• BP pumps toxic dispersant into the Gulf, while others are less-toxic and more effective.
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I still think we should nuke it :colbert: Who's with me?
Can we just get BP out of the way, and actually do something to actually fix the problem?
[QUOTE=Mr. Scorpio;21991181]How is that US particularly implicated?[/QUOTE] In the Chernobyl incident, the USSR built the reactor in Ukraine, where it failed spectacularly, polluting a large area around it and forcing evacuations. The USSR attempted a range of solutions to contain the disaster while at the same time trying to wage a PR campaign to make it look like it wasn't as big a deal as everyone thought it was. The effects the disaster spread over time, becoming worse, and are still felt to present day. In the Gulf oil spill, BP [B]owned[/B] the reactor near the U.S, where it failed spectacularly, polluting a large area around it. BP and the U.S. attempted a range of solutions to contain the disaster while at the same time trying to wage a PR campaign to make it look like it wasn't as big a deal as everyone thought it was. The effects of the disaster spread over time, becoming worse, and will still be felt in the future.
[QUOTE=1239the;21993319]In the Chernobyl incident, the USSR built the reactor in Ukraine, where it failed spectacularly, polluting a large area around it and forcing evacuations. The USSR attempted a range of solutions to contain the disaster while at the same time trying to wage a PR campaign to make it look like it wasn't as big a deal as everyone thought it was. The effects the disaster spread over time, becoming worse, and are still felt to present day. In the Gulf oil spill, BP built the reactor near the U.S, where it failed spectacularly, polluting a large area around it. BP and the U.S. attempted a range of solutions to contain the disaster while at the same time trying to wage a PR campaign to make it look like it wasn't as big a deal as everyone thought it was. The effects of the disaster spread over time, becoming worse, and will still be felt in the future.[/QUOTE] Actually, the rig is owned by TransOcean, an American company, and it's had maintenance work done by Halliburton, also an American company.
[QUOTE=The golden;21987113]Nothing positive will ever happen to human society as long as money is involved.[/QUOTE] Untrue. Greed is a good engine for innovation.
[QUOTE=Billiam;21993562]Untrue. Greed is a good engine for innovation.[/QUOTE] Its also really good at wrecking shit and killing humans/animals/planets
Maybe the Government should step in, use the good stuff on it, and fine BP for the cost.
Hahaha it's like Mr. Bean is running BP.
[QUOTE=Billiam;21993562]Untrue. Greed is a good engine for innovation.[/QUOTE] I'd call it Toxic, greed can alter or throw away new innovations.
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;22001315]Maybe the Government should step in, use the good stuff on it, and fine BP for the cost.[/QUOTE] lol
[QUOTE=decilling;22001479]lol[/QUOTE] Or we can just sit here and watch the Oil Companies ruin the ocean further by using the cheap, inefficient, environmentally harmful chemicals because they are manufactured by a friendly company.
Nice, remind me to never buy gas from BP/Amoco (they still exist in the middle of nowhere)
What a dick move.
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