Reply #251: Good Point [View All]

[Mark D.]

I don't believe the prez is dragging his feet. I only suggest he do one other thing, declare it a national emergency, put every resource into it, those are positives perhaps. But he need to go to the UN. This isn't Al Gore saying it's a world emergency in 20 years if we don't act now. This is what could be the worst oil spill in world history. It could effect several nations if not continents. I have no clue how to stop this. Nobody in the world does. But nobody in the world is panicking or involved. That's the other nations, and corporations. There are dozens if not hundreds of large energy companies around the world sitting there hoping BP can stop it to save the reputation of corporations like that.

So WhyTF aren't they all in conference calls, with translators, every day, putting in 16 hour days, going over every technology available to them? Fully paid for by the US govt (BP will be forced to repay that) to figure out solutions. What's missing is global urgency. The US is 1/20th of the worlds population, and the only nation fully involved in this now. We are too big to fail, we will fail if the Gulf fails, even if the oil doesn't reach Europe's shores in a diluted fashion. Which it will if this goes on for months, the US going double dip into recession for complete systems failure of the Gulf, and possibly southern east coast. This will have a huge impact on the rest of the world. We have had plenty of pre-emptive strikes by international coalitions. What about one in the Gulf?