It Keeps Getting Worse

University studies all over are saying much more than this number of gallons as well. The largest schools seem slower to release findings, but indications are that their findings will substantiate it.

How about some University studies on solutions maybe?! If nothing else I am totally positive that the crude can still be processed and used if we could collect it all. Hey at least they struck oil. And if you're offened by this, do me a favor, and go sell your car and anything made from plastics.

Way to go BP!!!you can bet I will fill up at your gas stations every chance I get. Or maybe I will never forget how you ruined the beaches that I spent my childhood growing up on and never buy gas from you ever again. Crayfish boils. goodbye. Blue Crab dinners goodbye. Shrimp festivals goodbye. All New Orleans seafood... soon to be a new chapter in the history books.

@inaka_rob: It doesn't dimish BP's responsibility in the matter one iota, but I think it's good to keep in mind that this could essentially have happened to any of the other companies that are drilling in deep water.

And that's one pretty scary thought, because as things are it looks like nobody in the industry has a clear and sensible idea of how to plug a deep-water leak like this quickly, efficiently and safely.

Accidents happen and it is part of the learning curve. We kill 50,000 people a year with cars, but don't ban them because they are so usefull.
The drilling ban should be immediately lifted, but the new safety rules should be finished by now and applied. Six months present ban will cause drilling equipment to move to Brazil and not come back, resulting in more expensive oil and more trade deficit.