BP, I told you so

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I stated some time ago that the warm waters in the Gulf would cause the majority of the oil spill to either evaporate or be consumed by microbes. This has now come to pass, so I feel entitled to say I told you so. We have had several serious oil spills over the years, on this side of the pond, they have all been shown to have had a negligible effect on the environment despite all the apocalyptic warnings from all the usual suspects.



http://www.examiner.com/x-27745-SF-Headlines-Examiner~y2010m7d28-BP-gulf-oil-spill-update-The-leaked-oil-pulls-disappearing-act-where-has-all-the-oil-gone

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That will make it much cheaper to clean up. Excellent.

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I stated some time ago that the warm waters in the Gulf would cause the majority of the oil spill to either evaporate or be consumed by microbes. This has now come to pass, so I feel entitled to say I told you so. We have had several serious oil spills over the years, on this side of the pond, they have all been shown to have had a negligible effect on the environment despite all the apocalyptic warnings from all the usual suspects.



http://www.examiner.com/x-27745-SF-Headlines-Examiner~y2010m7d28-BP-gulf-oil-spill-update-The-leaked-oil-pulls-disappearing-act-where-has-all-the-oil-gone

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....various components of crude oil, such as benzene, toluene, and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, present risks and are all known carcinogens. Other components of oil—mercury and lead—are also toxic and there are concerns that the dispersants BP is using in unprecedented amounts to break-up the spill are also toxic. Now, CNN is reporting that in excess of 1.8 million gallons of dispersant chemicals have been dumped into the Gulf of Mexico in attempts to separate the oil moving in from the Deepwater Horizon’s broken well.



http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/22505

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That will make it much cheaper to clean up. Excellent.

I read something the other day that stated that in May and June, over a third of US news coverage was about the oil spill. Possibly an exaggeration, but I suspect not much of one.

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you're a smug bastard

it doesn't take away from the calamity nor gross negligence of bp

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....various components of crude oil, such as benzene, toluene, and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, present risks and are all known carcinogens. Other components of oil—mercury and lead—are also toxic and there are concerns that the dispersants BP is using in unprecedented amounts to break-up the spill are also toxic. Now, CNN is reporting that in excess of 1.8 million gallons of dispersant chemicals have been dumped into the Gulf of Mexico in attempts to separate the oil moving in from the Deepwater Horizon’s broken well.



http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/22505

Your doom laden warnings have not come to pass, so you will have to find another cause célèbre to bang on about. Are you capable of admitting that you were wrong?

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you're a smug bastard

it doesn't take away from the calamity nor gross negligence of bp

From one smug bastard to another, it takes one to recognise one. I wonder if you are man enough to recognise the disgusting behaviour of Occidental Petroleum over the Piper Alpha tragedy?

http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com...ght.4184800.jp

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Ask bp shareholders how dire 5 billion in cleanup and 20 billion in liability feels?

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The British Polluters are trying to pull out of their commitments already.

"Little of the oil remains on the water, but that doesn't mean it has all vanished. Scientists are worried that much of it has been trapped below the surface after more than 770,000 gallons of chemical dispersant were used to break up the oil a mile deep. They have found evidence of massive clouds of oil suspended in the water."

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...SxVPAD9H8V6BG0

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The British Polluters are trying to pull out of their commitments already.

"Little of the oil remains on the water, but that doesn't mean it has all vanished. Scientists are worried that much of it has been trapped below the surface after more than 770,000 gallons of chemical dispersant were used to break up the oil a mile deep. They have found evidence of massive clouds of oil suspended in the water."

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...SxVPAD9H8V6BG0

Translation, some scientists are pissed off that their apocalyptic warnings have not come to pass. They said the exact same thing about the Saddam Hussein's deliberate oil spill into the Persian Gulf. That resulted in over 11 million barrels ending up in the sea, more than twice as much as in the Gulf of Mexico.

[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War_oil_spill"]Gulf War oil spill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

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Translation, some scientists are pissed off that their apocalyptic warnings have not come to pass.

BP isn't out of it yet, TP.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...ulf_clean.html

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BP isn't out of it yet, TP.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...ulf_clean.html

You are flogging a dead horse, you need to find another bête noire. The average payout in Bhopal was around $3000; yet the hookers in New Orleans will probably get far more than that, so how does that make sense?

http://www.prativad.com/articles/Bho...de-and-Dow.htm

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We will see.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefi...ing-approaches

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this thread is so stupid

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We will see.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefi...ing-approaches

What we will see is that the British have finally woken up and realised that the US doesn't have our best interests at heart, not before time in my view.