• Britain Prepares For BP's Collapse
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I still take issue with a lot of this incident. 1) An American contractor was operating the rig. BP owns the well. 2) Who designed the safety valve that was meant to stop the spill? Seems unlikely BP did, but I'm willing to be proven wrong. 3) The company is BP, not British Petroleum now. How are the British governemnt the only ones drawing up plans? I've still been filling up my car at BP forecourts. They've taken responsibility for their well, but I don't think they should be taking all the flak. Also I'll think you'll find it's the Arabs in charge of the world's oil. They operate and own all the oil selling it to America, acting as a cartel to keep the prices high. None of you heard of OPEC? Bring on hydrogen fuel cells, then 'it's back to carpets for them'.
[QUOTE=Memobot;23260250]I still take issue with a lot of this incident. 1) An American contractor was operating the rig. BP owns the well. 2) Who designed the safety valve that was meant to stop the spill? Seems unlikely BP did, but I'm willing to be proven wrong. 3) The company is BP, not British Petroleum now. How are the British governemnt the only ones drawing up plans? I've still been filling up my car at BP forecourts. They've taken responsibility for their well, but I don't think they should be taking all the flak. Also I'll think you'll find it's the Arabs in charge of the world's oil. They operate and own all the oil selling it to America, acting as a cartel to keep the prices high. None of you heard of OPEC? Bring on hydrogen fuel cells, then 'it's back to carpets for them'.[/QUOTE] Also, this: [url]http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/09/BU1I1EC5E3.DTL[/url] A texas oil company who had a stake in the horizon rig won't pay their share of the bill.
I'm still calling on Texas to ban BP from all our Refineries due to the fact Tar Balls have now touched Texas Shores and the fact I was fucking there and felt the shockwave from when BP's Texas City Refinery Blew up back in 2005 Seriously, don't Mess With Texas, especially when we hold 15% of all Refineries in the World :clint:
It pisses me off how the Obama administration, and subsequently the media deliberately call BP "British Petroleum." It's not been called that for years, the majority of its employees, and 50% of its directors are American. It's clearly to try and take blame off the Obama administration by using this "foreign scapegoat".
yay now petrol prices are going to go through the roof and push more people into debt and bankruptcy
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;23260066]hurr durr conspiracy[/QUOTE] hey guys I believe every word I am told.
I blame my mum for buying there fuel
BP deserves to go under, not the country. It's sad but how else will the message be clear? Is "we're sorry won't happen again" really good enough?
[QUOTE=carcarcargo;23259456]Bp was one of the only major companys preventing America having complete domination over the worlds oil supply.[/QUOTE] domination? i'm pretty sure america gets the majority of its oil from the middle east, who constantly jerk the us around
[QUOTE=petieng;23260717]It pisses me off how the Obama administration, and subsequently the media deliberately call BP "British Petroleum." It's not been called that for years, the majority of its employees, and 50% of its directors are American. It's clearly to try and take blame off the Obama administration by using this "foreign scapegoat".[/QUOTE] To be fair, I don't blame them for doing this. You know conservative media outlets would put more blame on Obama unless he made it obvious it has nothing connected to him, especially with a percentage of the public who have no interest in politics generally. And to be more fair, I've never heard a media outlet say 'It's Britain's fault', only it's 'BP's fault'.
itt: americans who think they know everything about the economy because their parents said BP was bad
[QUOTE=Amplar;23262744]domination? i'm pretty sure america gets the majority of its oil from the middle east, who constantly jerk the us around[/QUOTE] Quote for truth. How does Dubai build huge buildings, islands, and skyscraper tennis courts? The oil industry. In comparison, the American oil industry is a leaky fart.
[QUOTE=codenamecueball;23256888]This is so fucking retarded. Sure, they ballsed up. So do many companies. Just because it's [B]british[/B] petrolium means they should be disbanded?[/QUOTE] many companies don't fuck up on this scale
[QUOTE=Nyaos;23262720]BP deserves to go under, not the country. It's sad but how else will the message be clear? Is "we're sorry won't happen again" really good enough?[/QUOTE] Is the loss of thousands of jobs and a major blow to the economy worth it?
