AKM outdoes herself here. This is a really great post.
Not to end your Monday by making your head explode, but allow me to end your Monday by making your head explode. Don’t worry, I wouldn’t ask your head to do anything mine hasn’t already done. Here’s the transcript of an interview between CNN’s Candy Crowley and BP Managing Director Robert Dudley.
It really makes me wish that Rachel Maddow was doing this interview and that it lasted for 20 minutes, because this had the making of another Rand Paul-style self immolation by Dudley. But considering the short time alloted, it was still pretty good.
First, before you play the interview, or read the transcript below, please remove all sharp or breakable objects and liquids from your reach. That includes coffee cups, decorative figurines, or anything that would make a satisfying wall crash. It also includes things like forks and letter openers that you may feel tempted to shove into your temple to relieve the pressure.
Crowley: You can’t really clean all of this up environmentally. There is some lasting damage that will go into decades, will it not?
Dudley: It… it…uh… there’s no question that this much oil in the ocean is going to take a long time to clean it up. It’s different than the Valdez spill because it’s much warmer waters, the biological processes will work faster, but you can clean up the beaches… the marshes are very very sensitive. They’re not as simple to get in and clean. There are techniques that will be done. There was a lot of oil spilled in that area after Hurricane Katrina and the marshes have recovered. But we will undoubtedly measure and investigate the results of this spill for many many years to try to determine the long term impacts of this. And we’re committed to both cleaning it up, studying it, understanding it.
According to the Minerals Management Service (bureau of the Dept. of the Interior) Hurricanes Katrina and Rita caused 124 oil spills totalling 17,700 barrels = 743,400 gallons total.
This spill, depending who you believe (and let’s believe the experts) has already leaked well over 100,000,000 gallons. For the zero challenged, that’s one hundred million gallons. (see widget in lower right corner of the page) Thanks for trying to make us feel better, though, BP. That’s like saying, “Look I’ve had one drink, and everything worked out just fine… So I’m sure it’ll work just the same way if I have a hundred.”
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And conservatives – do you still think the government should stay out of business’ way? And has the free market cleaned up that oil yet? Just wondering.
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