so, bp just settled for 7.8 billion

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redivider

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says 100,000 businesses and individuals were affected.

that's 78,000 per person/business.

bp posted profits of 16billion 2012 alone.

judge found it was fair.... better not mess with those executive bonuses.... unbelievable...
 
NLXSK1

NLXSK1

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Are you suggesting there should be punitive penalties above and beyond the actual cost?

Would you be happier if the government just simply confiscated all of BP's assets?
 
Grandpapy

Grandpapy

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I think it's a little premature, I feel more damage will be showing it head in the near future.
Most of the oil is still drifting around doing damage.
 
Grandpapy

Grandpapy

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cannabineer said:
I thought it has settled out and is now feeding all sorts of microbes. cn
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I have nothing other then my experience with dish soap, but it's a dispersant, the oil is still there.

I would love to believe that it's making microbs happy, without doing any other harm.
 
fb360

fb360

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NLXSK1 said:
Are you suggesting there should be punitive penalties above and beyond the actual cost?
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When it is your blatant negligence and lies that led to an ecosystem being destroyed, after having failed for a YEAR in attempting to fix the problem for which you are mandated by law to have a solution for, then yes.

Their engineers should be jailed and stripped of their PE. Their managers and executives should be jailed and tried for international environmental crimes. That is all before we start talking about financial reparations for the harm done.

If I remember correctly, they didn't even do the necessary ecosystem studies prior, and just made shit up, including specifying that animals that have NEVER lived in the gulf, were in fact present all over the gulf. This doesn't even get to the fact that they couldn't find a solution to stop the flow of oil for A YEAR.

That's like saying it would be okay if a Nuclear Power Plant had a core leak due to their negligence, leading to radioactive materials and radiation leaking, and allowing them to not fix the problem for 1 whole year, resulting in the deaths of many. Would you put up with that shit? No. The same goes for BP

If it was purely an accident that could not have be avoided or prevented, then yes, I would be okay with them settling for 8billion due to not being able to fix the problem. The simple fact remains that it WAS avoidable and could have been prevented completely, or at the minimum, almost fully negated.
 
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