The video(s) 'BP does not want you to see'

As much as I loathe and despise BP's reaction to this clusterfornication, I need to ask something of the "get the government in there" crowd: How many DEEP sea (like 5000 feet below the surface) operations have the Navy and/or Army Corps of Engineers undertaken?

The physics down there are literally the equivalent to those on an alien world. While there are many tasks that the Army Corps of Engineers is ideally suited for (fixing levies, for example), I just have to suspect that the career engineers who are constantly working with technology designed to work in the bizarro world environment of the ocean floor are more qualified (from a background perspective) to work on the task of plugging this leak.

That said, every single last one of these short-sighted lunatics should be drummed out of the industry and forced to work in fast-food for the rest of their days for not anticpating this kind of problem. BP should have had several additional layers of protection against this kind of occurence and should have had a dozen tested and ready responses on hand in the event of something like this.

I will agree that the military could and should be used in helping with the clean-up and attempted protection of coastal ecosystems. That failure on the part of the administration is unforgivable, but let's not pretend that Obama should be bringing his squad of top ranked ocean floor engineers into the war room and applying is imaginary engineering degree to this problem.

While some people may have voted for Obama because the believed him to have the powers that would allow him to rip off his shirt, take a deep breath, dive to the site of this problem and seal off the leak with his laser vision, none of them are the ones complaining about his lack of action.

All that being said, there should not be an unemployeed able bodied man within 500 miles of the gulf coast. BP, the U.S. Government, the Gates Foundation, The Sierra Club, Warren Buffet and every Hollywood do-gooder with more than 1 million dollars in the bank should be hiring people to tackle this problem en masse. Cleaning up oil is primarily difficult due to it being labor intensive.

BP should stop buying dispersant which sinks the oil to the sea bed and start buying man hours. THAT will get this mess cleaned up.

Here in America its our way of life to wipe our collective ass with this planet and our own environment. Has been for a long time. Its inevitable that our hand would occasionally break through the paper and now we're getting some on us. Big surprise. Our domestic and foreign policies are cut from the same cloth. We treat each other no better for the most part. Money is whats important to us and not much else. One of two things is going on here. Either this thing IS NOT FIXABLE or its in the interest of those with the means to fix it TO NOT FIX IT (this one is where my bet goes). Dont feel too bad for Earth. When shes had enuf of us she'll be sure to let us know.

This video is very disturbing. I do not consider myself an environmentalist and this whole BP mess has me disgusted. I am disgusted with the oil companies and with our government over this whole mess. We as Americans are going to feel the effects of this oil spill for many years to come if not the rest of our lives. Letting it get to this point is not acceptable. Maybe it is time somebody who knows how to handle this step up and take care of it.

where are the environmentalists now ? to talk crap and death threat about who questions the logic behind global warming is one thing, but I didnt see any type of real movement against this ...

Greetings fellow Nano-Earthlings,

O-man is going underground so to speak, maybe something to do with a real Memorial Day celebration... where's waldo(N.Korea subs)?... you think they are going to tell the cattle(Joe six pack) when WW#3 is going to start... __javascript:icon('')

Or maybe the Aliens are coming to save us from the Biblical Oil coming out of the Volcano of Sin... whaaaat? you think you all know whats going on in the real world?

Notice how all the BP pigs last names have something to do with biblical things,
Mr Wells and Mr. Salt etc.

Nuke the well and collapse the great abyss(cavern).

Mark my words the Mud will not plug the well.

But wait what about the BBQ and sports shows on this weekend?__javascript:icon('')

Maybe its just all one BIG conspiracy and chickens really are lizards(What came first chicken or the egg?... the Lizard silly.__javascript:icon('')) BBQ lizard anyone
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May peace be with us all... the greatest treasure in the universe.

Mr. X

Originally posted by psyko45
reply to post by HrdCorHillbilly

 

Thank you for the MSDS , good info.

From reading it though I think Coca Cola is probably more toxic than this stuff. Lets b e real.
These videos are propaganda designed to benifit the green movement and raise fuel costs, as well as hurt alot of families that will be out of work because of this leak (leaks).

Why does everyone want to play the blame game? Because its the only way the average citezen can justify his or her lifelong contribution to the problem.

"oh Ive been driving cars, cutting trees, etc, etc all my life, and thats no big deal, but now I get to jump on a "platform" (my little joke) and blame the government and an oil company"

How interesting.

You have a decent point of view, and not to turn this off topic, but if a better more natural energy wasn't suppressed, maybe we wouldn't have to completely rely on fuel... Hmm... No that's stupid, crazy talk.

Oh yeah, synthetic organisms can be created now, and transistors comprised of 7 atoms each; but gosh darn, no source of energy is better than crude oil! It's the best *Nacho Libre voice*

Maybe this oil spill can run just long enough to suck out enough money to cause the release of alternative forms of energy.

Maybe this oil spill was somehow from the expansion of the ocean floor caused by global warming? Better get some more planes in the air and spray some aluminum! That reminds me, I need to eat; sorry for blabbing!

Thankyou for sharing these videos OP.

Please do not get me wrong here, I am very much against BP dragging it's heels on cleaning up this mess. However, could Tony Hayward simply be ordering the press back as crude oil can cause physical injury and he certainly could not be neglegent on camera with so many witnesses as to not order the individual to be taken away and later the press.

It just seemed logical to me, if you put yourself in his position, last thing he needs is some overly curious individual paddling in crude oil without protection and suffering burns to the skin amongst other injuries.

Just one case like that will take this eco crisis substantially further in the public eye as the media would sensationalise that one case for all it is worth and you know they would.

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Maybe this oil spill can run just long enough to suck out enough money to cause the release of alternative forms of energy.

Theres the crime. IMO, no better than any terrorist that uses fear instead of democracy to further thier agenda.

Im all for alternative fuels, but we have to use the system we have until it is changed to accomplish the goal.