I have to point out that the blow-out preventer installed on this well had
been altered in several important respects, and that those alterations had
not been well documented, creating problems for the original effort to
trigger it from the remotely operated submarine. In addition, two batteries
on the blow-out preventer were dead at the time of the accident, which is to
say even before drilling was completed, notwithstanding the fact that this
equipment is supposed to protect the well for far longer. These are both
evidence of serious negligence. Decisions related to drilling with only
casing and the cement method chosen are sufficiently questionable --
according to experts in the business -- that these too appear to be cases of
negligence. It is not BP alone that bears responsibility for these
decisions, TransOcean & Haliburton were also involved, tho who gets how much
of the responsibility for individual decisions is for further investigation
to determine. As a retired manager myself, senior management is responsible
for what is done in the field. This disaster -- and the real biological
consequences are likely to be measured in hundreds of years, not just
decades -- is their responsibility.

Chris Kessler,
Seabble

On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Wayne Weber <contopus at telus.net> wrote:

> Tweeters,
>
>
>
> Like Roger Moyer, I am somewhat astounded at the amount of anger being
> directed toward BP. As he points out, the Gulf oil spill did result from an
> accident, and as of right now, there is no evidence that negligence was
> involved (unlike the Exxon Valdez incident, which definitely resulted from
> negligence). Yes, BP may have shortcut some recommended safety procedures,
> but so, I am sure, has every other oil company involved in offshore
> drilling. Our anger should be directed at the entire oil industry, not just
> at BP. It was just BP that had the bad luck to have a blowout.
>
>
>
> Nor should all of the anger be directed toward the oil industry. It should
> be directed just as much?maybe more? toward federal governments which
> allowed deepwater offshore drilling in the first place! This despite the
> near-certainty that a blowout would happen sooner or later. Companies will
> do whatever governments allow them to do, and we elected those governments.
> (Yes, Canada has offshore oil drilling too.)
>
>
>
> And perhaps some of our anger should be directed at ourselves, for
> continuing to rely on fossil fuels for a major share of our energy needs,
> despite the huge drawbacks of oil pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. As
> long as we rely so heavily on petroleum, oil spills are inevitable; we may
> be able to reduce the frequency of spills by various precautions, but there
> is no way on earth to GUARANTEE that no spills will occur.
>
>
>
> So instead of just being mad at BP, save same of your outrage for the
> entire oil industry, for past federal governments, and even for yourself. As
> Pogo said long ago, ?we have met the enemy, and they is us?.
>
>
>
> Wayne C. Weber
>
> Delta, BC
>
> contopus at telus.net
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* tweeters-bounces at mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:
> tweeters-bounces at mailman2.u.washington.edu] *On Behalf Of *Roger Moyer
> *Sent:* June-04-10 5:55 PM
> *To:* tweeters
> *Subject:* [Tweeters] Gulf Oil spill pictures and such
>
>
>
> It appears that the webpage has been taken down. I have been sitting here
> watching the evening news and they have been showing the birds with all the
> oil on them. It is difficult to watch. Many most of the birds won't survive.
>
> I hear a lot of anger in the comments towards BP. I agree that BP needs
> to take responsibility, but people need to also remember that this was an
> accident. They didn't plan for this to happen and people need to remember
> that this well is a mile deep. Where do people think the oil comes from?Our society revolves around
> petroleum, whether people like it or not. How many oil wells, super
> tankers, tail cars, refineries, tanker trucks, and I can go on, operate
> without accidents? We as a society want our conveniences, and then get mad
> when there are accidents. You can't have it both ways. There are so many
> wells (I have heard as many as 40,000) in the water, and this is the first
> major accident in our waters. If people would let some of the land based
> areas be opened up maybe we could get away from having to drill offshore.
>
> I am for a clean environment as much as the next person but I think that
> people need to use common sense and balance. Where has reason gone??? I
> will get off my high horse now.
>
> Roger Moyer
> Chehalis, WA
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