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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 06:27 PM Original message |
Gulf oil leak may be bigger than BP says |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. SURPRISE SURPRISE SURPRISE! |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. Okay, here and now on the record I'm going to say |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 06:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Not to mention, if internal engineers were led to believe the lower estimates |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 06:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I wonder what the government will finally go after BP with? |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 06:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Consider this: What would happen if they capped the thing and got 100K per day? |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 06:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Good point. |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 06:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. BP has STRONG monetary motives to NOT fix the problem. They should NOT... |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 07:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Agreed, but are you aware of any independent estimates on their capture volume? |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 07:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. The collection ship is named Enterprise.... |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 07:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. Yes, no one could have predicted this, even other countries were |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. Let's see: 3 of 4 relief valves are still open on the cap.... |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 06:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. I have a feeling that their final estimate will have a higher lower limit |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
4. Rec'd but still at 0. WTF |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 07:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. That's odd |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 07:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Now it's at +10 thankfully. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. recs don't matter to me |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
5. No, really? REALLY?? |
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thecrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
6. And let's not forget that other leak in the Gulf.. |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
10. Well duh. BP is in charge of their own crime scene. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
16. Seem to have misplaced my shocked face. |
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Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
20. They're already claiming/lying to be capturing 3x the amount was originally flowing! |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 07:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Internal memo said the original flow rate calculated by BP was 14,000 bpd |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
23. Oh, but remember it's all Obama's fault... |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
24. K & R |
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