Oil Spill harmful to BP Stocks! Who would have guessed?

[ALBIONTYKE]

One irony is that Obama was one of the guys pushing for more offshore drilling before he was in office

[55ella2007k]

@ALBIONTYKE : well, actually he's still pushing for it, even while in office, but had to tone down the rhetoric, because of this catastrophe. 2 weeks before this disaster, he opened up the entire eastern seaboard for offshore drilling. Now...this is on hold, somewhat, but it won't last long.

[IMUANGRYANGEL]

WHAT ABOUT MY BEAUTIFUL EARTH AND THE ANIMALS THAT WE SHARE IT WITH ..THIS WORLD IS CORRUPTED BY GREED AND WE SHOULD JUST GO BACK TO HORSE AND BUGGY LIVING :( ONLY THEN CAN WE SAVE THE PLANET

[oneyouh8]

I'm sure glad I bought an HD TV...so I can watch the world go to Hell in High-Def.

[fleetingdays]

This oil spill saddens me deeply.

[wyteoutt1]

i care about the stocks. fuck the environment. i wanna invest

[55ella2007k]

@wyteoutt1 There you go ! ;) Can't wait for the next shareholders meeting :) Plenty of share-holders around... 90% of the world's population, in fact. Just don't expect any mention in FORTUNE magazine. Actually, I'll take that back...the Financial Times of London just published an article that a prolonged period of global unrest is about to unfold, and the suggestion was to throw some carrots to the masses, before embracing more forceful policies. These articles are firewalled, btw.

[chuck1967]

Is Halliburton To Blame For Gulf Oil Spill? Just do a search for it on YT.

Keith O says it all and why are only HALLIBURTON OIL projects to fix OIL rigs the only ones blowing up?

I wouldn't put it past them for a minute.

[chuck1967]

Now instead of using a cheap way to clean up the problem in the most efficient and ecologically safest way possible by using hay and other grasses to contain the OIL they have chosen to use another chemical to solve the problem that might not even be biologically safe for the environment. The stupidity never ceases to amaze and disappoint me in this Country. LOL!

[55ella2007k]

@chuck1967 : I' all for environmentally responsible clean up efforts. Unfortunately, the hair/ hay idea cannot even begin to address this disaster. The ocean is NOT a still body of water, and there isn't enough hay or hair to soak this shit up. Not to mention, what's going on underneath the surface, killing everything off...an entire eco-system being destroyed as we speak for next 40 or 50 years, if not longer, while the chemicals dispersants only add to the damage.

[chuck1967]

And why do we allow the British to even have control over an OIL field off the coast of the USA to begin with? LOL! It sounds like it was purposely sabotaged to me.

[airforcemax]

I enjoy your information

[terr547]

Yea!  Geee, the stocks! WHO THE F@#CK CARES ABOUT THAT DAMN STOCKS?! WHAT ABOUT THE F@#ING ENVIRONMENT?!

[55ella2007k]

@terr547 : Exactly! I hope you realize that the title of my video was tongue in cheek. What is going on in the Gulf is an immense environmental catastrophe. Add to this, that 80% of the world's rain forests have been clear cut, and you start to see the big picture:(

[BLynchCAN]

"Nothing to see here" "keep moving" "keep on shopping" !!!!

[CognitiveDisonance]

I think its time to stop pointing fingers at big oil, and look to ourselves for solutions. How many similar disasters will the world have to endure before we seriously consider alternatives? As consumers we bear the burden of responsibility. Deferring to law makers and for profit corporations is clearly not working in our own best interests.

[55ella2007k]

@CognitiveDisonance : I agree. But the individual consumer can only effect change within a very small scale. You can stop consuming all the bullshit and live on your own, but this will not stop the overall pollution of our planet. If you live on a small farm + water is polluted upstream, then only larger efforts, not just individuals acting to protect themselves, will make any difference in the long run. And this is precisely, why corporations and big oil need to be held accountable.

[CognitiveDisonance]

@55ella2007k True, as individuals we could effect only so much within the limitations of our own abilities. But corporations operate in the world of limited liability. The founders taught us to protect ourselves, people of good will must unite. We could hope to change the current corporate system, but the fact is we have no legal standing to do so. The only option therefore would be create something new; a society less dependant on oil perhaps.

