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yeah i think BP is responsible, my crazy republican piano teacher also blames obama haha its fucking lame going to work and hearing her complain about it all the time
People down here on the coast are (understandably) freaking out about it. It's a pretty awful mess with no end in sight, and no one seems to have the slightest idea what to do.
There's plenty of blame to pass around. The Republicans pushed so hard for off-shore drilling they were popping capillaries (not that I disagree, as energy independence is a goal we need to work toward); Obama heard the news and sent a single man to the sight, and after his assessment still has yet to send any significant aid.
BP is fucking failing repeatedly, as they've tried several solutions, all of which didn't work as intended.
This is a debacle, and only months after Louisiana began to see real results from the Hurricane recovery effort.
It's sad to watch.
BP is fucking failing repeatedly, as they've tried several solutions, all of which didn't work as intended.
This is a debacle, and only months after Louisiana began to see real results from the Hurricane recovery effort.
It's sad to watch.
I don't how the Mushroom Kindom is going to clean up all those poor koopas paratroopers. It must be so difficult to get the oil out of their pixelated wings.
"I don't watch the televised news, as a rule. It's never been a part of my life. So, as a result, I wind up becoming aware of news only after it has been run through the cultural filter related to my hobby of choice."
Thank-you for putting into words why I never know what the fuck is going on in the world. I basically found out that the Oil leak had happened from Steamtoid.
Thank-you for putting into words why I never know what the fuck is going on in the world. I basically found out that the Oil leak had happened from Steamtoid.
BP have delayed this solution so many times, I only expect an Alpha Protocol result in August/September.
You do realize we have better established methods for sending people to the moon than to stop an oil leak at the bottom of the ocean? What bothers me is why there aren't ten different organizations out there, circling the leak, each taking turns trying to stop it. Why JUST let BP try and deal with it?
Who the fuck thought it was a good idea to run oil pipes in the god-damn ocean anyways? This was only a matter of time.
It may have sounded great on paper, but whatever moron decided to go forth with this without having a LEGITIMATE way to stop it should be murdered by all of us in different ways all at the same time. Think about it.
It may have sounded great on paper, but whatever moron decided to go forth with this without having a LEGITIMATE way to stop it should be murdered by all of us in different ways all at the same time. Think about it.
@mattrodroid - I'm gonna have to read up on the cause of the explosion/sinking of the drilling platform, any casualties? Who's fault? What official line they are spinning.
I'm of the school of thought that nothing like this happens "by accident", oil prices were dropping, no-one (in power or big business) likes low oil prices.
I'm fairly sure a metric-fucktonne of oil leaking into the sea is going to conveniently drive up oil prices.
Handy that, just when they want oil prices to go up a drilling platform mysteriously explodes and sinks leaving oil pissing into the sea.
I was suspicious when they reported "If oil leaks continues for 8 months, could be biggest in history!" - then 2 days later "Oil leak is actually already biggest in history" - It's almost like they didn't know what they were "supposed" to be telling us.
I'm of the school of thought that nothing like this happens "by accident", oil prices were dropping, no-one (in power or big business) likes low oil prices.
I'm fairly sure a metric-fucktonne of oil leaking into the sea is going to conveniently drive up oil prices.
Handy that, just when they want oil prices to go up a drilling platform mysteriously explodes and sinks leaving oil pissing into the sea.
I was suspicious when they reported "If oil leaks continues for 8 months, could be biggest in history!" - then 2 days later "Oil leak is actually already biggest in history" - It's almost like they didn't know what they were "supposed" to be telling us.
@quased
YES! I agree with you 100%! Why the fuck are we leaving the wellbeing of our citizens to a singular entity that isn't a government agency?!
YES! I agree with you 100%! Why the fuck are we leaving the wellbeing of our citizens to a singular entity that isn't a government agency?!
Imagine what's gonna happen when hurricane season ramps up? That oil will be picked up and dropped everywhere!
