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Originally Posted by Adam_777
Oil = money = evil = greed = money = oil =evil = greed
They are able to suck it up now and will be able to filter it and sell it.I'd be willing to bet plugging the well has never been an option if you asked the top guys at bp....Plugging would be easy to do but would require re drilling and rigging it.Figure out the expense of setting up a new offshore drill site from scratch.Can't be cheap.That's how big $$$ business works.They could care less about the ocean.They said GW dragged his feet during Katrina.Obama is still trying to ignore this disaster.  |
Since there has been talk of a cap on the amount of a fine BP could be charged (which they probably knew about beforehand) so if the cost of re-drilling an re-rigging outweighs the cost of the fine, they'll take the fine. Since we are in a petroleum driven economy, they can stand any amount of negative publicity as long as they are selling oil!