Gosh that oil spill..

when r they gonna get it fixed..messing a lot of things up down there..

I'm surprised the price of oil continues to fall even with this debacle on hand.

It won't for long.

Oil is going up here....in Tampa. I feel bad for the families that plan their Florida vacation for years, and it just happens to be now when our beaches are nasty. It sucks. They are also finding a lot of dead sea creatures, including dolphins!! =(

Yeah its pretty ridiculous.  All of the methods they've tried seem very fair fetched. 

its a sad story and great impact to our oceans

They are definitely taking their sweet time, anyone seen the video of the broken pipe leak? It looks horrible. I can't believe them just switching blame among the group of companies. It's leaking and animals are dying. They need to fix this and repay for the damages.

you guys do know the a lot more oil comes out of the ocean floor naturaly then this spill did evey year, the world is not going to end, fish and bird will survive. Yes this is not a good thing this happend but would you rather have the US with all our technology drill off shore from us or third world countries with crap technology drilling and making mistakes?

It's a great reason for them to raise the gas prices for summer. We will end up paying for it one way or another.

the spill is an unfortunate and costly reminder that our reliance on oil and oil based products can have horrific side effects, in this case whole eco system could crash, society must elviate its dependence on oil.

when your rich, your priorities are different.

its wierd that they didn't stop it so far. wonder when they will stop it, and wonder how much money it will cost not only to stop the leak but also to clean up the infected areas.

DRILL BABY DRILL

Did anybody catch 60 Minutes last night? They laid the case that the explosion that killed 11 workers and resulted in the oil spill was caused by gross negligence by BP. Futhermore they had a whistle blower from BP saying that they're committing the same unsafe practices at other bigger gulf rigs which could lead to even bigger disasters. BP's liability is limited at $75 million (good one Congress) which is a pittance, the real price tag for this disaster is probably going to be more than 1000x that.

SNL hits the nail on the head sometime. "Don't worry, whatever the plan, rest assured that Hallaburton will make a profit off of it."

oh, and didnt you hear...oil is natural, and more oil leaks from the ocean floor naturally then is leaking in this spill, lol until i get sick. that DICK cheney!

I was watching the news right after they tried plan A (which failed), and the newscaster followed up the story with a comment like, wonder how you can help? Send money here.  This is all BP.  They should be the one fixing it.  They are still having banner profits from the price of gas skyrocketing and they have yet to fix the problem.

BP is funneling some of the oil to a tanker on the surface. They say they are capturing about 1000 barrels a day or about 20% of a leak (if you trust the official estimates of the size of the leak).

This is gross. I could care less how much oil is naturally, GRADUALLY, leaked into Earth's ocean without human induction. Someone referenced the Valdez spill of the 1990s (Exxon), one of the worst environmental disasters of the last 30 years. The current leak in the gulf is estimated to be spilling 1/4 of the volume of oil of the entire Exxon Valdez spill daily (that is, 1 spill the size of the Valdez every 4 days). Lets sit on our hands and think about a solution before anything is done.

Gross neglagence or not, this is an environmental disaster that GREATLY exceeds the natural leakage of oil from our ocean floors. There will no doubt be significant environmental consequences for the rest of my life in the gulf. Not to mention, Earth has never seen a spill this vast.

I put little faith it BP paying anything close to what it will take to remedie the environmental and economical consequences of this disaster. Side note: 20 years later Exxon has still not paid claims in full to those in Valdez, Alaska.

sign a petition against BP and supporting corporate responsibility: http://www.fuckbp.net/

It's probably my hippie eco-guilt that naturally comes from living in Portland talking, but in a way, everyone that chooses to rely on fossil fuels as part of their daily lives is complicit in this.  BP wouldn't be out there trying to find cheap ways to drill for oil offshore if there wasn't demand for it here.

to everyone who thinks it will take care of itself:

did you forget about hurricane season?  if this isn't cleaned up by then, animals and wildlife won't be the only thing covered in oil.

Originally posted by HobbesDeeTiger Originally posted by Marumm It's probably my hippie eco-guilt that naturally comes from living in Portland talking, but in a way, everyone that chooses to rely on fossil fuels as part of their daily lives is complicit in this.  BP wouldn't be out there trying to find cheap ways to drill for oil offshore if there wasn't demand for it here.   While you make a interesting point, it's pretty impossible these days to NOT rely on fossil fuels.  Unless you can create your own garden/food, work within biking/walking distance, it is impossible.  Everything we buy in stores is transported with fossil fuels.  But we can all try to use a little less, or develop alternative energy sources.

every time a see a seal or another animal with oil all over it, it just makes me sick