Yeah, that leak is INSANE. I donīt know exactly how much that leaks out every day but itīs atleast thousands of liters:P
The oil spill has made me feel worse for routing for BP Ford Abu Dhabi in WRC. I also feel bad for all those in the southern fishing industry.
What's sad is we had legistlation passed after the Exxon-Valdez Incident that could have staved of the spread. Instead, the government threw BP at it and then told them not to burn it off because of "climate change" - so basically they only got in the way and let it spread.
Oh, and all that legislation about creating oil booms that was revised in 1994, seems neither administration before Obama's made sure they got built after tax payer money went into it. Had about twenty fucking years between now and the Valdez incident and one of the twelve got built.
Took the White House a week to even assemble a respons, Obama had to have a nice weekend with the wife and kids - i swear this guy gets more holdays than bank tellers do.
I feel bad for the people on the coastline, while we still can't be 100% sure what caused this, the response and the repeated failures at plugging this leak is disheartening. A big part of the problem could be that 5000 feet underwater was just a little too far off the coastline for off-shore drilling to be practical. Seems because of the depth companies were made to drill at, its hard to do anything about it.
Oh, and all that legislation about creating oil booms that was revised in 1994, seems neither administration before Obama's made sure they got built after tax payer money went into it. Had about twenty fucking years between now and the Valdez incident and one of the twelve got built.
Took the White House a week to even assemble a respons, Obama had to have a nice weekend with the wife and kids - i swear this guy gets more holdays than bank tellers do.
I feel bad for the people on the coastline, while we still can't be 100% sure what caused this, the response and the repeated failures at plugging this leak is disheartening. A big part of the problem could be that 5000 feet underwater was just a little too far off the coastline for off-shore drilling to be practical. Seems because of the depth companies were made to drill at, its hard to do anything about it.
From what I've heard, video game pirates caused the leak.
Either that or Girl Gamer blogs, one of the two.
Either that or Girl Gamer blogs, one of the two.
@The Silent Protagonist
"Obama had to have a nice weekend with the wife and kids - i swear this guy gets more holdays than bank tellers do."
You must not have been around during Bush Jr's administration. He spent more time on vacation than literally any president before him, and Obama would have a LOT of catching up to do if he wanted to match him.
"Obama had to have a nice weekend with the wife and kids - i swear this guy gets more holdays than bank tellers do."
You must not have been around during Bush Jr's administration. He spent more time on vacation than literally any president before him, and Obama would have a LOT of catching up to do if he wanted to match him.
I'm not saying this post is out of place here, because it is game related and regardless of politics, the oil spill is something that's happening.
But come on guys, lets cut the politics comments. There's other places where people can shout about dumb things Obama/Bush says/said and do/did. Politics and games isn't a peanut butter in my chocolate type of synergy, so let's cut the crap. A lot of people have have their finger prints on this oil spill disaster, so stop the finger pointing BS.
But come on guys, lets cut the politics comments. There's other places where people can shout about dumb things Obama/Bush says/said and do/did. Politics and games isn't a peanut butter in my chocolate type of synergy, so let's cut the crap. A lot of people have have their finger prints on this oil spill disaster, so stop the finger pointing BS.
I'm more sick and tired of people trying to bitch about blame this and that before the leak is actually stopped. Tons of wasted resources which should go right now to stopping the leak and recovery efforts. Finger pointing, bitching, investigations, and lawsuits can come after that, but for now just Git 'er Done.
To the people thinking that this is supposed to goose oil prices: You do realise that the world produces/uses ~85 million barrels of oil a day, right? Your orders of magnitude are fantastically off. The Wall Street Journal did a great set of stories last week showing that the leak is pure incompetence and rushing on BP's part to bring the well online. Adding to that, we (government or the private sector) haven't used any R&D money to develop sound ways to resolve and cap underwater wells, especially at this depth, and we have a disaster. Therefore, we get the sideshow shenanigans while the only real, known solution (relief wells) is being implemented.
I agree with Dmitry Orlov; this is our Chernobyl.
If you'd actually like to learn about this: I suggest theoildrum.com
It's a great blog, run by oil experts.
