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That pretty much sums up what you'd like us all to be.
Low estimate of oil spill's size could save BP millions in court
"BP's estimate that only 5,000 barrels of oil are leaking daily from a well in the Gulf of Mexico, which the Obama administration hasn't disputed, could save the company millions of dollars in damages when the financial impact of the spill is resolved in court"
"Legal experts said that not having a credible official estimate of the leak's size provides another benefit for BP: The amount of oil spilled is certain to be key evidence in the court battles that are likely to result from the disaster"
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/05/2...ills-size.html
That pretty much sums up what you'd like us all to be.
Yet another update:
The original estimate is in the toilet, as BP admits it is now pumping 5,000 barrels a day from the main leak site, but still has a massive amount of oil flowing out.
The professor who earlier estimated up to 70,000 barrels of oil per day looked at some better footage and says that is likely on the low end.
At 31 days out that makes a total spillage of 70,000*31=2,170,000, nine times that of the Exxon Valdez, (250,000 barrels) and rapidly approaching that of the IxToc 1 spill of 3,000,000-3,500,000 barrels of oil.
Another two weeks of seepage and this will be the largest accidental spill in human history. The largest oil spill in human history was the intentional spill by Iraq in the Persian gulf in the first Gulf war of some 10,000,000 barrels of oil.
"McDonald said the spill's surface slick is now more than 14,600 square miles, larger than the states of Maryland and Delaware combined."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_584530.html
Think EPA will have the balls?
EPA Officials Weigh Sanctions Against BP’s U.S. Operations
http://www.propublica.org/feature/ep...-us-operations
Even if they have balls they dont' have teeth so w/e.
No different than what politicians achieve.
lol Manny. This is America brah. America. United States of America. "Progressives" will never take over. The very essence of Progressives is Anti-American. Such ideals have been demonized since the dawn of this country.could work with some of the disappointments I'd felt from Obama's presidency because I feel it is an overal net gain during a period of time in American politics where progressive politics has been demonized in the eyes of the common American.
Spill baby, Spill. The free market will take care of it. Don't worry.
God loves them types, so many of them, aren't you?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle7134581.eceCutting the engines, we slide to a stop near Rig 313. We’re not supposed to be in the restricted zone, but other than the dispersant-spraying aircraft passing overhead there’s no one to see us. Despite the thick oil, we’ve seen only two clean-up boats out of the 1,150 that the response claims to have on site: one was broken down, the other was towing it.
And BP is refusing to hire the 100s or 1000s of people with boats who are out of work because of BP's up.
But there is real worry that tryigng to clean the wetlands will make them worse. So maybe it's better to leave them be poisoned.
Maybe a hurricane will come and lift the poison and spread it further inland, coating the refineries and petrochemical plants.
I have to say, I am shocked the government has not made BP plug the hole. It's been over a month. What's the hold up?
neocon's can't defend this . LOLOLOLOLOL.
dip you don't think they are putting the pressure on these assholes to fix this quick.
Nopeyou don't think they are putting the pressure on these assholes to fix this quick.
One flick of the wrist, Obama could have plugged that hole, stop the leak. We have seen every angle...jobs lost, enviromental dangers, cost, where to drill, where not to drill, etc,etc, etc......
For the die hard lefties, you are getting a front row seat to the politician, OBAMA. And they can't even defend what he is doing. Obama is not the smartest guy in the room and he has zero business leading the free world.
This is not Katrina. This is a man made disaster that Obama could have fixed. November can't get here any faster!
Yeah why hasn't Obama plugged the hole with his magic wand?
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UPDATED: New Oil Spill in Alaska, Pipeline is 51% Owned by BP
Posted By Daniela Perdomo On May 25, 2010 @ 5:29 pm In Uncategorized | 1 Comment
Another day, another oil spill. And before you ask: Yes, BP is involved.
We’re only catching snippets of this breaking news, but the AP reports:
Alaska environmental officials say crude oil at a pump station of the trans-Alaska pipeline flowed into a tank and than a containment area when a valve failed to close.The quan y of the release into the containment area, a pad surrounded by berms and underlain with an impervious liner, was not immediately known,
The incident occurred Tuesday afternoon during a scheduled pipeline shutdown at Pump Station 9 near Fort Greely, about 100 miles south of Fairbanks.
Meanwhile, KTVA 11, Anchorage’s CBS affiliate says that the pipeline is 51% owned by BP. Workers have been evacuated due to the threat of explosion.
Updated (@ 5:32 pm PT): KTVA reports that “several thousands of barrels worth of oil have spilled at an Alyeska Pipeline pump station.” It appears the crude oil is flowing into a containment area with a capacity of 104,500 barrels.
State officials indicate that no environmental damage has been wreaked so far and so presumably we ought be thankful the spill occurred in a containment area, but the timing couldn’t be worse — for BP, that is.
Updated (@ 5:55 pm PT): Some background! BP has a terrible track record in Alaska.
The trans-Alaskan pipeline was completed in 1977 and is 800 miles long. BP owns the largest share of it — 51 percent — and the entire thing is managed by a management consortium known as Alyeska Pipeline Service Co.
The pipeline runs to Valdez — as in Exxon-Valdez, yes. (BP was involved in that mess but avoided a lot of the bad press Exxon faced because it settled out of court.)
More recently, in 2006, a pipeline managed by BP in Prudhoe Bay faced the following: “a badly corroded 34-inch-diameter pipeline (…) lost oil for at least five days before a worker driving down a nearby service road on March 2, 2006, smelled oil and spotted the spill, which covered at least two acres of tundra. At 200,000 gallons, it was the largest ever on the North Slope.”
And I’m guessing that’s just the tip of this proverbial iceberg.
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you are a dope trying to find every way to blame Obama for everything. just face it. its not obama vs. the gop.
its big business vs the people.
the sooner you figure it out the better this country will be.
oh, and by the way. GOP/tea party head, let the free market figure out how to fix this problem in International Waters.
is that what you s stand for.
That may seriously be the dumbest thing I have seen you say and that says a LOT.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100526/...gulf_oil_spill
Man, oh man BP, Transocean, and Haliburton are going to be taken to the woodshed.Witness: BP took 'shortcuts' before well blowout
COVINGTON, La. – Senior managers complained oil giant BP was "taking shortcuts" by replacing heavy drilling fluid with sal er in the well that blew out, triggering the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to witness statements obtained by The Associated Press.
Truitt Crawford, a roustabout for drilling rig owner Transocean Ltd., told Coast Guard investigators about the complaints. The seawater, which would have provided less weight to contain surging pressure from the ocean depths, was being used to prepare for dropping a final blob of cement into the well.
"I overheard upper management talking saying that BP was taking shortcuts by displacing the well with sal er instead of mud without sealing the well with cement plugs, this is why it blew out," Crawford said in his statement.
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Seems like the case for negligence is getting a bit stronger with each passing bit that comes out.
Damage cap, smamage cap. I heard a sniglet on NPR from a firm that helps corps handle crisis that said that 11 of 12 CEOs in major crises like this were ousted.
Anybody care to bet that the CEO will hang on? I would love to bet against that. Maybe a vbookie on it? heh.
Transocean is one of those great, patriotic, American-loving corps, based in Houston, but with 12 people in Switzerland so Transocean can avoid/evade US laws and taxes.
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