Replies to post #95866 on Biotech Values

[Biowatch]

"year after year the whackjobs in Calif burns a couple hundred thousand acres of timberland, killing every creature in its path."

Hello? Lightning strikes setting fires during drought season? The occasional off road vehicle striking a rock and sparking a fire in a parched brush area? The occasional idiot tossing a lit cigarette out of a car on the freeway? Yes, the occasional arsonist or bored teenager, but you get that anywhere.

Have you ever been to California in the summer? Remember the Mamas & Papas song with the lyrics "It never rains in California"? When it does rain more in the winter, that leads to more plant growth and more dry tinder in the summer.

How are these "whackjobs" relevant to a bunch of highly paid engineers monitoring a drilling operation 24/7 possibly trying to shave $500,000 a day to get the floating rig to leave when there were signs of trouble rather than spend more time to do it right? Somebody that was contracted to pour concrete in the deep ocean, but perhaps botched the job?

Who are the "whackjobs"?

Having the companies point fingers at each other in front of Congress doesn't sound like business as usual anywhere.

Plus, that's light crude they could sell for a premium, which is why they drilled a mile deep to get it.

Why they didn't have a Plan B (or C or D or A...) in place at the beginning is the larger question.

[its_the_oxygen]

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.

I don't want to sound rude but you sound silly. To challenge my "brilliant estimate" with cynicism when you've done no research is down right closed minded. That fact is fact and I see no need in debating you on it.

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

Here are literally just a few of dozens of oil cleanup for hire companies that BP could outsource some work to. This assistance can double, triple, or quadruple the speed of the cleanup effort depending on how much BP is willing to spend. What do I want them to do???? Spend a whole lot more money over a short period of time to cleanup rapidly instead of keeping the effort stricktly in house.

http://www.elastec.com/oilspill/?gclid=CIeK4dCE2aECFUtX2godJwOhNA
http://www.cleanupoil.com/
http://www.cleanupoil.com/


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.

Again, another apples to oranges comparison. California forest fires is a topic for another discussion and really has no bearing on our conversation topic, whatsoever. I stand by my opinion that BP can and should be doing much more. For the record, I am neither a tree hugger or a anti-war save the whales protester. I am a continued Republican supporter and I am downright unsatisfied as are many very intelligent people I've spoken to outside this forum who agree with me on this.

As Dew sometimes puts it, "you can have the last word on this."

BTW, even though I disagree with you, I appreciate your opinion.