BP Admits "Top Kill" Has Failed!

The BP Oil Spill Disaster continues...

That's right, the  "Mud Method"  hasn't worked either. 

But how can that be? 

Given all of today's  "Modern Technology"  this is supposed to be impossible!

Technology that the  "Tea Party Crowd"  has routinely endorsed by chanting "Drill Baby Drill".


Technology that the industry has always called "Fail-Safe".

Technology that John McCain and Sarah Palin called "Proven and Foolproof ".

Technology that on March 31, 2010 - President Obama himself called, "Completely Safe and Reliable".

"There's no  'Silver Bullet'  to stop this leak,"  Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry finally admitted Saturday. 

No Shit Sherlock! 

Now I know some of you continue to insist that we have to keep drilling, because we really need the oil, and there is no viable alternative. 

But please, let me ask you something. 

Since 'deep-sea' offshore drilling only accounts for about 2% of our domestic oil production and considering the environmental risks, is it really true that we can't each cut back by at least 2%?

Just Thinking

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The BP "Sippy Straw" Technique Is BS

BP Officials Now Claim that They're "Sippy Straw" Technique is collecting at least 2,000 barrels a day.  Instead of the 1,000 they claimed on Monday.  That would equal 84,000 gallons a day, versus 42,000 gallons.  (Please note: one barrel equals 42 US gallons)

So Based on This New Estimate They Now Have the Audacity to Claim They're Collecting 40% of the Spilling Oil.

Once again people, it's time to do the math!

2,000 barrels (84,000 gallons) would equal 40%. only if the spill were 5,000 barrels daily as BP continues to claim. Unfortunately however, even industry insiders acknowledge that the spill is at the very least 25,000 barrels a day.

Most independent sources, including the US Coast Guard and NASA Scientists actually estimate that the broken well is spilling, somewhere between 70,000 and 100,000 Barrels a Day.   So with those figures in mind, they may be only siphoning off as little as 2% of the current spill.

Now, the truth is, no one knows for sure exactly how much oil is leaking.  Most experts agree it would be helpful if BP would release a streaming video of the oil spill and not just a few seconds here or there.  So far, however BP refuses to do so.

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Finally a Glimmer of Hope For the Disaster in the Gulf? No, Not Really!!

                  28 Days in to the Worst Man-Made Ecological Disaster in History,
                                 (The BP/DeepwaterHorizon/Halliburton Oil Spill)
                                    BP Has Announced Its First (meager) Success.

But Is It Too Little - Too Late?

BP workers have managed to fit a slightly smaller pipe into the larger damaged pipe at the Deepwater Horizon/Halliburton Oil Spill in the "Gulf of Cheney".  They finally, it seems have begun to capture some of the spewing oil.  "Approximately 1,000 barrels a day" BP officials said proudly. "That's about 1/5 or 20%" they gloated.

Now wait just a minute here - I think we need to take a look at that math!
 
1,000 barrels would equal 20%.  If the spill were, as BP continues to claim, only 5,000 barrels a day.  Unfortunately however, All Independent Scientific Sources estimate that the broken well is actually spilling, somewhere between 70,000 and 100,000 Barrels a Day.  So if my math is correct.  They may be only siphoning off as little as 1% of the current spill.

This at a time, when according to the Miami Herald, Scientists are saying the already-spilled oil may be getting closer to South Florida.

Satellite images taken Sunday by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory show that the oil may have already entered the Gulf Loop Current.  Which could pull it through the Florida Keys in about 7 to 10 days.  And, eventually into South Florida according to an analysis by Mitch Roffer, a Florida-based Oceanographer. 

I think it's worth noting that once in South Florida.  The oil becomes a part of the Gulf Stream, which of course runs up almost the entire East Coast of the United States.

I'm sorry BP, but using the equivalent of a "Mile-Long Straw" to suck up a relatively insignificant amount of oil is hardly what I would call a solution.

  Just Thinking


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