Re: [Paddlewise] Oil Spill Plans

On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 03:53:31PM -0700, Craig Jungers wrote:
> I think that BP should be required to
> terminate all operations in the USA and transfer those operations to an oil
> company with a cleaner record. 

I think that BP should be confiscated.  All of it.

So should the personal assets of every Cxx-level executive. Their homes,
their bank accounts, their portfolios, etc.  Their surpassing greed,
their disregard for the safety of their workers and for the public
and for the environment is what caused this.  It was not, as some
inferior people and industry lackeys have suggested, "an act of god".
It was the entirely predictable and direct result of their deliberate
actions, and they need to be held fully accountable for it on both
a corporate and personal level.

(Note: this is my merciful option.  Others are not so kind and generous.)

All of this combined MIGHT make a small dent in the massive bill for
the cleanup.  Which is not going to be confined to the Gulf of Mexico
if this model from UCAR turns out to reflect reality:

	http://www2.ucar.edu/news/ocean-currents-likely-to-carry-oil-spill-along-atlantic-coast

As frightening and horrible as all the pictures we've seen are -- the
animation on that page is worse.  It doesn't have the visceral emotional
impact of the photos of dying pelicans and dolphins, but the implications
are staggering and awful.

Other useful sources of information:

	http://www.theoildrum.com/
	http://scienceblogs.com/thepumphandle/
	http://scienceblogs.com/speakeasyscience/

The first in particular has exhaustive engineering analysis covering
everything from the initial failure to the fine details of the various
attempts made to stop the flow.

---Rsk
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