BP oil spill called ‘no accident’ (Video)
The eyes of the world are watching the Gulf of Mexico and right now, no one really knows exactly how the BP oil spill disaster is going to end. However, what we are learning little by little, is how it began.
BP Safety records were ‘fudged,’ and the blowout preventer on the Deepwater Horizon, known to be damaged, was deliberately left in disrepair. The result, as MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell put it, “was no accident. It was corporate negligence in the extreme.”
Corporate negligence is not new to America, nor is corner-cutting on safety measures. What sets the BP oil spill disaster apart is the ultimate cost. When all is said and done, the devastation of human livelihoods, the food chain and marine life, will be monumental.
Had the well been capped within days of the April 20th rig explosion, the damage would have been minimal. But the amount of oil spilled and the currents that will carry it hundreds of miles from where it all began will leave a trail of lifelessness in it’s wake. Nature simply cannot absorb “corporate negligence” on this scale. Microorganisms essential to life set off a chain reaction when they die.
The microscopic evolution that shaped life on this planet took millions of years to create. Much of it will be wiped out in a matter of months.
The “top kill” BP is considering as their next attempt to “close the damn hole,” as President Obama put it, has a 6 in 10 chance of success. If that fails, the next best chance of stopping the flow is a relief well that will not be completed until August.
According to recent scientists’ reports, the spill rate is 1.68 million gallons a day.
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