It's been two months since the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf. I'm not entirely sure what the governments agenda is for taking action on what is certainly one of the most devastating man-made disasters of our nation. Millions of gallons of oil have been lost into the gulf, affecting an unknown amount of wildlife. So what's the holdup? BP could have stopped this oil spill/leak weeks ago. The actions that BP would have taken to stop the spill would render the oil well useless. There are several techniques that could be used to plug this well but if that happened, BP would no longer be able to use that oil rig location. BP is trying to save their equipment and availability to their pre-established oil resource rather than trying to actually stop the leak. The reason it's taking so long is because they are trying to save as much oil as possible while trying to "patch" the busted piping, not just stop the leak. I can imagine that they are trying to make it to where they can reuse the piping and oil rig after the "leak" is stopped because money cannot be made on a unusable location. What is everyone's opinion on the situation? Why do you think it's taking over 2 months to find a feasible solution to this disaster?
This isn't meant to be a political debate between parties so please keep any unnecessary political comments to a minimum. Thanks.
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