>>>>>>(the title is for Jake since he claims they are our friends)..
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>>>>>>http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/06/04/gulf.oil.spill/index.html?hpt=T1
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>>>>>>So BP is still trying to cap the well?
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>>>>>>They haven't tried yet - they only have been trying to find a way to keep oil flowing to their refineries.
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>>>>>>If they were serious, they would have used the Soviet/Russian method to cap a well - an in-ground explosion near the wellhead will shift the floor and close it permanently. Of course, they won't get to keep siphoning off oil to sell.
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>>>>>>Meanwhile, the damage in the gulf will be catastrophic.
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>>>>>So cynical. The damage already is catastrophic, but I believe they are doing everything they can to end it. You try to contain a huge underwater oil spill. BP has already lost $75 billion in market value since this started. I am not helping because I plan not to fuel up at BP/Amoco stations again, this being far from their first safety problem, but I do believe there are good people doing everything they can to fix it.
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>>>>http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0504/russian-paper-suggests-nuclear-explosion-cut-gulf-oil-geyser/
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>>>>I agree with their idea. Whether a nuclear device (gee - it might damage the environment) or US bunker buster-like devices, shifting the sea floor would close this completely.
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>>>Frankly that sounds crackpot. Disrupting the environment more brings tranquility? I thought the challenge was to contain the oil. You were probably joking.
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>>They can not contain the oil.
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>>They have needed to STOP THE FLOW since this started.
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>>So far, BP is only trying to find ways to pump the oil into production.
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>I truly do not agree with you, saying that without rancor. This has been a PR disaster for BP and I believe they have been trying to stop the bleeding. It was an accident, let's not forget that, and they have been behaving in their self interest. It's just a heck of a thing to contain.

I'd be more forgiving if the "accident" couldn't have been prevented but given this:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2622858920100527
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/7716446/BP-rigs-safety-valve-failed-test-before-oil-spill-explosion.html

I don't plan on boycotting them. My understanding is that each gas station is independently owned and operated. It certainly is not the fault of the individual station owners....