Been about 6 weeks now, latest attempt to plug the well fail (some how, not surprised), and millions of gallons of oil fouling our coastlines. What I can't understand, is the lack of urgency in containing, and cleaning up the spill. Seems like Exxon was a lot more active in the Alaska spill, this one seems to be much worse. Kind of disappoint in our president (well, more than usually), in that he hasn't declared it an emergency situation, or stepped up, and put all the resources he has available toward fixing this mess. He has millions of people on the unemployment payroll to call on. Our navy has quite an assortment of vessels. I'm sure there are plenty of manned and unmanned vehicles he could also employ, if he asked nice, maybe offered a beer or two on the White House lawn... The economy is still in very bad shape, and this is a disaster we do no need, and continues to get worse daily.
My view, is that BP's focus is mainly on saving their well, and to keep it profitable. Got a hunch that once the oil stops flowing, they lose their permit to operate a well there, and probably won't get it back either.
Kind of shock there doesn't seem to be more of a plan of action, toward containing, and cleaning up the oil spill. There have been quite a number of lesser spills, with very costly cleanups. Perhaps not costly enough to bother with. We the taxpayers are going to bare the bulk of the cleanup costs, BP will sell out, change their name, or merge with another company, but I doubt the name will survive this one.
My view, is that BP's focus is mainly on saving their well, and to keep it profitable. Got a hunch that once the oil stops flowing, they lose their permit to operate a well there, and probably won't get it back either.
Kind of shock there doesn't seem to be more of a plan of action, toward containing, and cleaning up the oil spill. There have been quite a number of lesser spills, with very costly cleanups. Perhaps not costly enough to bother with. We the taxpayers are going to bare the bulk of the cleanup costs, BP will sell out, change their name, or merge with another company, but I doubt the name will survive this one.