[QUOTE=radioactive;23255043]Shutting down BP is a stupid idea.[/QUOTE] its actually a good idea assholes are getting what they deserved
[QUOTE=revrend_slapaho;23254365]Deserved it.[/QUOTE] Your statement amuses me because there are also lots of [i]American[/i] pensions invested in BP.
I'm not hoping they go under or anything; that would be a pretty long unemployment line. But seriously, how many times are these companies going to go under because those in charge are doing the bare minimum when it comes to industrial and safety procedures? Or because it's cheaper to bend ethics rules? Sure it's all "just business", but corporate incompetence needs consequences or it'll just keep happening. It's just a shame a whole bunch of people who had nothing to do with it are going to be screwed over by it.
[QUOTE=Amplar;23262744]domination? i'm pretty sure america gets the majority of its oil from the middle east, who constantly jerk the us around[/QUOTE] You get most of your oil from Canada.
[QUOTE=wuzzimu;23254688]The last thing the economy needs is another major company going down.[/QUOTE] Ever heard of the Austrian school of economics?
[QUOTE=superm0ney;23263072]its actually a good idea assholes are getting what they deserved[/QUOTE] Yes, the tens of thousands of BP employees, the US and British citizens with pensions invested in BP and the millions of people who will be affected economically by the company's downfall are all assholes and are getting what they deserved.
[quote=carcarcargo;23259456]bp was one of the only major companys preventing america having complete domination over the worlds oil supply.[/quote] OPEC? Ignoring the fact that OPEC isn't a company, its countries produce a fuckton of oil.
And the government should go easy on them why? It's their mess, they pay for it. We have no business helping this company out...that's not capitalism. Just like the banks, they should have failed. It's funny how big companies get breaks.
Why're people thinking BP is affiliated with Britain? It's an Oil [i]Company[/i], it answers to its shareholders and operates all over the world.
[QUOTE=Llivavin;23254556]England deserves to have a private company collapse causing them economic ruin? BP should collapse though.[/QUOTE] There is no such thing as "too big to fail". A company should be able to collapse, no matter how critical it is. The government, or a company should relinquish the assets to continue the product.. in the mean time, the company and its staffing do deserve to leave.
[QUOTE=bobste;23262822]many companies don't fuck up on this scale[/QUOTE] Enron Lehman Brothers General Motors etc etc Although there are quite a few more I can add to the list, a lot of them also got shit loads of government handouts to keep themselves afloat when they clearly needed to collapse, in particular General Motors, which they decided to keep alive on life support even though the company wasn't making money.
This could cause economic collapse in Britain and because Europe's economy isn't in a great place right now fuck up the EU as well, in turn giving reduced trade to the US. This is really bad.
[QUOTE=conman420;23272486]This could cause economic collapse in Britain and because Europe's economy isn't in a great place right now fuck up the EU as well, in turn giving reduced trade to the US. This is really bad.[/QUOTE] Oh please, we have 100s of other gas stations here in the US.
[quote]Around 40% of BP shares are held by UK shareholders, and 39% in the USA. BP's UK dividends represent approximately one-seventh of all dividend payments in the UK and form the basis of many pension schemes.[/quote] This company cannot be allowed to collapse, yes they need to pay for all the damage and yes they need to have a huge shake up, but this is the fourth largest corporation in the world, the repercussions would be huge throughout the world. Not to mention the fact that 1/7th of the dividend payments payed out in the UK are from BP, a collapse would obviously be horrific.
[QUOTE=superm0ney;23263072]its actually a good idea assholes are getting what they deserved[/QUOTE] Yeah, it's a good idea. Sure, it cause will probably huge economic problems and countless people will lose their jobs but at least BP will get what was coming to them. /sarcasm Think practically.
[QUOTE=Sonicfan574;23272524]Oh please, we have 100s of other gas stations here in the US.[/QUOTE] I don't think he was talking particularly about gas stations, there's a lot of money in BP and I'm sure a lot of people will feel the effects if something were to happen to them. As much as I'd love to see whoever caused this mess pay, it's stupid to say that it's good if it goes bust, because a hell of a lot more people will be effected.
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