I agree with Dmitry Orlov; this is our Chernobyl.
If you'd actually like to learn about this: I suggest theoildrum.com
It's a great blog, run by oil experts.
I didn't know it was still happening until I had to walk by one of the TVs at the hotel I work at and the news person was freaking out over it. Guess I should try to stay up on news via the internet. I'm never going to watch TV news channels though. They spew more crap than BP could ever hope to clean up.
I live on the Gulf Coast and it's a pretty damn scary ordeal. I live near the fishing town / tourist area Destin, FL. We have beaches that are "world-famous" because the sand is as white as snow. Tourism and fishing keep that town alive, and if this stuff makes its way to us, the place will go under real quick. Tourism is hurting nationwide because of the crap economy, and this would be the kiss of death. We've been fortunate so far to not have any oil show up, but I've got friends in the hospitality (hotel) industry and 90% of the calls they are getting are cancellations. I won't pretend to have a solution, but something needs to be done. From our vantage point, it seems everyone's sitting around with their dick in their hand waiting for a miracle.
i have a BP station down the street from my house. my car uses 93 octane , at BP it was 3.45$/G next door at the cumberland farms it was 3.10$/G same octane.
even the local mobile(which has always been over priced) was cheaper than the BP gas.
even the local mobile(which has always been over priced) was cheaper than the BP gas.
shouldnt the oil run out eventually anyway? where ever the hell its coming from.
at that point its just a matter of containing and cleaning.
at that point its just a matter of containing and cleaning.
Yes, the oil will run out eventually...
...In 7+ years, they've estimated.
What a lot of people don't understand is the well was tapping into one of the biggest, if not THE biggest (from what I've read) natural gas and oil deposit ever found. You do not want this thing to leak for 7 years. It'll pump out enough oil to entirely dead-zone the Gulf of Mexico, surely. Plus currents will take it all over so who knows what else will get fucked.
This thing is probably going to leak until they drill the reserve well, many months from now. I think the soonest I've heard that they can get that done is like September.
BP dun' fucked up. Seriously, the situation is so bad that I - someone who isn't too keen on government interfering with everything - thinks that the government should just seize all of BP's US assets to pay for this shit, because seriously, right now, the way laws are...BP is going to be paying a tiny fraction of the clean-up due to disaster caps and lobbying, when they SHOULD be picking up the entire bill.
All this could've been prevented by a $500,000 part, too. Instead they'll now spend billions. Idiots.
...In 7+ years, they've estimated.
What a lot of people don't understand is the well was tapping into one of the biggest, if not THE biggest (from what I've read) natural gas and oil deposit ever found. You do not want this thing to leak for 7 years. It'll pump out enough oil to entirely dead-zone the Gulf of Mexico, surely. Plus currents will take it all over so who knows what else will get fucked.
This thing is probably going to leak until they drill the reserve well, many months from now. I think the soonest I've heard that they can get that done is like September.
BP dun' fucked up. Seriously, the situation is so bad that I - someone who isn't too keen on government interfering with everything - thinks that the government should just seize all of BP's US assets to pay for this shit, because seriously, right now, the way laws are...BP is going to be paying a tiny fraction of the clean-up due to disaster caps and lobbying, when they SHOULD be picking up the entire bill.
All this could've been prevented by a $500,000 part, too. Instead they'll now spend billions. Idiots.
@fetusmilk
cleaning this stuff is almost impossible, especially for wildlife. even the most humane experts in the world believe it's better to kill oil-soaked birds than to clean them.
cleaning this stuff is almost impossible, especially for wildlife. even the most humane experts in the world believe it's better to kill oil-soaked birds than to clean them.
HAHAHAHA that's great. Sure, the actual spill itself is horrible, but make it a video game, and it's the best thing ever.
I am amused how many people blame Obama for the oil spill. I don't like the man either, but lets not forget there were other crazies blaming Bush for Katrina. As if he stood on the shore like Gandalf and summoned the damn storm himself. No, Obama is -not- to blame for this. :|
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