Containment cap on BP well appears to be in place

[mikita's helmet]

[quote name="R K"]Now for the massive Ecological nightmare that's about to unfold.[/quote]



Wait till the gentle rain from the Gulf starts falling on nearby, and distant, farms' vegetables and fruits.



Wait till the livestock start eating grass, plants, feed, etc; "nourished" by the gentle gulf rains.



Wait till we start eating those vegetables, fruits and livestock. YUMMY!

 

[jakobeast]

[quote name="Mikita's Helmet"]



Wait till the gentle rain from the Gulf starts falling on nearby, and distant, farms' vegetables and fruits.



Wait till the livestock start eating grass, plants, feed, etc; "nourished" by the gentle gulf rains.



Wait till we start eating those vegetables, fruits and livestock. YUMMY![/quote]



The oil won't effect the rain. It will not evaporate with the water.



However, if a hurriKANE blows through, it will undoubtedly blow a lot of oil deep inland.

 

[Rdrhwke]

[quote name="jaxhawksfan"]I just don't understand how BP hasn't been absolutely annihilated financially by this disaster yet. [/quote]



Any idea of how much money BP has?



Put it this way. That 20 billion they had to set aside to recoup losses by people in the gulf amounts to around one year of profits for BP.



Their first quarter profits for 2010?



6.08 Billion.

 

[LarmersOneTimer]

[quote name="Mikita's Helmet"]

Now if we could just figure out the sex and party affiliation of Louisiana's governor.[/quote]

Mikita, realized the mistake after I posted, lol. Was Mary Landrieu, democratic Senator from La.



My bad

 

[IceHogsFan]

Things are looking very good for the cap.



Great news.

 

[mikita's helmet]

[quote name="LarmersOneTimer"]

Mikita, realized the mistake after I posted, lol. Was Mary Landrieu, democratic Senator from La.



My bad[/quote]



I figured that's what you meant.

 

[mikita's helmet]

[quote name="IceHogsFan"]Things are looking very good for the cap.



Great news.[/quote]

I think Stan has handled the cap issue as well as can be expected.

 

[IceHogsFan]

[quote name="Mikita's Helmet"]

I think Stan has handled the cap issue as well as can be expected. [/quote]



Glad to see someone got my pun as well!

 

[Chief Walking Stick]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur34ChnrjJY[/youtube]

 

[Rdrhwke]

That pretty much sums it up.

 

[jaxhawksfan]

Yeah, if you believe those morons.

 

[roshinaya]

BP should simply be forced to spend their billion dollar annual earnings on cleaning up that mess for the next decade. Time to make these greedy companies start taking responsibility for all their crap they do in the name of profit.

 

[Rdrhwke]

[quote name="jaxhawksfan"]Yeah, if you believe those morons.[/quote]



Yes. I do believe the Gulf is totally fucked up.

 

[Ymono37]

[quote name="jakobeast"]The oil won't effect the rain. It will not evaporate with the water.



However, if a hurriKANE blows through, it will undoubtedly blow a lot of oil deep inland.[/quote]



But that won't happen... right? RIGHT!?!?!?

 

[roshinaya]

[quote name="Rdrhwke"]



Yes. I do believe the Gulf is totally fucked up.[/quote]



Considering the environment hasn't coped from the Exxon-Valdez spill yet and that was just a fraction of the BP spill, I do also believe the Gulf is proper fucked for decades. Not to mention the mess it will cause if (when) a hurricane blows through it. It would cause not only further massive environmental damages but also affect the people and businesses around the Gulf in a big way.

It's a proper clusterfuck. And the American taxpayer will foot the bill in the end, I am sure of it. As there is no way a multibillion company will take responsibility for it. It just how it works.