Category: BP oil spill
Coming to you live from the Gulf of Mexico
Why wait till it reaches a beach near you to see BP’s greatest oil extravaganza? Now you can watch it live, as it happens, on the ocean floor, thanks to live streaming video disarmingly labeled “plume monitoring.” Isn’t technology wonderful? It seems it can do almost anything these days — except cap a blown-out well. … Continue reading Coming to you live from the Gulf of Mexico
Hair booms won’t be used in Gulf
Engineers have ruled out the use of hair booms in the fight to contain oil spreading across the Gulf of Mexico. They say tests show the hair booms do not absorb as much oil as commercial booms, and sink too quickly. Organizations collecting the hair have been asked to stop. The engineers referred to test … Continue reading Hair booms won’t be used in Gulf
Rand Paul on BP’s mess: ‘Accidents happen’
Rand Paul, Kentucky’s new Republican Senate candidate, has a decidedly minority view of the current Gulf oil mess. On “Good Morning America” this morning he said: What I don’t like from the president’s administration is this sort of ‘I’ll put my boot heel on the throat of BP.’ I think that sounds really un-American in … Continue reading Rand Paul on BP’s mess: ‘Accidents happen’
Oil (in the wrong place) is not healthy
The message here, as I first saw it, is that the BP oil now drifting in the Gulf is hazardous to everything living there. Others, however, have interpreted this more generally, as a blanket condemnation of oil in our society. What do you think? Continue reading Oil (in the wrong place) is not healthy
What a reasonable person would do
I just heard BP will start spraying oil dispersant under water, “something that hasn’t been done before,” according to the report. Is it just me, or is everything BP tries to do to stop their oil flow “unprecedented,” “never tried before,” “experimental,” “untested at this depth,” “new,” etc. It’s almost as though no one, anywhere … Continue reading What a reasonable person would do