the best way is to strap dynamite to the rig and blow it up.
Oh, that's cool. Where did you get your degree in underwater physics? Be realistic - this thing is a mile underwater. The pressure from the water alone is so immense, there's no telling what would happen to an explosive device that deep. There's the problem of even setting the thing off, the further problem of what kind of explosion it will be and how much explosive material to use, plus the really hard problem of what the hell would happen to the leak if "blown up"? Besides all these problems, there's not just one leak - there's at least four that I've seen. The force of the oil coming out combined with the tremendous pressure is a recipe for disaster when you combine explosives to the whole thing.
It would, theoretically, break into smaller pieces. The thing is, from what I know, the rig itself is pressurizing the oil to spew so fast.
What would break into smaller pieces? The pipe? That would just cause even more oil to come out. Were you not there the half dozen or so times they tried to plug up this thing but were thwarted simply due to the pressure at which the oil is flowing? Maybe explosives would help. But that's like saying that it may help to open up with a submachine gun in a crowded room. There is a probability that you'll kill nothing but people who deserve to die. But there's just no way of knowing, and the risks are too great.
Pointing fingers and accusations at whose to blame whilst the oil rig is still spewing oil is completely out of the question.
Why? It's not as if finger pointing is slowing anything down. In fact, the pressure on both BP and the Obama administration by so-called finger pointers has prompted a $20 billion fund for victims (as a start) and hopefully will get rid of certain ridiculous rules that were already in place that are doing nothing but hindering the cleanup.
Ultimately, both parties will be held responsible in some fashion, although BP will likely continue to take the brunt of the blame
If I recall, a lot of complaining about the situation is on how the rig wasn't stable when it was built, and that there were precautions bypassed the the construction. So ironically this is not necessarily BP's fault, but the Americans like someone to blame and why not the Brits?
If I recall, a lot of complaining about the situation is on how the rig wasn't stable when it was built, and that there were precautions bypassed the the construction. So ironically this is not necessarily BP's fault, but the Americans like someone to blame and why not the Brits?
I haven't heard this, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's true. Still, the everyday upkeep and safety maintenance still squarely falls, in part, to BP. And it's not as if Americans just would like someone to blame - there actually are parties to blame. We didn't write country names on a dartboard and just blame whichever country the dart stuck to. Besides, much of the negative sentiment I feel and have experienced from others falls on BP the company, not Britain the country. BP isn't just some scapegoat in all this. And as I've stated several times they have already claimed responsibility for this.
Here's yet another example of malfeasance that clearly does fall on BP: Once the rig caught fire, it had to be evacuated. But there weren't enough life boats for everyone on the rig, and many of the lifeboats didn't even work. Because these workers were employed by BP, it was that company's responsibility to ensure the safety of its workers. It clearly failed on that front.
As far as i know it was BP's fault. When they put to control valve on that oil pipe it broke and they knew it. They just didn't bother replacing it. And dont think im eco crazy, but maybe its all of our faults too. If we didnt use oil all the time there would be no drilling at all. Clean energy while in some cases not as efficient, is alot safer then fossil feuls. have u ever seen a wind turbine spill?
I feel very strongly in this issue. I blame human greed. These fish and sea creatures never hurt anyone, but now their homes are being destroyed by an oil spill that was probably caused by a lack of care. It could have been stopped before it started.
I personally think that BP was lazy, doing all this stuff they called "observation" and "clean up". Plus, they said that it was a small spill in a big body of water, but now what? Say, I found a parody!
There getting this huge boat now to suck up all the oil
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Uh... yeah? That's sort of how you do it?
We didn't take quick enough action against this disaster. BP deserves to take the blame, but at the same time I also feel it was an accident as a result of something that was overlooked, not laziness or irresponsibility. But because BP did it, they are responsible.
Anyway, I'm tired of hearing people bad mouth BP as if this was their own plan or stupidity. The lack of action taken was stupid, not the spill itself.
We didn't take quick enough action against this disaster. BP deserves to take the blame, but at the same time I also feel it was an accident as a result of something that was overlooked, not laziness or irresponsibility. But because BP did it, they are responsible.
No, obama is at fault. Normal prcedure is to light the oil on fire as it comes up, burning the gas off, and not harming the ocean, untill they have the ability to fix the problem, thats normally how its done. But obama was worried it would harm the ozone layer, so he said they couldn't. So now the entire gulf is filled with oil, and all there cute little animals are dieing, along with the not so cute fish, and the not so cute fisher men, are not feeding its family, and there cute little familes are dieing.
Anyway, I'm tired of hearing people bad mouth BP as if this was their own plan or stupidity. The lack of action taken was stupid, not the spill itself.
yeah, actions speak louder then words. and if they was quick enough, maybe the disaster could of been averted.
all there cute little animals are dieing, along with the not so cute fish, and the not so cute fisher men, are not feeding its family, and there cute little familes are dieing.
Do you really mean that? because one look at your amatar and that sentence makes me think you are a 7-year-old girl.
If I were you, I would blame whoever wanted the petroleum. They are dirty, and pollute the earth. When we use the oil, some carbon dioxide is emitted. So, I blame whoever wanted the petroleum, which is the whole humanity.
Therefore, there were essentially no-one to blame, because the fault is ours, the whole humanity.
No, obama is at fault. Normal prcedure is to light the oil on fire as it comes up, burning the gas off, and not harming the ocean, untill they have the ability to fix the problem, thats normally how its done. But obama was worried it would harm the ozone layer, so he said they couldn't. So now the entire gulf is filled with oil, and all there cute little animals are dieing, along with the not so cute fish, and the not so cute fisher men, are not feeding its family, and there cute little familes are dieing.
Lighting the oil on fire would have done a lot of harm to all the people down wind of that giant toxic cloud. He wasn't trying to save the ozone. He would have been saving ever person living in the area of breathing in highly toxic gas. Burning the oil is absolutely not the answer. One of the many fears was that the oil was going to make its way into clouds and rain oil all over the land and crops, and make its way into the water table. Now we know that is not possible, but when oil is burned, there is a totally different story there.
As far as who's fault this may be. I have not heard of a single blame towards Haliburton, they where the ones who cemented the well in the first place. (scenario I made up in my head) If you hire a contractor to work on your building and one of the drunk employees of that contractor drops a crane on somebody's head and kills them. A. Do you blame the owner of the building who hired the contractor, B. you blame the contractor who hired the drunk employee, or C. Do you blame the employee? If A. is the answer then absolutely BP is to blame for this current mess. I am not standing up for BP by any means. I just don't understand why they are solely to blame.
Oh and as for the oil in Alaska. The oil is not going to move itself here. The cost and energy spent on transporting all of that oil roughly 2000 miles is just not cost efficient enough. The real problem weather we like it or not is there is only so much oil in the world. We are going to run out. It is absolutely ignorant to think that we won't. If we stay on our current coarse we will eventually have to drill Alaska, and we will tap out that resource as well.
