the fishing industry there is a 4 billion dollar industry. if they get 500 million this year i'll be surprised

The whole idea that companies can run this country by throwing money at people is a disgrace. Before I get Cross Check raped let me be clear that I mean ALL politicians from every side of the aisle. This spill is directly related and caused by politics and money, end of story.

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Christ, you two need to have angry make-up sex. Play nice, children.

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mechaphil

I'm gonna be the pitcher.

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What really pisses me off now is the headline "BP prepares for 'Top Kill' on well".

"Top Kill" should have been the FIRST THING ATTEMPTED.

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From an article on the spill:


Considering? Huh? Seriously!



Why were they drilling then...I'm confused.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/26/us/26 ... tml?src=mv

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I think they left out the word "again"

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I know they were closing up shop at that well before the blow-out. That's why Halliburton was hired to cement the hole, it was a step in shutting the well down.

that's weird to me that they were working on shutting it down. it seems fairly productive, since up to 85.3 million gallons have came out of it in just over a month.

They were hired to cement the well to seal it. Then, another company comes back in behind them and sets up extraction operations after that.

The drilling and extraction steps are separate. They were definitely planning on taking the oil from there.

Have to say I'm still a little confused. I thought that BP had been extracting, or taking oil, or whatever you want to call it, then they hired Halliburton to seal the well because they were shutting it down. This wasn't just the beginning of their operation was it?

OK, I answered my own question. This was just the beginning of BP's operation. The work done before the blow-out was just to drill and set up the well, and they were in the final phases of creating the well, not extracting the oil. Squanto is right.

Yeah, the interview in 60 Minutes with the guy that survived was very enlightening. If you can watch it, it's worth the time.

Aside from all of the blowout preventer problems that were allowed to persist, BP also instructed Haliburton to not place a 3rd concrete plug into the drill hole so that the well could be prepped for extraction. In addition, someone decided to swap out the heavier 'drill mud' used to keep the well open with a lighter fluid that wasn't as effective at holding down the pressure as the drill mud was, again with the intention of turning the well around faster.

I had been under the impression that "sealing" the well meant closing it down, and that the companies were in a hurry to do that. But of course it actually makes much more sense that they'd be in a hurry to start pumping the oil as fast as possible, and that that's what caused these companies to rush through the process doing shoddy work.

I'm sure there is a high level of douchebaggery at every oil company, but for me BP's actions have been exceptionally deplorable. If they put forth the same amount of effort to stop the spill that they have put forth to lie, cover up, blame others and play the PR game, it would have been sealed weeks ago. I'm surprised I haven't heard anyone else say this yet, but I am boycotting BP from here on out, and I hope you do, too.

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This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.
--Emerson

Looks like the topkill is working, oh, and look over there...seems Miller is about to have a shutout...

wait until hurricane season when it rains sheets of oil on everything.

It's going to be a fucking nightmare. Especially given how badly the hurricane season is projected to be.

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http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather- ... -28?page=1

interesting read on what the oil will do to hurricanes (probably nothing) and what hurricanes will do to the oil.

so, a hurricane will mix up the water and oil, and actually help accelerate its biodegradation (sp?)... so, basically, what we should hope for is a huge hurricane to linger off the coast, then weaken before hitting land. improbable, but remember, katrina was a cat 5 hurricane about 100 miles off the coast before making landfall as a cat 3 hurricane (katrina wasnt actually a bad hurricane, just it couldnt have hit anwhere any worse)

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