Comments on: Exploiting the spill

By: Spincraft

Spincraft — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:16:56 +0000

Is your head full of crude?

By: elann

elann — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 06:17:21 +0000

to elaborate further on my previous post, there are large numbers of people in California who would like to protest what is happening to the Gulf. Everynight we watch the sun set on the Pacific and see at least eight drilling rigs and we fester with rage over what in going on there…

By: elann

elann — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 05:59:30 +0000

This guy is essentially saying it is no big deal and it is rectifiable. I went to New Orleans to help with mortgage endorsments on claims checks. I toured 9th Ward, Chalmette, St Bernard Parrish and many other places//these people got the shaft and yes, the area was flooded, damaged beyond anything I had seen in rural/urban areas. Of course they took what was allotted. Now this. The Gulf could mean the Mississippi, the way this “boot” is, this oil will become a permanant addition to the entire ecosystem…even urban areas. Oh and the disbursents. Yes, the chemicals with unknown long term side effects. We know they won’t plug the well because then they loose the well. That is the reason it is still flowing. BP will pay for this. In time, situations unassuming people are put in not by choice will even out and the persons responsible will pay. I have boycotted arco ampm castrol, will boycott shareholders as well. The young people are pissed off. This is also a place you leave to us when we are in our golden years. Mr. Easterbrook thinks he is solution minded, perhaps a progressive however he is just dull, defensive and perhaps has the mentality on mother earth that is the wrong mentality…oh yea, a fifth of the worlds species were and are giving birth in this area, the worlds last deep coral reef and the historical florida keys..yea…mother earth will bounch right back. Did anyone follow if the Chinese tanker spill in Australia s crral reefs leaved just eough massive amounts of oil to allow earth to “bounce back”? Just seems like truly stupid logic.

By: scrumble

scrumble — Mon, 31 May 2010 14:00:27 +0000

It’s always nice to have a clown like Easterbrook around. His kind of silliness helps us feel better about caring less.

By: Wicki

Wicki — Mon, 31 May 2010 11:15:13 +0000

@ussocialist
You do realize ussocialist that this guy is Amrican, borne in Buffalo USA and not A British citezen lol..

By: Wicki

Wicki — Mon, 31 May 2010 11:02:22 +0000

Nice to see a little perspective on the net for a change ..

By: frodomocho

frodomocho — Mon, 31 May 2010 04:01:49 +0000

Well let’s see I stopped @ a BP and filled up today, they’re still doing ok I guess, would Mobil or any other oil conglomerate do any better? Don’t know. I suspect not. So stop driving YOUR car, stop driving to YOUR job, stop going to the grocery store to buy YOUR food instead of letting someone else grow YOUR food using diesel fuel distilled @ who knows where…or quit whining and sniveling about something YOU think YOU have the answer to and maybe vote right next time? Or maybe, engineer something to fix the mess!

By: RPiper

RPiper — Sun, 30 May 2010 15:57:56 +0000

A bit on the rash side, but we do need to give more credit to mother nature. We definitely need to analyze policies, particularly those made in the heat of disaster. The goal is to minimize impact at minimal cost to the public as possible, and hold those accountable. No doubt that the cost must be incurred by BP. And we-you and I-must work to keep politics out of it! Except for the role of management and oversight, we must call out politicians who attempt to use the situation for political purposes. Easterbrook has at least attempted this here.

By: pillowattack

pillowattack — Sun, 30 May 2010 07:16:27 +0000

Check the following link, it was taken may 17, 2010 at Mt St Helens, 30 years after the eruption. Mind you, volcanic ash can be used as a fertilizer which can help promote regrowth, Oil doesn’t have the same beneficial qualities. As you can see, the regrowth at Mt St Helens has been slow where it has been left to its own devices.

Plant life will tend to grow slower due to altitude and temperature in a mountainous region, which has me hoping that the turnaround in Louisiana and other parts of the coastline.

Gregg, if you are reading this I hope you seriously consider your actions. You are a journalist, and this article was lazily written. If you don’t know what you are talking about RESEARCH. If you can’t be sure what is going on in the gulf, GO THERE AND INVESTIGATE. Accountability is the theme of this disaster, try some.

http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/env ironment/30-years-After-Deadly-Eruption- Mount-St-Helens-Flourishes-93945204.html

By: pillowattack

pillowattack — Sun, 30 May 2010 06:57:03 +0000

I read the first 3 paragraphs and that was enough. This guy is a fool and should lose his job for irresponsible journalism. He has never been to Mt St Helens in his life and thus begins his argument with claims that are entirely false. After the Mt St Helens eruption, the entire forest and ecosystem was annihilated. The State replanted half the forest, but only on one side of the road. The dead forest was left to demonstrate the destructive nature of the eruption, and also to show how long it takes to recover from something so terribly destructive. The writer of this article has probably never left a major city in his life and wouldn’t understand that the environment is not immune to our actions and natural disasters. So, in summation, I am very disappointed in this article, please remove this garbage it is an offense to journalism and the intelligence of the public.