Why green tech needs to be accepted by mainstream society today.

[Leslie]

Ive just broke down.  I am so angry and sad.

I try and now I cry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puE5aN8T5Cw

One persons take on the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon gushing rupture trajectory to august 15th.

[MonkeyMagic]

Holey moley !!!

That's terrible surely they won't let this happen

[Leslie]

Well it is.

Kevin Costner has funded the development of a centrifuge to clean this up.  And the oil company has permitted him to help.  Wow thank god they allow someone to fix their fudge ups..  Thank you Kevin I say.

BP have offered a time frame of how long it will take to drill a relief valve and this is 3 month from now.  In the mean time everything else BP has tried has failed.

I think it was ounce mandatory to drill relive wells before they drill the main well for the oil but they lobbied for changes to save dollars.

This is a deepwater well and its a newer method of drilling. They cant dive to fix it, but rather rely on flimsy robotics that are frustrating the engineers.  

Why is deep water off shore rigging not made to drill relief wells?

They just get cheaper and greedier every day.

[Leslie]

Deepwater Horizon survivors allege they were kept in seclusion after rig explosion, coerced into signing legal waivers

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100521/sc_ynews/ynews_sc2191

According to two surviving crew members of the Deepwater Horizon, oil workers from the rig were held in seclusion on the open water for up to two days after the April 20 explosion, while attorneys attempted to convince them to sign legal documents stating that they were unharmed by the incident. The men claim that they were forbidden from having any contact with concerned loved ones during that time, and were told they would not be able to go home until they signed the documents they were presented with.

Shows what the saying from the anthem "the land of the free" means when it comes to money.  In all respect this was a violation in every way of the Fifth Amendment - Rights of Persons  legal term here in..  

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

They don't just drill deep they dig themselves deeper in the proverbial pile.    

[Leslie]

Deepwater Horizon Rig Probes Find Deficiencies, Disagreements

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-05-27/deepwater-horizon-rig-probes-find-deficiencies-disagreements.html

<<< For full story.

By David Wethe and Jeff Plungis

May 27 (Bloomberg) -- BP Plc and Transocean Ltd. managers disagreed on how to proceed with work hours before the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, and a review in 2007 found staff-training deficiencies, according to testimony at a Louisiana hearing.

The disagreement, which occurred about 11 hours before the April 20 blast that left a well gushing oil into the Gulf of Mexico, ended with BP prevailing and a Transocean official “reluctantly” agreeing to proceed with work, Douglas Brown, Transocean’s chief mechanic for the vessel, said yesterday at the hearing conducted by the U.S. Coast Guard and the Minerals Management Service.

Brown said he heard Jimmy Harrell, Transocean’s top rig manager on the Deepwater Horizon, leave the meeting saying, “Guess that’s what we have those pinchers for.” Brown said he took that as a reference to the shear rams on a piece of equipment called a blowout preventer, which are designed to clamp shut and cut off the flow of oil and gas through the drill pipe in the event of emergency.

The plot thickens

As wacky conservatives try blame the wacky greenies for destroying the environment in a bid to save the environment the evidence of incompetence  flows like the oil polluting the waters for BP.

Its true, these guys have been playing GODS with our world the whole time so the fat cats can own another property with a view of Paris.  

[Leslie]

BP Shifts Gears in Gulf Oil Fight as 'Top Kill' Fails

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704254004575274433337222768.html?mod=wsj_india_main <<< For full story.

By STEPHEN POWER And MARK LON

A top executive of BP PLC said Sunday there was "no certainty" that the company's latest fallback attempt to control the Gulf of Mexico oil spill would work.

"We're all disappointed the top kill didn't work," Bob Dudley, managing director of BP, said on "Fox News Sunday." He was referring to the failure of BP's effort to stem the oil by pumping heavy drilling liquids into the well.

The company now plans to try to contain the flow of oil from the leak with a "lower marine riser package," or cap. The operation would involve removing a broken drilling pipe, or riser, that lies atop the blowout preventer and capping the valve with a siphon that would take the oil to the surface. Mr. Dudley said "there is no certainty" that the operation—which BP officials say has never been carried out in 5,000 feet of water—would work.

I was hoping this top kill would work and mark be the end of this disaster and the community could nurse their wounds and get on with the clean up.

Sigh