On 5/30/2010 12:02 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> "brooklyn1" > wrote
>>
>> Woulda been easy, the rig is a mile from the leak... shoulda been
>> plugged automatically/instantly, same as how automatic fire control
>> systems operate. The plugging apparatus should be in place before
>> they begin drilling, same as there are brakes on a vehical before it
>> needs to stop, same reason fighter pilots wear a parachute before they
>> take off.
>
> It "supposedly" was in place but did not work. It will be interesting to
> find out the details and who was dumb, who was paid off, who made the
> bad decisions, who was asleep at the wheel.
>
> Once that is determined as fact, criminal charges should be brought
> about. The reality is the effects of this spill will be decades long,
> maybe centuries.

Yeah, good policy--anytime something breaks, even if it was nobody's
fault, put somebody in jail.

You don't know what went wrong. It might have been something beyond
anybody's control.