Bp's environmental cleanup management plan for the Gulf of Mexico, that body of water thats currently filling with oil, listed a species that could be threatened by a spill there. That species was a walrus. Yes. A walrus. did you guys know that walruses lived in the tropical waters of the gulf? Hopefully you didnt, because they dont actually. they dont even make it as far south as nova scotia. How then, did BP make this schoolboy error? the answer is really quite simple. -- their environmental cleanup management plan for the gulf was virtually a carbon copy of the one they use on the north slope of alaska and canada. a different ecosystem with a totally different That, unfortunately, has been realized to be the cold hard truth.
Ask me why i have such a firm distrust of corporations, and i could talk your ear off for hours. heres the thing though. i wouldnt be confident in my ability to win you over to my side, if you werent already. That is until i came across this. There is nothing more damning, negligent and sickening as this obvious subversion of responsibility. Keep the shareholders happy. OK. do that. thats how you operate. but at least be decent to the rest of us.
its not just stopping the oil. its identifying where the oil is that is trapped in undersea currents and thermoclines thousands of feet underwater. its clearing the marshes and estuaries. the beaches. its an endless number of things that will continue to grow.