How has the Oil Spill affected your life?

[KD in CA]

Anyone know how long it would take to stop a gushing oil well in the ANWR?

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Anyone know how long it would take to stop a gushing oil well in the ANWR?

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Shamwow

[Wacka]

How has the Oil Spill affected my life?

 

Not a damn bit.

[John Adams]

It may never directly affect any of us but that doesn't mean we can blithely turn a blind eye to it.

 

I wouldn't buy BP gas (to the extent I can identify BP as the source) because frankly, this whole thing is a cluster!@#$ and I believe in blame.

[buffaloaggie]

The gulf shrimp that I ate last night slid right through me.

[Bronc24]

Not one iota....I live in the middle of Canada...the only disaster I have to worry about here is -40 temps every winter.

[IDBillzFan]

It may never directly affect any of us but that doesn't mean we can blithely turn a blind eye to it.

 

I wouldn't buy BP gas (to the extent I can identify BP as the source) because frankly, this whole thing is a cluster!@#$ and I believe in blame.

BP is gonna need to dust off the old Radar O'Reilly commercials to get out of this PR mess.

[....lybob]

physically none what so ever but it is another in your face example of how the corporations and rich and well connected get treated compared to your average Joe Blow- BP might only be on the hook for 75 mill of damages that are going to reach into the tens of Billions- and this was not a accident like spinning out on some black ice and hitting a pole- this was the equivalent of speeding, while drunk, in a truck that failed inspection, blowing off red lights and slamming into a school bus- people should be in jail or at worst out on bail- and I'll tell you how this has a chilling effect on me, I'm a proponent of nuclear energy but when I see how BP, and Massey energy (the WV coal mining company) will cut any corner to save money and how weak the government regulatory agencies are in enforcement I have little confidence in the overall safety of building many nuclear plants.

[drnykterstein]

physically none what so ever but it is another in your face example of how the corporations and rich and well connected get treated compared to your average Joe Blow- BP might only be on the hook for 75 mill of damages that are going to reach into the tens of Billions- and this was not a accident like spinning out on some black ice and hitting a pole- this was the equivalent of speeding, while drunk, in a truck that failed inspection, blowing off red lights and slamming into a school bus- people should be in jail or at worst out on bail- and I'll tell you how this has a chilling effect on me, I'm a proponent of nuclear energy but when I see how BP, and Massey energy (the WV coal mining company) will cut any corner to save money and how weak the government regulatory agencies are in enforcement I have little confidence in the overall safety of building many nuclear plants.

 

I hear windspills are also super nasty when they happen. We can't do windpower either because if the wind gets everywhere, it will cause a huge mess.

[DC Tom]

I hear windspills are also super nasty when they happen. We can't do windpower either because if the wind gets everywhere, it will cause a huge mess.

 

That's actually pretty funny...

[ExiledInIllinois]

It may never directly affect any of us but that doesn't mean we can blithely turn a blind eye to it.

 

I wouldn't buy BP gas (to the extent I can identify BP as the source) because frankly, this whole thing is a cluster!@#$ and I believe in blame.

 

So given the choice: BP/AMOCO or CITGO and a vehicle that needs gas... Which do you pick?

[Jim in Anchorage]

Anyone know how long it would take to stop a gushing oil well in the ANWR?

Probably about the same about the same amount of time as Prudhoe Bay. Turn a valve, stop the flow. Fix the pipe. Done.

[ExiledInIllinois]

Probably about the same about the same amount of time as Prudhoe Bay. Turn a valve, stop the flow. Fix the pipe. Done.

 

True... Now try doing it a mile under the sea. Sure makes -40 look like a Sunday walk in the park.

[Jim in Anchorage]

True... Now try doing it a mile under the sea. Sure makes -40 look like a Sunday walk in the park.

-40 is actually a help. The ground is frozen soild. The oil just lays on top.

[DC Tom]

-40 is actually a help. The ground is frozen soild. The oil just lays on top.

 

Lot easier to melt the hole closed with a big-ass laser at that temperature, too...

[John Adams]

So given the choice: BP/AMOCO or CITGO and a vehicle that needs gas... Which do you pick?

 

Feets don't fail me now.

 

If I was on my last drop of gas, guess I'd go to BP but that ain't happening.

[ExiledInIllinois]

Feets don't fail me now.

 

If I was on my last drop of gas, guess I'd go to BP but that ain't happening.

 

 

Good man JA, good man!

[Jim in Anchorage]

I will be damned. I just turned the news on heard this-

pipe shut down

 

Shut down just as I said. No real damage.

 

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The oil spill has caused me pain, suffering, and anguish. It may possibly affect my financial situation in the form of higher gas prices and higher seafood prices.

 

Anyone know a good lawyer?

[murra]

It may never directly affect any of us but that doesn't mean we can blithely turn a blind eye to it.

 

I wouldn't buy BP gas (to the extent I can identify BP as the source) because frankly, this whole thing is a cluster!@#$ and I believe in blame.

 

...but since you were able to realize this "disaster" will probably affect very few people (okay...almost no one), why would you stop supporting BP because they had to endure a "clusterf***"?

 

If someone spills a pallet in the back of a Wegman's warehouse, are you going to stop shopping there? Two mistakes that will never affect you. Also, trying to reason things through, and not panic should never be classified as "blithely turning a blind eye".