gnu:

Just a comment... it does NOT matter ONE IOTA about anything BP may or may not have done re costs or safety or ANYTHING else. They owned the rig. They drilled. They spilled.

They have to pay. Period.

This bullshit about the oil disappearing is an attempt to NOT PAY in future and it is wrong.

Already had much of this discussion with Q and eventually in the end he had to concede that I was correct.

Point 1: "They (BP) owned the rig" - Completely wrong the Deepwater Horizon was owned by a Company called Transocean Drilling - That is a matter of fact.

Point 2: "They (BP) drilled" - Again completely wrong those responsible for drilling on the Transocean Deepwaer Drilling Rig Deepwater Horizon were all Transocean employees. These were the personnel responsible for operating and maintaining the BOP which failed (It now looks as though the BOP was subject to unauthorised modifications and that it had been connected in such a way as to prevent it working by Transocean employees). These were the personnel responsible for by-passing safety systems and shutting off alarms onboard the Deepwater Horizon.

Point 3: "They (BP) spilled" - Most certainly they did, then made every effort possible to mitigate the effects of the leak - accomplishing that inside three months operating in waters and drilling depths right at the forefront on technology (XTOC 1 - another "Transocean" drilled well in the Gulf of Mexico - in far shallower water took nine months)

Point 4: "They (BP) have to pay" - No doubt and that is what they have stated all along so what is your comment? They could have hid behind the 75 million ceiling but did not voluntarily, they have always stated from the outset that they would pay all legitimate claims (and they have already been inundated by many fraudulant claims). I have seen nothing on this thread or in any publication where anybody has said that they should not pay.

BTW they are not honoring their debts to the working people of the Gulf as we knew they wouldn't. They are chiseling out by perverting the regulatory system and unfortunately
they are allowed to get away with it. The American people are being short-changed by this crooked goliath. Stringsinger

Examples please? Or is this just something else you fling about without substantiation and expect people to accept it because it is what they want to hear?

The Gulf oil went into the marshes, not just onto beaches. The marshes are nursery habitat for the marine animals and birds. It has been devastating. Alice

Very little of the oil from the Macondo Well actually made it to shore, lost of marine life was minute compared to the Exxon Valdez incident. By the way Alice did you accept who I meant when I said "our guys" in the previous post of mine that you commented on, or are you above owning up to your own mistakes?