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It's not a CEO's responsibility to oversee each project and know all the technical details, but rather direct the company into new markets and opportunties. He is getting grilled by congress only because that is what the public would like to see. I don't think he was very ethical lying around the numbers, but at the same time I don't believe the administration is doing enough to resolve the problem. Posted via RS Mobile
This is fucked, BP not allowing respirator to try and downplay the 'image' of the cleanup. These are highly toxic chemicals. Firing people if they wear respirators?! WTF.
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A company that has 6000+ oil rigs in the Gulf, I think it would be hard to oversea the safety regulations, and general operations of every single one.
When something like this goes wrong... for as long as it has, it's your job to know everything. The guy clearly knows, just didn't want to say anything.
When something like this goes wrong... for as long as it has, it's your job to know everything. The guy clearly knows, just didn't want to say anything.
TBH, it wasn't pretty but that was the best play he can make for that situation.
When something like this goes wrong... for as long as it has, it's your job to know everything. The guy clearly knows, just didn't want to say anything.
Actually, the higher up the corporate pyramid people are, the less they are involved with everything bellow. It's all about numbers, and they don't care how shit gets done, they tell their underlings to find a way to do it.
Actually, the higher up the corporate pyramid people are, the less they are involved with everything bellow. It's all about numbers, and they don't care how shit gets done, they tell their underlings to find a way to do it.
Yea yea, I understand how the "Corporate Ladder" works. What I am saying is that this spill has been going on for how long? 3 months? I am sure he has been well briefed on everything.
The cracks in the ocean floor leaking oil are completely unrelated to this well, have been going on for millions of years, and will continue to go on in the future.
While the spill will have a significant short term environmental impact, its far from the end of the world.
As far as the microbe discussion, they are already out there. These are naturally occurring, and adding more will do nothing to help.
Every time there is an oil spill, the world (media) overreacts and time and time again, nature has proven to be exceptionally resilient in overcoming the impacts.
The only thing this particular event will lead to is the development of improved safety and preventative measures in the future. That is it. Period. End of story.
When something like this goes wrong... for as long as it has, it's your job to know everything. The guy clearly knows, just didn't want to say anything.
Yes, but it's also his job to keep his shareholders happy...Sooo, avoidance is key here I think
The cracks in the ocean floor leaking oil are completely unrelated to this well, have been going on for millions of years, and will continue to go on in the future.
While the spill will have a significant short term environmental impact, its far from the end of the world.
As far as the microbe discussion, they are already out there. These are naturally occurring, and adding more will do nothing to help.
Every time there is an oil spill, the world (media) overreacts and time and time again, nature has proven to be exceptionally resilient in overcoming the impacts.
The only thing this particular event will lead to is the development of improved safety and preventative measures in the future. That is it. Period. End of story.
Stop believing the hype.
So to you this is no big deal? 60 - 120+ million gallons of oil in the gulf is nothing right? Happens in nature all the time?
Your right about the media overreacting. They overreact about everything, remember swine flu? This time though I think they are under-reacting. This oil spill will be the largest in earths history all said and done. Who knows how much oceanic wildlife will die because of this MAN MADE disaster! Its not like oceanic wildlife was exactly thriving before this happened. Overfishing, pollution, and hurricanes were already made the wildlife exhausted. Now this! Who knows when the well will be actually contained, then we can really worry about everything else.
Your user name, "Hurricane" is exactly when this will get really interesting. Not only will the fish, birds and etc be covered in oil. People who just started to recover after Katrina, are going to get double fucked.
Apparently u failed my post. I am not online enough to know or care exactly how the failing/thanking system works, but why not post a response and tell me which of my statements are incorrect?
Are you one of those "the US government blew up the WTC on purpose" people? Or is your life just so dull you need to embrace some melodramatic bullshit glorified narrative about how BP is going to end human life on earth.
The reason why I gave you a fail is because by your comments you come off like it's not big deal. You say things happen natually yes in small amounts but not 100k + barrels of oil a day.
We are just starting to see the impact on the wildlife and just wait it will only get worse. This has nothing to go with the goverment or this being the end of human life. This is a horrible situtation which needs to be stopped right away because it will get worse and the media should over react because this will effect millions of people over the world.
The cracks in the ocean floor leaking oil are completely unrelated to this well, have been going on for millions of years, and will continue to go on in the future.
While the spill will have a significant short term environmental impact, its far from the end of the world.
As far as the microbe discussion, they are already out there. These are naturally occurring, and adding more will do nothing to help.
Every time there is an oil spill, the world (media) overreacts and time and time again, nature has proven to be exceptionally resilient in overcoming the impacts.
The only thing this particular event will lead to is the development of improved safety and preventative measures in the future. That is it. Period. End of story.
Stop believing the hype.
You obviously don't really give a shit. If that is the case, let the rest of us discuss and you go watch your UFC or Peter Chao videos.
lol after another month, Florida's already rock bottom housing market is going to sink some more as the oil surrounds their coastline. Too bad, it's just a nice state to be =(
This is fucked, BP not allowing respirator to try and downplay the 'image' of the cleanup. These are highly toxic chemicals. Firing people if they wear respirators?! WTF.
Hollywood star Kevin Costner joined BP (BP.L) (BP.N)'s efforts to clean up the oil-fouled Gulf of Mexico on Friday as the British company began deploying his "dream" machine to separate oil from water.
BP acquired 32 of the centrifuges to help remove some of the oil that has been gushing into the Gulf from its blown-out well in the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
The units are being deployed after BP tested them to see if they could handle the crude leaking from an undersea well for two months at an estimated rate of up to 60,000 barrels a day (2.5 million gallons/9.5 million liters).
"At its core, my dream, this machine, was designed ... to give us a fighting chance to fight back the oil that's got us by the throat," Costner told reporters.
"When you are in a fight, anybody knows you go to confront it right where it is. You don't wait for it to come to your door," the actor said at this oil industry supply port in southern Louisiana.
Moored behind him was a barge with his machines mounted on the deck that had returned to port to be fitted with a global positioning system to allow it to detect concentrations of oil.
Costner's company, Ocean Therapy Solutions, signed a contract with BP to provide 32 of the units that are expected to be working in the next 60 days, BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles said. Financial details were not disclosed.
Each machine, called a V20, can separate 210,000 gallons of oily water a day.
Costner, best-known for such films as "Dances with Wolves" and "Waterworld," stressed he was no overnight oil spill sensation. He has been trying to employ the technology designed by his company for the past 17 years, and has invested more than $20 million of his own money in its development.
Costner testified in the U.S. Congress last week about the need for a 21st century solution to the risks of drilling in waters as deep as one mile (1.6 km).
His proposals had been ignored and bureaucratic red tape hindered the introduction of new technology, he said
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