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johanes
Czech Republic2246 Posts
On May 31 2010 02:08 Xeris wrote: Wtf ? Just because a country is powerful has nothing to do with its ability to prevent an oil spill... actually it kinda does. However, i wanted say that they still arent taking this seriously enough. Imagine russia or china would want to seize one single oil source. USA would give 1000000 times more funds to prevent it than it is currently to stop this. | ||
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johanes
Czech Republic2246 Posts
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Pika Chu
Romania2510 Posts
Travis if you don't mind but have interesting sources and interesting reads about it, i would appreciate if you could share some with me. And i hate the "i'm not american why should i care" attitude that i've seen around here. I care and i am pissed as well. Hell, let's think at how BP appeared and the fact that it indirectly made a coup d'etat in iran for its profit. And let's not forget about other screw ups done by BP. And let's be honest, BP is simply doing a better job in PR than Exxon but otherwise they are just as iresponsible as exxon was when valdez sank. | ||
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Elric
United Kingdom1327 Posts
I'm not defending BP though. They fucked up HUGE over this and lied about how much oil was actually spilling into the sea. I'm pretty sure they will first pay all the reasonable costs of the clean-up to the satisfaction of the US government. They won't admit 100% fault for the incident though as they will be sueing anyone with any money that they get lay additional fault on. (such as the manufacturer of the blow-out preventer). | ||
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Deleted User 3420
24492 Posts
On May 31 2010 02:18 Pika Chu wrote: I'm doing a case study on it, right as we speak, i need to finish it in 3 days. Travis if you don't mind but have interesting sources and interesting reads about it, i would appreciate if you could share some with me. And i hate the "i'm not american why should i care" attitude that i've seen around here. I care and i am pissed as well. Hell, let's think at how BP appeared and the fact that it indirectly made a coup d'etat in iran for its profit. And let's not forget about other screw ups done by BP. And let's be honest, BP is simply doing a better job in PR than Exxon but otherwise they are just as iresponsible as exxon was when valdez sank. more irresponsible have u heard about BP's history of code violations? it's absolutely ridiculous http://www.google.com/search?q=BP history of violations&hl=en&safe=off&tbs=tl:1&tbo=u&ei=Pp4CTPzwMZPwM8LKqbQC&sa=X&oi=timeline_result&ct=title&resnum=11&ved=0CD4Q5wIwCg (hope that link works) http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread574522/pg1 | ||
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JohannesH
Finland1364 Posts
On May 31 2010 01:43 travis wrote:this shit is why i am a "conspiracy theorist". Who doesn't think corporations don't rule the world? How is saying corporations rule the world, a conspiracy? Of course big companies with a tons of money have a lot of power - it is just how things work atm, and pretty clear to anyone. | ||
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omninmo
2349 Posts
conglomerates of corporations do, however. paper money is nothing but enchanted-fetish-charms implemented to keep the general public (especially the "rich" ones) pacified. Those who are born without hereditary influence or power are pacified by the "hope of getting rich" with diligence and conformism- " the american dream". you think the conglomerate that BP is a part of cares about money? they have too much. power is all these people want. they drink it with a side of adrenochrome from the sacrificed spinal chord of virgins. | ||
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Deleted User 3420
24492 Posts
On May 31 2010 02:23 JohannesH wrote: How is saying corporations rule the world, a conspiracy? Of course big companies with a tons of money have a lot of power - it is just how things work atm, and pretty clear to anyone. you might be surprised how many people ignore this when discussing government issues with them | ||
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Housemd
United States1407 Posts
Another thing is, they have the best engineers working on this, i mean the best. And still they have failed with the "top kill" and all. Now, they're going to use a cap to clean up the spill. Wow, fail BP | ||
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Ero-Sennin
United States756 Posts
http://wcco.com/video/?id=79004@wcco.dayport.com video version Because it has worked so far for Minnesota. But of course, the government usually takes something that makes sense and goes in the complete opposite direction. *Unrelated* RON PAUL FIGHTING!!!! | ||
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jello_biafra
United Kingdom6642 Posts
The U.S. Government has named BP as the responsible party in the incident, and officials have said the company will be held accountable for all cleanup costs resulting from the oil spill.[17][18] BP has accepted responsibility for the oil spill and the cleanup costs, but indicated they were not at fault because the platform was run by Transocean personnel.[19] BP and other oil companies are doing all they can to solve this problem, it's in all their interests. BP didn't make the platform and didn't run it so I think some others should also be responsible for this. | ||
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wishbones
Canada2600 Posts
edit: Aw someone beat me to it.  | ||
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Emon_
3925 Posts
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Liquid`Nazgul
22427 Posts
if they have to pay for the worth of nature they'll be bankrupt | ||
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il0seonpurpose
Korea (South)5638 Posts
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DefMatrixUltra
Canada1992 Posts
A monumental fuckup like this should not result in "business as usual" or even "tough going". It should have serious repercussions. You think these things would ever happen if a large corp like BP could potentially go bankrupt over fixing them? Even the diehard ubercapitalist can see the logic behind this. There should be a tangible incentive not to ruin the environment and cost others billions of dollars. | ||
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Lexpar
1813 Posts
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h3r1n6
Iceland2039 Posts
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Aphelion
United States2720 Posts
That said, fuck BP. | ||
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Lexpar
1813 Posts
On May 31 2010 03:09 h3r1n6 wrote: http://twitter.com/bpglobalpr Thats fucking funny XD | ||
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