BP oil spill
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- trooperbill0
love hoe theres outrage at this british company but the regulations, platforms owner and well head that went faulty were american...
it was an ACCIDENT ffs
- whatsup0
BP Aware Of Cracks In Oil Well Two Months Before Explosion
http://www.prisonplanet.com/bp-a…
- Mimio0
^ The same people who attend Tea Bagger conventions, bitch about socialism and work for cash under the table while still collecting unemployment for the job they lost 2 years ago.
- PonyBoy0
ffs - I've yet to say ANYTHING about 'free markets'...
... I'm talking about personal consumption that WE RELY ON to live the lives we live.
When there's a tragedy - we throw a shitfit at those 'in charge' but don't stop and ask ourselves if we're part to blame... ... which we ARE in this situation - we CONSUME.
- BonSeff0
grrrreeee aaat... http://www.examiner.com/x-33986-…
- Ancillary0
Is cool, the spill's over!
They've brought in James Cameron!
- ukit0
Only problem I have with that graph is that you could easily take the wrong impression that graph that Americans somehow lead dramatically more wasteful lives than people everywhere else. If you look at oil usage per capita instead of per country though, you get a pretty different picture:
http://www.nationmaster.com/grap…
Turns out America is actually #23 out of all countries, and not really that different from Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, or Australia.
And Canada, Ireland, Singapore, Saudi Arabia are all much worse than the U.S. We're wasteful obviously, and something needs to change, but I think it helps to understand that the huge chunk of world usage in the first graph is really due to the fact that we're the largest wealthy industrialized country. Other rich countries are just as bad, they just happen to have less people.
- lowimpakt0
remember this ?
"The Gulf War oil spill is regarded as the largest oil spill in history, resulting from the 1991 U.S. invasion of Iraq, or the first Gulf War.
It caused considerable damage to wildlife in the Persian Gulf especially in areas surrounding Kuwait and Iraq. Estimates on the volume spilled range from 42[citation needed] to 462 million gallons;[1] the slick reached a maximum size of 101 by 42 miles (4242 square miles) and was 5 inches thick. Despite the uncertainty surrounding the size of the spill, figures place it 5 to 27 times[citation needed] the size (in gallons spilled) of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, and more than twice the size of the 1979 Ixtoc I blow-out in the Gulf of Mexico.
According to a study sponsored by UNESCO, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and the United States, the spill did little long-term damage. About half the oil evaporated, a million barrels were recovered and 2 million to 3 million barrels washed ashore, mainly in Saudi Arabia.[2]
A May 2010 New York Times article claims that the spill was at 36 billion gallons. This dwarfs all the other estimates aforementioned.[3]"
- georgesIII0
The question Pony is what can we do to save the earth,
but what can the earth do, to save her/itself from us.you know the bp thing is like emanuel Goldstein,
everyone has it's 2 min of hate but at the end of the day no one does shit or give a shit.
haters gon' hate
- eieio0
- Brownie, you're doing a heck of a jobIRNlun6
- WHAT A TOOL BAG!utopian
- That he has the nerve to show his face after his incompetence is amazing.monkeyshine
- mental muppetmonkeyshine
- bliznutty0
http://moneycentral.msn.com/owne…
Goldman Sachs sold over 4.68 (44% of its BP holdings) million shares of BP stock the 1st qtr of 2010
- TheBlueOne0
"it was an ACCIDENT ffs"
Same way drunk driving is an "accident".
- if the government says you can only drive drunk.. yeahtrooperbill
- Sure thing pal.TheBlueOne
- Did the government make them drill in mile deep water? I missed that law.TheBlueOne
- Ramanisky20
^^^ Why in gods name are these mother fuckers allowed to use this shit
*cues sad tune on Vuvuzela
- PonyBoy0
^^i apprecitiate that george... well put...
... if we all looked to ourselves and adjusted ourselves / lives... I think we could make a dramatic change in overall consumption of our natural resources...
... this is on US though (human beings - not the United States (: ) - not BP or the like... ... they're merely providing us w/that which we desire... they WOULD NOT EXIST if we didn't desire and damn near REQUIRE what they provide.
- JazX0
Don't forget B. Obama, isn't touching this sh*t. Hmmmm....
http://www.reuters.com/article/i…
While the BP oil geyser pumps millions of gallons of petroleum into the Gulf of Mexico, President Barack Obama and members of Congress may have to answer for the millions in campaign contributions they've taken from the oil and gas giant over the years.- "Let the market handle it"... wtf does the us gov know about caping gushing oil wells 1 mile underwater?DrBombay