BP: beyond pathetic

No offence to BP here, but this idea (big box over oil) is unlikely to work. And since it is apparently the only idea these “experts” can come up with, that is “beyond pathetic.” What is plan C? I say, C, here, because B was “big box over oil.” Plan A, evidently, was, “bury head in ass and pray nothing went seriously wrong in the first place.” Is there even a follow-up to this plan? Would it be to hide in a cabin in the Appalachians? (I hope not, because that’s where the coal companies are ripping off mountain tops to find coal these days.)

Big oil deserve sits reputation, not because it isn’t useful, but because they downplay the risks of inherently dangerous and devastating operations, and do not manage risks effectively. There is no excuse for not managing risks.

Sadly, this disastrous spill will not engage any serious changes in how they function, because ultimately it will be excused as an accident. What it really was, and remains, is a deliberate failure to manage and control risk.