Top 10 Semi-sober Reasons for the spill:

1. Oil prices were down, we needed a disruption in supply to get the price per barrel back up.
2. Gas prices were down, see note 1 above.
3. The beaches in the gulf had been cleaned up by the last Hurricanes, and it was time to lubricate them again. Nobody wants a rusty beach.
4. The dolphins fins were starting to squeak, and its too hard to spray WD-40 on individual porposes.
5. BP hadn't been in the headlines for awhile, and notorius is still a form of notariety.
6. Intent was to stimulate the economy of the oil clean up industry.
7. Intent was to provide incentive for Congress to appropriate more money for the Coast Guard.
8. Oil companies want to drill in Alaska, and continental US environmentally protected areas. So the spill sends the message its safer ecologically to drill on the mainland instead of at sea.
9. BP wanted to be sure we had something to talk about on Fishin.com.
10. It was a plot hatched in KY to drive more demand for coal, and to steer salt water anglers to Cumberland for Striper gigs.