[desire4liberation]

nope.... not a baseball game

[rickbar123]

Keep driving those SUVs America. The price at the pump is only part of it.

[leftysergeant]

No, there is not always another solution. If they run out of tricks and can't stop this gyrser, there is enough oil under the rock to poison all of the world's oceans. We will run out of oxygen before we run out of oil. No way any living thing can survive that. Even anaerobic bacteria will run out of food. End of all life. Which does not mean much to a modern slash-and-burn capitalist. It will take at least twenty years. Who plans that far ahead any more?

[55ella2007k]

@leftysergeant : Exactly. Nobody in power plans beyond their own life-spans. It's all about quarterly profits, and not much else. There are plenty of renewable energy resources out there, but this would take long-term thinking, and a huge investment, which will necessarily drive down short-term profits for many decades, perhaps even a century. So, nobody is willing to do it.

[larnem]

How can they be downsizing this event? Man keeps doing things that screw up nature and yet the importance of the mighty dollar takes the lead.

[LouieArrighi]

I'd like to hear Ron Paul's stance on the regulation of the rigs to prevent or minimize these types of disasters.

[55ella2007k]

@LouieArrighi : yep... I would love to hear this, too! Great question, btw, because he's been mostly silent about all this...as far as I know. Not a peep. And not all too surprising, since Ron Paul is against regulations of the oil industry. How is that 'free market' doctrine working out now, Mr. Paul? I hear the loud sound of crickets chirping, while they are still alive...

[videosouthafrica]

lets not forget .... BP want to clean up because they DONT WANT ANYONE ELSE KEEPING THEIR OIL ... i guess thats one reason why fishing industry has been told to stop ... no boats on the water .... oil is safe

[5starrater1]

Is it a coincidence that European satellite Smos has just finished its initial mission in studying the flows of water around the world?

[redmoonspider]

"move along people...nothing here....move along now."

great video. thanks.

[55ella2007k]

@redmoonspider : thank you.

[Elaina43]

It is SO frustrating, depressing, disillusioning, etc., etc.!

[55ella2007k]

@Elaina43 : yes... I'm sorry, Elaina. I tend to be pessimistic, not overly so, but I have a problem with being overly optimistic at every turn. Just can't do it. I have a co-worker who is contemplating suicide at this point...and I may not be able to 'talk' her out of it. Her concerns are legitimate +cannot be minimized in any way. She's an ex-fundamentalist christian + her entire world is falling apart, because she opened her eyes, and has lost all of her friends. A terrible situation.

[Elaina43]

@55ella2007k Please never apologize! I truly appreciate your videos; you help shine light on these issues - they're not your fault for pete's sake! Re: your co-worker losing all her friends because she left (or is contemplating leaving) the church is horrendously sad and a perfect example of what is WRONG with religious conviction / dogma / judgment I hope she reaches out for help!

[55ella2007k]

@Elaina43: thanks for your comment. My co-worker left the church over 10 years ago...but she has not made many friends since then. And 'reality' as is, is too overwhelming for her right now, so she's desperately grasping for something, and every time she tries, even in the 'rational' world, she gets beaten down again. She has seen many therapists, including quacks, which is not helping in the least. It's very terrible situation, and we are facing layoffs...

[Elaina43]

@55ella2007k *warning* personal question alert - feel free to ignore

Do you consider yourself this woman's friend? You've referred to her as your co-worker yet you seem genuinely concerned for her, her happiness, and her well-being (Can you tell I am in the middle of reading a Sam Harris article?) The reason I'm asking is because (for me) becoming friends with someone (breaching the acquaintance barrier) seems ever more difficult the older I get...

[55ella2007k]

@Elaina43 : Yes, I consider her my friend, even though we do see each other outside of work. I've never been the type of person who has or has had many friends. And yes, the older you get, the harder this becomes...

[Elaina43]

@55ella2007k I've been wanting to make a video about friendship over 40 but whenever I try, the vid is just a whiny, pathetic mess. Here's to me eventually making a coherent video *clink* (with coffee)

[CityzenJane]

Gulf of Mexico Foundation - go to sourcewatch to check everyone involved out...

[55ella2007k]

@CityzenJane : yep....that's exactly what I was trying to point out. Thank you.

