ManusJustus on 28 May 2010
What really upsets me about BP is that they were trying make money off of this problem even while it threatened the entire Gulf Coast. The first 'attempts' BP made were to use a top hat to pump oil to a rig and then to insert a pipe that could still extract oil. After a few weeks, they finally gave up their money making scheme and decided to close the leak for good using mud and concrete.
Massey Energy, another heartless corporation, called the death of 30 miners in West Virginia as 'immaterial losses.' Ambrose Bierce was right when he said a corporation was an ingenious invention for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
