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Oil Spill’s Blow to BP’s Image May Eclipse Costs

Re: BP's CEO who opposed new safety regulations: Why US?!

The Uncola said:
Golly gee, could you possibly dream up a broader question? :roll:

I mean really.

Ok...

.. a broad based question deserves a broad based answer:

The absolute minimum needed to sustain a decent lifestyle for the human race.





***My my, wasn't that informative?
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If you have no definite answer then I suggest that you don't complain about incidents like this and say that it was not worth it when you yourself don't know what's worth it and what isn't.
 
Re: BP's CEO who opposed new safety regulations: Why US?!

The Uncola said:
Golly gee, could you possibly dream up a broader question? :roll:

I mean really.

Ok...

.. a broad based question deserves a broad based answer:

The absolute minimum needed to sustain a decent lifestyle for the human race.


***My my, wasn't that informative?
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Ok, so about the amount of pollution that we're putting out now. Cool, let's keep rockin' along! :2wave:

I'm starting to think that misterman is back in disguise. Not making any real accusations and being able to back out of every one was his motus operendi.

Oh, and Phat, you have to remember liberals like to complain so it looks like they care. When asked, "Ok, well then what should we do different?" they can't come up with a logical answer, if they can come up with an answer at all. It's all about "perception is reality." If they are perceived as caring through their actions, then they must care, right?
 
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Re: BP's CEO who opposed new safety regulations: Why US?!

phattonez said:
If you have no definite answer then I suggest that you don't complain about incidents like this and say that it was not worth it when you yourself don't know what's worth it and what isn't.
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And I suggest you not think you're capable of telling me what I can and cannot comment on.

You asked a stupid, generalized question and I gave you a stupid, generalized answer. Tit for tat. Want better answers? Ask better questions.
 
Re: BP's CEO who opposed new safety regulations: Why US?!

dontworrybehappy said:
Ok, so about the amount of pollution that we're putting out now. Cool, let's keep rockin' along! :2wave:

I'm starting to think that misterman is back in disguise. Not making any real accusations and being able to back out of every one was his motus operendi.

Oh, and Phat, you have to remember liberals like to complain so it looks like they care. When asked, "Ok, well then what should we do different?" they can't come up with a logical answer, if they can come up with an answer at all. It's all about "perception is reality." If they are perceived as caring through their actions, then they must care, right?
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If you want to insist on playing personality games, you'll need to find someone else to do it with. I'm not interested.
 
Re: BP's CEO who opposed new safety regulations: Why US?!

What specific amount of pollution would you say is prudent for today's society?
 
Re: BP's CEO who opposed new safety regulations: Why US?!

You haven't answered! Define a "decent lifestyle."
 
Re: BP's CEO who opposed new safety regulations: Why US?!

phattonez said:
You haven't answered! Define a "decent lifestyle."
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I answered with same exact specificity that your "question" carried. Like I said above, if you want better answers, ask better questions.

(Btw phat, I recognize bait when I see it, especially stinkbait.)
 
Re: BP's CEO who opposed new safety regulations: Why US?!

It's bait because you have no concrete answer. That's my point. That's the problem with your argument.
 
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phattonez said:
It's bait because you have no concrete answer. That's my point. That's the problem with your argument.
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No, it's bait because you aren't actually interested in an "answer."
 
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I would be interested, if you had an answer, I'm just still waiting for it.
 
Re: BP's CEO who opposed new safety regulations: Why US?!

Glinda said:
Uh. :confused: Do you know what the word "implicated" means?

It's a fact, Gill; Cheney is being implicated for his role in allowing BP/Halliburton to drill without an acoustic fail-safe switch, and not by me. It's a breaking story, but hell, they've already heard about it in England...



Maybe you should pay more attention to the news. :shrug:
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Ahh, so if a lefty lawyer says so on the wacky Ed Schultz show, it must be true.... :roll:

If England thinks this untested and unproven device is so important, why don't they require it there???

Norway required this device since 1993 according to your story. Sounds to me like its Clinton and Gore's fault for not having the devices installed.


Maybe you should read your own links.
 
Re: BP's CEO who opposed new safety regulations: Why US?!

PeteEU said:
It was Haliburton employees that were capping the rig when the accident happened. It is a Haliburton owned and operated rig that is leased by BP to pump up oil.

Only thing BP is guilty off is maybe not reacting fast enough, but then again that all depends on the information BP got from the site.

