If BP LIED or knew about the Valve being BAD......

[apb]

..... Let's just keep in mind that no matter where we get the oil from, it's still a FINITE resource, and our ultimate goal has to be to develop an affordable, RENEWABLE energy source.

Agree 100%. We should have been working hard on this right after the first energy crisis in the 1970's.

Andrew

[Tom523]

Agree 100%. We should have been working hard on this right after the first energy crisis in the 1970's.

Andrew

That is what the Department of energy (DOE) was created to do in the 70's . Since then it has only increased its budget.

[GeoFisher]

Everyone in the DIRECT chain of command for investigating and inspecting OIL Rigs in the gulf should be FIRED.........better yet.......CHARGED with FRAUD.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37179888/ns/gulf_oil_spill/

AND I'm including ANYONE and EVERYONE in the past Bush Administration that may have been involved.

THIS BS really needs to STOP.

From the Story, only 1 out of every 4 inspections over the past 5 years was performed. AND the inspections are supposed to be monthly........

HM.

[RoadToad]

This just keeps getting worse and worse.

I'm glad it's not just we Greenies who are honked off about it.

I'm happily surprised that there hasn't been a HUGE wash-up of oil yet. I hope this is a good sign that this won't be the kind of catastrophe many of us thought it would be.

Remember the day this rig blew? First reports from BP were that there was NO oil leaking. Now they admit to 5,000 barrels a day, but others say it's much, much more. I seriously doubt it's not more than the 5,000 barrels BP admits to.

Sorry, but at this moment, I am no longer okay with ANY increase in offshore drilling, even as a stop-gap measure.

[Grumpy]

"Sorry, but at this moment, I am no longer okay with ANY increase in offshore drilling, even as a stop-gap measure."

Road Toad, we'll see if your tune changes when gas hits $5 or $8 or $10 a gallon.

Grumpy

[mhall]

"Sorry, but at this moment, I am no longer okay with ANY increase in offshore drilling, even as a stop-gap measure."

Road Toad, we'll see if your tune changes when gas hits $5 or $8 or $10 a gallon.

Grumpy

I agree with Grumpy on this one. There is nothing wrong with off shore drilling it just has to be regulated and watched closer as Geo touched on. Make them accountable and make them spend some of that 20 billion dollar a quarter profit to fix what needs to be fixed so this never happens again.

Quite simply, DO IT, but do it right!

[Grumpy]

That is exactly what I meant to say Mark,

Grumpy

[Big Gills]

I just know that I have not seen a more horrible sight than the pics of the oil gushing out of the huge pipe into the water. I couldnt believe so much oil was gushing forward and it hadnt been capped. Darn just take some cement and pour it into the pipe and close up that pipe. Now I am seeing people cleaning pelicans and other birds with all that oil on them. That is sad. I just dont understand why it is taking so long for the oil companies etc to stop this!

[GeoFisher]

I just know that I have not seen a more horrible sight than the pics of the oil gushing out of the huge pipe into the water. I couldnt believe so much oil was gushing forward and it hadnt been capped. Darn just take some cement and pour it into the pipe and close up that pipe. Now I am seeing people cleaning pelicans and other birds with all that oil on them. That is sad. I just dont understand why it is taking so long for the oil companies etc to stop this!

Money is DRIVING this BS...........

BP has not and WILL not do what needs to be done because if they permanently cap or "destroy" the well, they will lose a 100 - 200 million dollar investment, not to mention the BILLIONS this may produce.

THE GUBMENT should step in, tell them to get the hell out of the way and detonate one of those theatre nukes in the hole. PROBLEM FIXED. May not even take a nuke.......How about a few hundred depth charges or a couple bunker busters, or whatever.

BOTTOM LINE.............BP is dragging ASS because the want the profits.

Later,

Geo

[Big Gills]

I agree George, its all about money for the rich. They just cant seem to get enough. Its like an addictive drug for them. I agree the Government should step in and order BP to close that well permanently. I have heard reports that Obama has gotten angry with BP about the hearings that they are having cuz the oil companies are not taking responsibility for the damage they have caused and have not stopped. I hope he steps in on this.

[Grumpy]

Talk about "armchair quarterbacks" this site is full of people that want to voice opinions and give suggestions on things which they know absolutely nothing about. And I am talking about a multitude of things not just GeoFisher's suggestion to drop a nuke on the well although that is right there at the top of the most ignorant things I have heard in a long time.

Grumpy

[GeoFisher]

Talk about "armchair quarterbacks" this site is full of people that want to voice opinions and give suggestions on things which they know absolutely nothing about. And I am talking about a multitude of things not just GeoFisher's suggestion to drop a nuke on the well although that is right there at the top of the most ignorant things I have heard in a long time.

Grumpy

DUDE.........Most Ignorant thing you've heard, but the RUSSIANS have done JUST that at least 5 times successfully.

http://www.livescience.com/technolog...ll-100512.html

All the while Billions of dollars in future cleanup is being WASTED. NUKE the SOB.....be done with it.

Later,

Geo