Replies to post #95864 on Biotech Values

[jbog]

Its the Oxygen,

I am serious. From what I see BP has done everything possible so far to curtail the leak and do whatever cleanup is possible at this point.

Who do you want them to hire? And what the frig would they do?

You then go on to say that the leak is the equivilent in 5 days to Valdez. Where do you come up with that brilliant estimate. Was that because someone said they estimated that BP's estimated was wrong. Give me a break.

This is an terrible accident that will be taken care of. Why don't I hear the same complaints when year after year the whackjobs in Calif burns a couple hundred thousand acres of timberland, killing every creature in its path.

[OakesCS]

ot gom oil spill

How about hiring more help from outside environmental cleanup organizations? The spewing oil is still not contained and every 5 days it gushes the equivelent of The Exxon Valdez disaster into the Gulf, all over again. This disaster was precipitated by the need to reduce costs at the expense of safety and now the same cost containment efforts are underway with the clean-up.

oxygen,
hiring more people for clean-up is like calling in the janitorial staff to assist with an amputation. The problem is on the seafloor and no environmental company has the expertise to fix the problem on the seafloor. You nor I know if the accident was precipitated by an attempt to reduce costs. Everyone in the industry knows the costs associated with an Exxon Valdez or Piper Alpha and consequently huge amounts of money are spent on avoiding accidents. The insurance costs to oil industry companies are enormous so those companies are quite willing to spend money on equipment, materials, personnel, time, and training to avoid anything which will cause those costs to increase further.

people obviously derive some sort of satisfaction from speculation but forming opinions without being informed is not useful and often harmful.
regards,
Charlie