People make mistakes. They will pay for what they have done though, the president said so. Since what he says always happens... But yeah, BP hurt us, we should filter it and dump it around england...
Wait until the gulf is cleaned up and they've repaired the lives altered because of this before seeking to do fiscal damage to them. Don't get so caught up in a vengeful frame of mind that actions taken end up hurting the region and its inhabitants more because the company best situated to make things right gets financially crippled before the job is done.
back during the exxon valdez spill, exxon was ordered to pay the community affected 5 billion dollars, and over a period of seven years in the courts they worked it down to 500 million. that's only 5%
hello? the tax payer money can go to the clean up instead of just bps profit the government uses all kinda of shit reasons to use the taxes so why shouldnt they be granted that money plus im sure they have an even bigger alternate fund for disasters via katrina and hati
Boycot BP for a feel good action, but it's too late for the Gulf. The cleanup is about like trying to put out a forest fire by peeing on it. It will be hundreds of years before the Gulf will be back to any kind of normalacy, if it is even by then.
I have not gone to any BP store since this whole mess happended. I don't think I ever will...ever again.
The more insidious damage to our ecosystem is being caused by our collective life styles. I think everybody is on the hook.
Boycott BP? BP doesn't even own the local gas stations. They sold out of the retail gas business years ago because the profits were too small. The gas stations are owned by locals under the BP brand. Boycotting the fuel stations only will hurt the employees who work there, and the local owners. If that's who you are trying to screw, that is your own prerogative, but I'd find it sad, and ignorant. Please know how things operate before going around like an ignorant fool thinking boycotting the gas stations will change the fact that the gulf is destroyed by the largest oil disaster in history. You consume oil and use materials that are made with oil just like the rest of us, WE are to blame. Sad, true, and ironic.... Welcome to 2010.
The gulf is fucked??? no no... the entire WORLD is fucked.... not only are the people in the immediate regions already feeling the consequences and physical ailments of this catastrophe... but with the impending hurricane season.... all that watered down oil will be swept up and poured onto the soils of a good chunk of the good ole US of A.... on top of all that... let's just see how long it takes to get this fixed and exactly how long before it follows the natural currents that connect most of the major bodies of water on this planet and reaches the distant shores of various countries around the world. Congratulations folks... we have let the big corporations come in and rape our mother earth to the point where she's bleeding profusely from a wound that is failing to heal. don't believe me??? how about you watch this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVjXufO_zkU"]YouTube- Kindra Arnesen: Gulf Emergency Summit 19 June 2010 - WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES if THAT doesn't stir up SOME kind of emotion within you... you must really be buying all the bullshit excuses.
Im inclined to agree with the above poster. This isnt the first off shore drilling disaster its the first one that was widely publicized. There was one off the coast of mexico sometime in the 70's. Also the gulf was widely used as an oversized watery trash can up until this newest accident which was needless to say really bad. ...and made worse by excessive dispersants
I actually live on the Gulf Coast. My dad owns a boatyard, so he's actually struggling pretty badly right now. The worst part about the situation is that BP is asking people to sign off (agreeing that their settlement will cover all damages and that they will not come back for further compensation). The oil is still in the Gulf, it's just been weighed down by dispersing agents, and when a hurricane comes through, it'll likely disturb the large deposits, carrying them over land, and since people have "signed off", no one can ask for further compensation after the oil has been washed ashore by a storm.
Giving to the Emerald Coast Foundation in Destin, Florida, was so rewarding because of the drama from the oil spill last summer.
Historic homes in town, most notably Jefferson Davis's, president of the Confederacy, in Beauvoir. Short ride to historic district.
