Oh come on...

Just... god dammit...

Bill Maher brought up the fact that they could just trigger an explosion and cause a collapse onto the well. I'm not sure if it's actually possible or not, but if it was BP will never be able to get their precious profits from it again, so they wouldn't do it if it were.

They just drill another well 50 meters away....

So, raise your hands. Who here wasn't surprised when they came and told us that the Top Kill had failed? (ME!)

lol BP= EPIC FAIL!

i might actually lose a bet i made with someone after the first week. the bet was how long would it take for the feds to buy or coerce help from exxon mobil, shell and other oil companies as far as people and technology........i said within a month and she said within 90 days. since its already over a month, the only way it ends up in a draw is if it goes past 90 days. so heres to the federal government maintaining its cluelessness and me keeping my $20.

More bad news (at least, it is news to me): the dispersant BP used is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corexit#Toxicity_and_alternatives, which is toxic to humans. Because not only does BP have to pollute the environment by not fixing the leak, they have to try to kill/maim every living thing in the food chain.

Listening to BP make up excuses every other day is starting to remind me of the Devs at MO...it's all smoke and mirrors.

MO is actually a subsidiary of BP so it kinda makes sense.

although im not sure who has the more lame excuses........BP or the federales.

And even more bad news, just when you thought they were making head way.. top kill failed, and BP 'moves on to next option'

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/05/29/us.gulf.oil.spill/index.html?hpt=T1

But imagine how bad it would be if that went wrong and it got worse...


Good luck with the next plan I guess, Big Phail.

I love their response too.

EPA: Use a different dispersant before you kill [censored] everyone
BP: Everything we do is in compliance with what the EPA tells us.
EPA: USE A DIFFERENT DISPERSANT NOW!!!
BP: *still dumping toxic chemicals in the ocean* We've never disobeyed the EPA
EPA: Dude, you have thousands of gallons of the non-toxic kind at one of your lots, can't you use that?
BP: That stuff's toxic, obviously the EPA doesn't know [censored] about protecting the environment.

I was really surprised that the EPA allowed them to use it at all. The use of it on oil slicks in the Uk is banned so it can't be good for the environment at all.

Gulf of Mexico =/= UK
Hell, they don't even have the same blow out valve systems we have here in the north sea -quoted from a rigger friend of mine, according to him, this well didn't have a blow out valve shutting system what so ever, because they're a cool million five a piece, per well cap. And in US waters only need to be installed if well pressures exceed a certain ammount, which of course, this one didn't.

fyi, blow out valves are mandatory kit on every single well cap in european waters as of the 80s

I don't know if this blowout valve is something different, but there was a blowout preventer on this well. It just failed to function for reasons I hope will be revealed after the investigation. Another thing that just makes me want to rip my hair out... C-SPAN has been showing the investigative hearings where rig workers and personnel are being questioned by... OF ALL PEOPLE... Minerals Management Service! The very agency that has been alleged to be nice and cozy in bed with BP and all the other oil companies.

Yeah. While my geography is bad, it isn't quite that bad . I was trying to say that they were using something that was banned in other western countries.

Bolded for emphaisis.

mmmm hyperbole

However, there's some intersting science going on about how the ocean life is handling the spill. It seems that there are hydrocarbon plumes which scientists whought would impact the marine life. At first glance, it's looking like quite a bit of life is not being affected by THIS kind of pollution (sourece: NPR yesterday).

I bring this up not as a rebuttle, nor as a way to assuage feelings. Rather, I bring it up becauswe of the science that is going to come from this event. This event is nearly unprecidented (not sure how big the spills in Mexico or Venezuala have been), so this is a chance to study pollution effects.

I also wonder if this will have any impact in society in general, similar to the Cayahoga River catching fire which spawned the Clean Water Act.

Clouds can have silver linings

That was my exact feeling as well. Can't help wondering if this happened in another developed country, would the pressure from that country's government been a fire under BP"s ass to get the issue resolved. Maybe BP, Transoceanic, and whomever else in involved need a billion dollar a day fine as incentive to
fix it.

I am failry sure they are doing everything they can. Have you seen http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=BP.L#chart3:symbol=bp.l;range=3m;indicator=volume;charttype=line;crosshair=on;ohlcvalues=0;logscale=on;source=undefined? It is costing them huge amounts of money as it is.

Jay Leno the other night made a joke about the spill, and how they found a new way of getting cars to run on water. The only problem, was it had to come from the Gulf of Mexico.

They are cutting the pipes.

They stopped. Not sure what it is they are attempting.

I don't know what its doing, but it is so just so cool to watch a robot work 5000 feet below the ocean's surface. I do wish that they would hurry up and get this resolved. Its getting kind of old, you'd think a billion dollar company could hire someone who knows what they're doing to fix this.

They pretty much gave up at this point. They're just goofing around till the relief wells finish in august. You know, put on a good show for the camera.

I suppose the Gulf Coast is pretty much FUBAR now if it wasn't before.

yay, BP is just ruining the gulf of mexico. pretty soon there will be no more trout, ling, or reds to catch it better not come near texas or else....