As a lover of nature, watching these videos frighten and despair me. I can't help but feel that we've witnessed, or are witnessing the destruction of a whole body of ocean, and the beaches of several states for years to come.. And depending on the outcome of those responsible, ugly clues to what'll happen to corporations who cause such widespread damage and go unpunished. Even more frightening is how blame is being shifted about, and now an FBI "investigation" is taking place. I predict that they'll discover that BP did indeed "follow" regulations, and this was just a stroke of utter bad luck. The results will be all over the front page, and the public's outrage will subside. Even uglier are investors bailing on the company, making it difficult for the company to continue paying its own way on fixing its mess, and I doubt anyone in that company will donate so much as a dime.
In short, I don't trust anything the government, news outlets or corporate spokesmen report until I see someone carried out in cuffs.
I think the public outrage will increase, similar to the "nuclear power plants will kill us all" mentality after the 3-mile Island incident.
But I really do not see this effecting corporations. They have, and will, move to some Siberian location free of most regulation to dredge up oil cheaply without care of the future, because money is what matters most.
I am hoping this was all just a big chain of bad luck piled together. That sounds terrible, yes, but it beats out the alternative: Someone did it deliberately. I mean, who in any sense of sane and human could directly poison the planet they live on?
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In short, I don't trust anything the government, news outlets or corporate spokesmen report until I see someone carried out in cuffs.
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But I really do not see this effecting corporations. They have, and will, move to some Siberian location free of most regulation to dredge up oil cheaply without care of the future, because money is what matters most.
I am hoping this was all just a big chain of bad luck piled together. That sounds terrible, yes, but it beats out the alternative: Someone did it deliberately. I mean, who in any sense of sane and human could directly poison the planet they live on?
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To me the most shocking part is one video timestamp. I might be very far away from this, but it is only one single timezone over from me.
Small world, isn't it?
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