Gulf Oil Spill

[ForTehNguyen]

the funny thing is Obama said he wants the expansion of drilling stopped until we find out what happens. Too bad investigations like this take years of investigation and forensics. Just shows how clueless Obama is on these type of technical matters.

[jmp45]

It pisses me off how Obama prioritizes his plans. Doing a speech at a university in Michigan today...........I think he should have dropped what he was doing and got on this disaster first. I realize there isnt much that can be done at this point, but its just the point of him not giving a shit! Does anyone else feel this frustration? Oh and by the way....wheres Bono and Oprah?

Oh yes, their core is rooted in hypocrisy. You know if Bush was in office the left wing news outlets would have started the smear on him 5 minutes after the incident, and continue 24x7.

[Mac5.56]

In the end shit happens, and I hope the oil guys find a safer way to drill. If this thing keeps pumping out oil for months the entire gulf is going to be ****ed. Imagine all the oil in a couple months, and hurricane comes through. That crap is going to be everywhere if its not already.

It is estimated to take about two months for this leak to be capped. This is a disaster, and an environmental one to boot, but it will be dealt with using the most advanced technology in the world, and will be done so as quickly as humanly possible.

As for the frozen production on some rigs in the gulf, this is what should happen, and i promise you it is taking place across the board, all over the world in regards to any fail safe systems that are similar to the ones that were on this rig. If there is an error beyond a human one, the industry needs to insure that their equipment is safe before going back into production. This entire spill will cost 10's of billions of dollars across the board (if not more).

Regarding the price of gas, well stop driving if you have a problem with the price of a gallon of gas. What is going on in The Gulf of Mexico is an unfortunate side effect to the price of doing business if we want to continue using oil as our primary fuel source. Prices will continue to climb as the price of technology to reach new oil sources increase, and since the technology is advancing as rapidly as it is, there are bound to be failures occasionally that result in price spikes.

The last thing I want to see is companies starting to cut corners after the mess so that they can keep your gallon of gas down 50 cents.

[Mac5.56]

With all do respect, I am making NO ACCUSATIONS! against anyone. My deepest sympathies go to the families of those who died on the platform. It is very likely this disaster has a very logical explanation, but none of the nine statements above are untrue. The truth is that at this point and possibly at no point in the future will the cause of this disaster be fully understood given the damage and depth of the wreckage. But I don't think that this dicussion is completely outside the relm of posibility, certainly man is capable of such acts. To infer that merely discussing such a possibility somehow disrespects the deaths of 11 workers is ludicrous.

No you are disrespecting them, because you are glossing over the complexities of this situation for your personal political soap box. No offense but to me it's not different then people protesting soldiers funerals. Your exploiting catastrophe in order to suggest some sort of convoluted conspiracy that allows for you to rant and rave about your personal agenda!

[bubba04]

People need to chill out. Yes there will be pollution on the beaches and marshes but who cares. That all can be cleaned up just as good as before it happened. The people who's property or business is damaged by this will be overly compensated.

11 people lost their lives and the media shows a bird covered in oil flopping around. Who gives a crap about a stupid bird. You cant replace human life, but we can fix the oil spill.

[spookydurant]

Gee Bubba, it's that easy huh? With all respect to the 11 guys and their families may God bless them, but obviously you have never been to the gulf coast nor do you live there. You cant just clean up an oil spill like a glass of spilled milk. There are possibilities of entire species being wiped out due to this. No I am not a tree hugger, but I do respect wildlife and care for helpless animals who have to suffer due to our mistakes. How about a little more compassion and insight to the whole situation, not just loss of human life?

[bubba04]

I do live on the gulf coast; I enjoy fishing in the gulf and I spend time on her beaches. I am saddened this has happened and it is unfortunate that animals will die.

Don't get me wrong, this is an unfortunate event. But this is getting blown out of proportion. We have bigger problems in this country then an oil slick on our beaches that can be cleaned up. For instance the drug war going on on our boarders.

[Artos]

bub,

Time will tell but I'll go a cold beer this is going to end up much worse than anyone first expected. There's a lot of smart guys/gals working on it but I don't foresee any quick solution to stopping the leak.

If major supply lines become un-navicable...it's gonna hurt alot more than just the civis on the gulf coast.

[bubba04]

If major supply lines become un-navicable...it's gonna hurt alot more than just the civis on the gulf coast.

That is a good point.

I am afraid it will be at least a couple months before they are able to kill the well. I hope they can figure out a better way to collect the oil before then.

[parishioner]

PRESIDENT OBAMA: "Earlier today, DHS Secretary Napolitano announced that this incident is of national significance and the Department of Interior has announced that they will be sending SWAT teams to the Gulf to inspect all platforms and rigs. And I have ordered the Secretaries of Interior and Homeland Security as well as Administrator Lisa Jackson of the Environmental Protection Agency to visit the site on Friday to ensure that BP and the entire U.S. government is doing everything possible, not just to respond to this incident, but also to determine its cause."

Hmm...I thought this was just a freak accident. Surely they aren't being sent to make sure the valves are working and the drills are drilling because the last time I checked SWAT teams weren't experts in the oil industry.