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Fixing the blame for the Gulf oil Spill

06 Jun 10 | Conservation, Environment

The Japanese have a very good saying, “Fix the problem, not the blame.”  With all of the anger flowing toward BP for their part in the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, I thought it might be interesting to examine those reactions a little bit.  I understand the frustration, especially of those that live and work on those waters.  Many of the fisherman have been doing that for all their lives, their father’s lives too.  Watching the brown goo wash up on shore, the horrible pictures of birds covered in oil, dead sea turtles, and sharks is heart rending.

Watching the enraged public demonstrating in front of BP service stations and the somewhat muted anger of our chief executive is an interesting contrast to the true situation.  Deep water drilling and production is a hugely complicated and expensive enterprise.  To be sure, no one at BP could foresee these events and perhaps the actions of the drill rig crew were a little lax.  But the truth of the matter is, BP would not be drilling in deep water if there were not customers for their product.  They certainly would not go through all that trouble, expense and exposure to produce a marginal product that might or might not be sold.

To be certain, BP and the drill rig operator, Trans Ocean are culpable, there is a long list of others that contributed.  All of those that drive cars, trucks, ships, ride on trains, aircraft, buses, use electricity from the electrical grid, and use petro chemical products like plastic containers are also responsible.  Without end users, BP would have no reason to be in deep water drilling for oil.   So, while it is all good fun to drive home after the demonstration and upload the photos to the internet, look in the mirror; you can blame that person too.

We know what the problem is, an addiction to oil, it is up to all of us to fix that problem, each in his or her own way.

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06 Jun 10 | Conservation, Environment
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Reader's Comments

  1. Gordon Smith | June 19th, 2010 at 10:33 pm

    Great post. It is our addiction to oil and blind pursuit of ever increasing amounts of oil regardless of the risks that is the real culprit of the gulf oil disaster. We need to focus our frustration and brain power at ensuring a fossil free future.

    G.Smith
    editor of SolarThermalMagazine.com

  2. Ivan | June 23rd, 2010 at 10:41 pm

    This whole catastrophe with BP is idiocy. The amount of petroleum pouring forth into the Gulf of Mexico sprung up by 1000s of barrels Wednesday after an underwater robot seemingly struck the containment cap that has been capturing crude from BP’s Macondo well. I question how much destruction this entire disaster is going to cost the ocean when it’s all over and done with



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