Solutions not blame
It’s not often one can sympathise with someone earning £6 million a year, but the public verbal flogging of Tony Hayward nearly earned it.
The enquiry didn’t seem a step up from a witch trial. You, Hayward, we’re going to blame you whatever the facts.
Some of those southern senators even managed to get a bite in on Obamma.
But aren’t these interests the ones that deregulated the oil industry? Oh and look, it’s come back to bite them.
And aren’t these ones the same interests that have done all they can to make sure that the US continues to be so dependent on oil?
Perhaps that’s also why they seem incapable of looking for solutions to avoid oil dependency?
Those angry voices are perhaps a little scared that people might think the risks of oil addiction and the risks in getting it are to high.
Without options disasters like this will happen more frequently.
everyone is a hypocrite to one degree or more, its human nature; what BP did by being reckless on safety was just plain wrong; if a hypocrite calls a spade a spade, can the spade deny the truth because it came from a flawed mouth? you need to develop better perspective if you want to talk about clear truth in a public forum
dumb but getting wiser
June 21, 2010 at 10:23 am
I’m not at all disputing BP’s culbability, nor the law makers and legislators that allowed BP (and other oil majors) to trample unchallenged. What we miss by concentrating on blame are the potential solutions that will a) sweep up the mess and b) lesson dependency on fossil fuel that drives such recklessness
rgboulter
June 23, 2010 at 8:40 pm
fair points; my focus is ontrust; howdo we learn to trust when weget shafted by people (any of them)who ovbiously aren’t interested in our welfare??
dumb but getting wiser
June 25, 2010 at 6:43 am