Question by Stainless Steel Rat: Why do you think clean-up prospects for the BP spill are dismal?
The media has been making a lot of noise about all the different methods BP is using to clean up the oil spill. Massive steel containment domes were popular for a while, and then everyone was touting the “top kill” method, which involved injecting heavy drilling fluids into the damaged well. It failed as well.
But here’s the reality. Even if BP eventually finds a method that works, experts say the best cleanup scenario is to recover 20 percent of the spilled oil. And let’s be realistic: Only 8 percent of the crude oil deposited in the ocean and coastlines off Alaska was recovered in the Exxon-Valdez cleanup.
Millions of gallons of oil will remain in the ocean, ravaging the underwater ecosystem, and 100 miles of Louisiana coastline will never be the same.
Best answer:
Answer by picador
The scenario was dismal from Day One. Even if they had capped it within a week, it still should not have happened. But it did happen, and no one wants it fixed faster than BP does. Let them get on with the job. Let us wish them well for now and deal with the blame game and the reparations when the spill is 100% contained.
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