One blow out in over 30,000 wells dug in the gulf?

And that means the industry is out of control??

Yesterday even the President admitted that this was an exceedingly rare event. Does that not lay more responsibility on the people in charge of inspections.
The Administration also admitted that this may have resulted from a level of complacency. We have done so well for so long that we obviously know what we are doing. In other words we got it right.


Quote Originally Posted by TantricSoul View Post
The Government is already in "control" of the clean up efforts. BP is not just left alone to do whatever it feels like, however, they do have the equipment, experience, manpower and responsibility to get this job done, supposedly, and as such they are the "face" of those attempting to respond to this disaster.

One thing to keep in mind, this experimental well is over a mile under the surface of the water, no one has any experience dealing with the complications involved at this site. Since no one really knows exactly what to do, then all of it is conjecture, guesses, and theories.

Of course ... it is politics as usual so one side wants to look like they are taking action and the other wants to cry conspiracy! There will be the regulation / deregulation argument and congress will pass some law or another to pacify us once more. So business as usual can resume with us all feeling that the government is making us safer.

Boycotting BP? What about Haliburton or TransOcean? ... yeah good luck with that. With everyone pointing fingers at each other, the only obvious truths here are; the environment is the largest loser in this tragedy and that we are simply reaping what we have sowed as the temporary custodians of this planet.

Respectfully,
Tantric