tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485284789970057981.post281828353234476666..comments2011-05-18T15:25:35.358-06:00Comments on The Post Picayune: Corruption is why we win.Michael Devinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05558968323883297361noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485284789970057981.post-47283144756973015342010-05-18T14:52:12.821-06:002010-05-18T14:52:12.821-06:00Makes sense, I like to idea of them trying to dril...Makes sense, I like to idea of them trying to drill even more wells and have a higher output.<br /><br />Of course BP wants to just make money - it's like those guys whose job it is to determine whether it's cheaper to let a few people get injured or die and sue a car company, or to recall a bunch of cars with safety defects.<br /><br />It does seem odd that they don't have some big clamp that they can't just put on the well and shut it off for good. But i'm no engineer.Jennifer and Neil Devinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06279020449584339265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485284789970057981.post-80781007407635449702010-05-16T12:25:35.779-06:002010-05-16T12:25:35.779-06:00I like the Bad Editorial Cartoon in the comic. If...I like the Bad Editorial Cartoon in the comic. If that doesn't really exist, someone should create it. Big government sitting on the eagle of freedom?! It's SO TRUE!<br /><br />I forgot to write up a part about Obama quoting the figures for oil flow rate that BP gave, despite everyone else estimating it is much much higher. As part of the post-crisis policy changes, government will talk about ways they're "restoring trust" with corporations or junk.<br /><br />Yeah, a leaking vault would drive me crazy. But say it's not my vault, that someone is just giving me access to it for now, and it has trillions and trillions in it, and I already spent many millions hiring a safe-cracker (who caught on fire and sank to the bottom of the sea).<br /><br />It's this quote that made me realize BP doesn't care about losing a few million barrels of oil: "a reservoir nearly the size of the Gulf, with an estimated trillions of barrels of oil and gas tucked away. It is this deposit that has me reminding people of what the Shell geologist told me about the deposit. This was the quote, 'Energy shortage..., Hell! We are afraid of running out of air to burn.'"<br /><br />Another thing is... this isn't money that's already in their vault. In the oil industry, if you waste a few million (or billion?) dollars to make a few billion, that's fine. They strip mine northern Alberta, wasting vast amounts of energy as long as it means profit. They don't say "Let's keep this safely in the vault until a time when we can get to it in a less wasteful way."Michael Devinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05558968323883297361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485284789970057981.post-58995249005365071722010-05-15T19:36:21.135-06:002010-05-15T19:36:21.135-06:00Here is an applicable comic for you:
http://www.s...Here is an applicable comic for you:<br /><br />http://www.slowpokecomics.com/strips/stupidity2.png<br /><br />As far as your comment about lost income, that's the one I don't get. Imagine billions and billions of dollars slowly seeping out of a vault. Wouldn't that drive you crazy?bobisimohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17043948097405363106noreply@blogger.com