Gorilla's Blog

Let’s see, it wasn’t 5,000 barrels/day leaking into the Gulf, it was 12-19,000…

Except when it became 25-30,000…

Except when independent scientists say it’s more on the order of 50-100,000…

Gorilla says: “Next up: BP estimates sanctions against Iran!”

Another day, another strong worded letter to BP from the US government…

Seems nobody knows what BP is doing about paying out claims, what BP’s calculation of the total oil spill is, and what plans BP has to clean up the mess!

Oh, and it’s already quite clear that BP plans to tie up the eventual settlement for years and may even file for bankruptcy to escape liability…

It’s long past time for the US government to seize BP’s assets in the region and to revoke permanently BP’s license to operate in America.

The idea that a multinational oil company has the same interests as the US government in getting things resolved is beyond naivety, all the way to stupidity.

Instead, we have a fifth-rate Coast Guard admiral who still has no idea how serious the problem is, and week after week of totally empty threats.

Gorilla says: “It’s like Iran, only without the sanctions!”

What was the first thing Transocean did for its surviving employees following the Gulf of Mexico oil rig disaster?

Locked them in hotel rooms for 2 days until they signed liability waivers!

It’s the usual corporate behavior, reminiscent of the efforts by many insurance companies to avoid paying claims filed after Hurricane Katrina.

Shameful? Of course!

Tolerated by public officials in a dirt poor state in exchange for political contributions? Of course!

Gorilla says: “Cutting down on lawsuits is the new walking on sunshine!”

As it was for Bullwinkle in 1960, so it is for America in 2010: box tops are the key to a green future!

BP boxtops on the other hand appear to be stuck in the past, where we haven’t learned yet that destroying the environment for the sake of a miniscule addition to our oil supplies isn’t worth a box of Crackerjacks.

Meanwhile, as ever, the search in Washington is for anyone willing to take responsibility away from the taxpayers, the government, and/or the oil companies. Good luck with that!

Gorilla says: “We’re fossilized by fossil fuels!”