--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" <raunchy...@...> wrote: <snip> > From top hat to top kill, BP has delayed doing anything to > plug the leak permanently.
Gotta jump on this again. The *only* thing that can be done to plug the leak permanently is the relief well, which they're drilling as fast as they can. All the other measures are stopgaps, attempts to lessen or hopefully temporarily choke off the flow until they can get the relief well done. One reason the stopgap measures are taking so long is that if they aren't done *right*, they pose extreme danger to the people implementing them on the surface. Nobody wants those ships to go up in flames like the rig. If the measures are not done with extreme care, they also risk destroying the wellhead, in which case the uncontrolled flow of oil will make what's coming out now look like a puny trickle. > My bet is they won't EVER clean the mess nor will they > pay one cent to the thousands of PEOPLE who have lost > their businesses. They're required by law to do both. > They will suck up every last drop of oil possible, the > environment be damned. Again, it is NOT the case that BP is dragging its feet in the hope of getting more oil from this well. This well is no more. It has ceased to be. It has expired and gone to meet its maker. It is an ex-well.
