Early Morning Swim: Rachel Maddow Exposes BP’s Poor Disaster Planning, Spill Technology
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 15th, 2010 4:49 am by HL
Early Morning Swim: Rachel Maddow Exposes BP’s Poor Disaster Planning, Spill Technology
Is everyone who works at BP an idiot?
Is everyone who works at BP an idiot?
BP’s Doug Suttles admitted Monday that the industry’s tools for cleaning up oil spills – such as booms and skimmers – aren’t ready for the 21st century.
“Part of the reason is there have been so few big spills,” the BP chief operating officer told NBC’s Tom Costello on the TODAY show. “The events haven’t driven the technology change that’s out there,” Suttles said. “I think this event probably will.”
Heckuva job, Doug.
Deja Screwed
All of our man-made disasters are composed of unraveling common threads.
This may require Glenn Beck’s blackboard, or better yet, one that makes sense, the LA Times.
Sounds more than dodgy enough, the Amoco Cadiz after all was owned by Amoco, but registered in Liberia, go on…
The Deepwater Horizon oil rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico was built in South Korea. It was operated by a Swiss company under contract to a British oil firm. Primary responsibility for safety and other inspections rested not with the U.S. government but with the Republic of the Marshall Islands — a tiny, impoverished nation in the Pacific Ocean.
Hey, the Marshall islands are only in two completely different hemispheres, but I understand they are to oil rig inspection what the Swiss are to Nazi war booty chocolate.
The Marshall Islands, where have we recently seen that name crop up?
Oh yeah, Casino Jack Abramoff.
Late Late Night FDL: Pipe Line
The Brian Setzer Orchestra — Pipe Line. What’s on your mind tonight?
The Brian Setzer Orchestra — Pipe Line.
What’s on your mind tonight?