This stinks of nationalism gone mad, just as blaming the only French guy for the whole Goldman Sachs thing.
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You are wrong, Transocean owns the drilling rig, and is actually a merger of Transocean and Schlumberger's (a Haliburton competitor) offshore drilling company.
 
Re: BP's CEO who opposed new safety regulations: Why US?!

RightinNYC said:
Even if it were actually to reach 25k barrels/day, the other number I've heard thrown around as a current top estimate (as opposed to a possible future number), that's a far cry from the 3-10m barrels from the largest historical oil spill.

Edit: The times actually pointed this out a few days later:

News Analysis - Gulf Oil Spill Is Bad, but How Bad? - NYTimes.com
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Now, according to expert analysis, the number is more likely between 58,000 to 70,000 barrels a day. So yeah, it could get up there if these experts are correct.

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http://www.treehugger.com/files/201...es-worlds-worst-oil-spill.php?campaign=th_rss
 
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Middleground said:
Now, according to expert analysis, the number is more likely between 58,000 to 85,0000 barrels a day. So yeah, it could get up there if these experts are correct.
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Yup, we could have already surpassed the Valdez disaster.
 
Re: BP's CEO who opposed new safety regulations: Why US?!

Why does it matter if the BP spill is the biggest or not?
 
Re: Oil Spill’s Blow to BP’s Image May Eclipse Costs

Just got through talking to a good Friend, who works in the gulf, in a position to know the score. He said they knew right away the first attempt would fail. Using the wrong equipment.
 
Re: Oil Spill’s Blow to BP’s Image May Eclipse Costs

Skateguy said:
Just got through talking to a good Friend, who works in the gulf, in a position to know the score. He said they knew right away the first attempt would fail. Using the wrong equipment.
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please tell me you are not full of crap. :confused:
 
Re: Oil Spill’s Blow to BP’s Image May Eclipse Costs

Skateguy said:
Just got through talking to a good Friend, who works in the gulf, in a position to know the score. He said they knew right away the first attempt would fail. Using the wrong equipment.
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Yeah, so easy to say after the fact.
 
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Orion said:
Why does it matter if the BP spill is the biggest or not?
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It really shouldn't, but it does seem that some are trying to play down the seriousness of this disaster.
 
Re: Oil Spill’s Blow to BP’s Image May Eclipse Costs

Skateguy said:
Just got through talking to a good Friend, who works in the gulf, in a position to know the score. He said they knew right away the first attempt would fail. Using the wrong equipment.
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What wrong equipment? They had to make that 4 story, 100 ton cap. It sounded like a great idea. Only the icing up doomed it. Hopefully, their small "top hat" will work. I believe they'll come up with an idea to at least control the leak before they stop it.
 
Re: BP's CEO who opposed new safety regulations: Why US?!

Middleground said:
Now, according to expert analysis, the number is more likely between 58,000 to 70,000 barrels a day. So yeah, it could get up there if these experts are correct.

deepwater-horizon-compared.jpg


How Many Days Until the BP Deepwater Horizon Becomes the World's Worst Oil Spill? : TreeHugger
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Given that the 70k claim is from one professor who's basing his estimates on a videotape of the surface, I think I'd wait before believing that graph from "treehugger.com"
 
Re: BP's CEO who opposed new safety regulations: Why US?!

phattonez said:
Then like I said, you collect the oil from the hemp and start selling it. If it's as profitable as you say it is, you'll become rich in no time.
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It's illegal to grow because the a lot of industries don't want to be put out of business. Or I would!
 
Re: BP's CEO who opposed new safety regulations: Why US?!

dontworrybehappy said:
Ok, so about the amount of pollution that we're putting out now. Cool, let's keep rockin' along! :2wave:
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Our current levels are causing massive damage, we should probably back off a bit.

I'm starting to think that misterman is back in disguise. Not making any real accusations and being able to back out of every one was his motus operendi.
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"Poisoning the well" fallacy. Fail.

Oh, and Phat, you have to remember liberals like to complain so it looks like they care. When asked, "Ok, well then what should we do different?" they can't come up with a logical answer, if they can come up with an answer at all. It's all about "perception is reality." If they are perceived as caring through their actions, then they must care, right?
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We should reduce our dependence on oil (not just foreign oil which is a red herring) and we should be more conservation minded. There, I just disproved your premise, so don't use it again. :cool:
 
Re: BP's CEO who opposed new safety regulations: Why US?!

NoJingoLingo said:
It's illegal to grow because the a lot of industries don't want to be put out of business. Or I would!
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See, now you're just getting into conspiracy theories. No proof? Then don't make the claim.
 
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