nuclear device down by the well to get it to stop leaking. isn't it bad enough that there's oil all over.....do we need radioactive stuff too? I'm guessing those scientists don't live anywhere near the gulf coast, cause I sure don't want a nuke going off in my back yard.

The whole radioactive Idea came from the Russians in the 50s and 60s. They would use nuclear bombs underground to close things up, but they had some that blew up above ground (translation, in open water), and ended up making it impossible for anyone go to down there due to the high radiation levels.

It's horrible what's happening down there. I can't imagine what the families are going through... the only good news so far is that all the capping they've started doing is actually slowing things down. But it's still going to be a Long, Weary Recovery.. :(

The capping isn't doing sh*t. No one is doing sh*t. It disgusts me to my very God damn core to see something like this continue as long as it has. F*cking disgusting.

totally agree

It's sad to see all of this happening in the Gulf. I feel so sorry for all the people and animals affected by this. I doubt anything will be done because BP doesn't want to admit that they f*cked up.

Exactly. They could have capped this WEEKS ago, but they aren't because its more profitable to let it leak as long as possible, then scoop up the oil and sue everyone else who touches it while lobbying government/threaten us with uor own oil reserves to be able to lower their liability cap.

Evil people like this need to be sent off this Earth.

I hope Obama takes care of this. He's getting pissed.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_pl2451

Yeah. What's the point of making a profit if the f*cking limited purity of the Earth is the price?

I swear, this feels like a damn Captain Planet episode.

Right now, I'm in a state of shock. I live on the East Coast of Florida, but even then, on the news, it talks on how the oil can get into the East Atlantic current and eventually wash up on the shores of Miami, Palm Beach or Jupiter. I have several real estate down in the keys, I bought them for the closeness to nature and the quiet it provides. Everyday I dread that my tenants are going to call and start claiming oil balls are starting to wash up on the docks.

Regardless, the Panhandle is a nice place to go for a relaxing beach affair. And I feel real bad for the Louisiana people. First Katrina, and now this.

I just don't understand why the Government didn't take the reins from BP a week after the incident, and threw in the top minds from MIT to tackle this issue.

Gotta love that hard fought deregulation of the oil industry right now, huh?

My sincere hope is that during the next couple of election cycles the airwaves, internet, and papers are plastered with the politicians who chanted,"Drill, Baby. Drill" along side images of all the damage that drilling has caused.

Just to remind people.

Doesn't matter. Voters are so stupid they'll vote for them anyway.

I wouldn't go that far, though it'd be real nice if more than half of all voters actually came out to the polls. We can only blame the actual voters for so much.

This whole mess makes me so sick and disgusted that it's hard for me to watch or read about it. Why can't someone do something to stop it already? So horrible.

They better get that s*** under control before a hurricane blows through there. Imagine a storm surge pushing all that crap several miles inland.

Its heartbreaking , so sad....We know in this country about that kind of disaster...They must to stop the spill, as soon as possible , after that

The only way to start cleaning the cost/shore/beach is ...
All togheter and well protected..

Pics from Prestige disaster in Spain:
Damage to sea life countless, innumerable....
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/4633/prestige.jpg

http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/4634/chapapote.jpg

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Largest offshore spill in US history
 

Looks like it's the largest offshore spill in US history, see
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwat...izon_oil_spill

i hope BP goes bankrupt after all this! nobody should have anything to do with this company period! and the man in charge should be criminally charged

The reason the government didn't boot BP off the continent right after the spill happened was that after the Valdez spill, they decided to punish the offending company by making them responsible for the clean up. You've probably all heard that before though. So the government legally can't do anything but yell at BP for being endlessly incompetent I guess. Sounds like there are other motives behind it to me, but I don't know.

And a few days ago, that big plug sitting on top of the pipe had to be removed because one of the remote underwater vehicles bumped into it and so it was gushing with no inhibitor for a few days. I think it's back on now. That kind of sums up the extraordinary effort and capability they have.

And I'm annoyed with all the bad press that England has been giving us over BP. They think we're picking on them and that we're a really mean country. I can't remember the criticism, but it sounds about that mature to me.

the government might not be able to legally do anything against BP but there are other ways for a company like that to go bankrupt. stopping of funds to them, boycotting their products, etc. they're bleeding money, or at least that's what i've heard, with the clean up process, so hopefully BP runs dry and goes away. the US doesn't really need the company do they?

Does BP have any subsidiary companies? Because I've never used BP before anyway. So as far as I know, I am boycotting.

I just remembered that they bought out Amoco a while back. That was the main gas station in my home town. I forget that it's officially BP.

ouch, so dang maybe there can't not be a BP in that case!

What do you all think about how Obama put a temporary ban on off shore drilling, and the judge over turned it?