Reply #23: Nothing they are doing has been tried at depth...

[ljm2002]

...that is of course the essential problem here, and it is the core issue of their brazen irresponsibility.

Their original plan was to put a huge structure atop the blown well and siphon oil. But first they had to build the 40-ton structure. That's right, this company that had assured regulators they had plans and the capability to handle a worst-case scenario, turned out to have NO backup plan whatsoever and they've been winging it ever since.

Seems to me they have a lot better understanding of how to use the special "mud" to staunch the flow and then to add cement to seal it off for good. After all they use mud and cement all the time in these operations, and they have sealed off wells before, the difference being that in this case the gusher is not under control.

Bottom line, I think, is that you buy more of their line than I do. You may be right, but I don't think so. I think they were still hopeful they could recover the oil from this gusher.

Remember: it was a BP man who insisted that they go ahead and add cement without the mud, which directly led to the blowout. The BP CEO recently said that the amount of oil gushing out is really very small, compared to the size of the Gulf. These people's arrogance knows no bounds, even in the face of this catastrophe of their own making.

BP needs to be destroyed. If they are made to bear the true costs of this event, they probably will be. Big IF, I'm not holding my breath.