BP Oil Spill In the Gulf

[ooglafina]

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.

[TheCanadiandrome]

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?

[ooglafina]

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.

[TheCanadiandrome]

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

[Warhorse]

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

[shuriken]

Originally Posted by Warhorse

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

He actually lifted a moratorium ( temporary ban if you will) on offshore drilling in late March I believe. Once the ban was lifted a few weeks later this disaster happened. Bad timing by the Administration if you ask me. But I think he should have left the moratorium even if he was getting a lot of sh*t from lobbyists and big Oil companies. As for the proposed moratorium I have no idea why it was overturned, but I'm sure it is gonna stay that way.
This is seriously one of the worst handled catastrophe in years, as bad as Hurricane Katrina I think. with 210,000 GALLONS of oil spilling a day it's depressing to know that this could have been prevented if some decisions were made by not only BP, but president Obama as well.