[CityzenJane]

ach! how goddamn sick are we of hearing fucking sports metaphors in these times?

[valhala56]

Saw Oil expert Matt Simmons on the CNBC website on this. He said if this spill is not contained it could be a Billion Barrel Oil field that if not stopped could turn the Gulf of Mexico into a Dead Sea. When he said that interviewer Maria Bartillemo sic, Gasped "Oh my God".

RussiaToday is suggesting using a Nuclear device after they used a nuke on two landbased blowouts.

watch?v=7ojCbqfRRr8

[55ella2007k]

@valhala56 : no, of course, it's not contained...not anywhere near this. Actually, you need precision work to contain this disaster, not a nuclear blast, or some mini-nuke bunker buster bomb. The radiation alone would kill off the any remaining species in the area, not to mention, that the sea-floor might collapse...spilling this vast deposit out all at once. There are no easy answers to this calamity. None. We're sitting in a goddamn petri-dish at this point...

[valhala56]

@55ella2007k I have been veering from depair on this Oil BlowOut to some hopefullness, there is a vid on YouTube with a group suggesting using Hay to soak up some of the Oil.

If this BlowOut is stopped maybe Oil users will learn we have to switch to alternative energy, the Goverment has to invest in Alternative energy & not Wall Street Banks.

If the BlowOut is not contained then Man has gotten his due Karma from the earth.

[CityzenJane]

@valhala56 Hair - and mushrooms - interesting stuff...if only they would listen to the greens...

[55ella2007k]

@valhala56 Alternative renewable energy IS the only long term solution. But even if they get this 'gusher' under control after many months, and that's a big IF, the Gulf of Mexico is basically finished for the next few decades, if not longer. And they'll keep right on drilling. BWT, this HAY thing will not work. See my comments on jak's vid, as to the specifics of why not. It's too massive. Look at some of the aerial footage, where huge ships are nothing but tiny specs in comparison to this

[CityzenJane]

@valhala56 Gulf was already in horrible condition due to ag runoff - it was starting to recover but when I went to the beach down there in the 90s it was all dead fish everywhere... horrible..

[valhala56]

I was listening to Right Wing Radio Rusty Humphries show on Siruis XM Satelitte Radio while driving and heard him play YouTuber MorningMayan Video where she got very emotional about the spill. The whole time this piece of shit Rusty Humphries "Sorry for the language" was mocking & ridiculing Linda over her concern about the Gulf.

I realized then these Right Wingers are Cold & heartless.

[55ella2007k]

@valhala56: well, this is not exactly surprising...since they pick on emotional videos, much like their own, while completely ignoring factual and dispassionate information as usual. Basically, these shows are just drama, and it creates higher ratings and advertising dollars. Most people who believe this shit, have never been outside their own little towns, let alone another state, let alone another country. It's all neatly contained for them, in terms which they are familiar with.

[valhala56]

Kinda of funny, the US spend more money on the Military then the rest the world worrying about imaginary threats, yet the US Goverment has little resources in dealing with diasters of this magnitude. We got a Coast Guard which is about equal to the Navey of Cuba to deal with this, EPA too busy watching Internet Porn. Again the Chicken house was being guarded by the Wolves.

[onlywhenprovoked]

stocks are also down for the birds, fish, and the plethora of wildlife that will be dead because of this.... and stocks are also down for all the fisherman and coastal businesses that will go under because of this...

BP can get to the back to the line if they want sympathy for their own failure.

[55ella2007k]

@onlywhenprovoked : well, I hope you realize that I was being sarcastic here, in terms of the declining stock values for BP :) They're not getting any sympathy from me, that much is certain.

[onlywhenprovoked]

@55ella2007k No, I know you well enough to know you didn't mean that.. I was just ranting and shaking my first at the sky... lol :)

[NibiruMagick2012]

The spindoctors are in "Nobody Panic" mode. This is a pandora's box they are cracking open.

Pass the blame is the game as the layers begin their dance of "Facts" and manipulation of "Truth".

Remember.... "From great crisis comes greater oppertunity".

They will use this at every opertunity.

We MUST be extra watchful now.......

Thank you again for all your hard work Ella.

Peace, Love and Light

[55ella2007k]

@NibiruMagick2012 : thank you, nibiru...

[AlphaHorizon]

Where are those douches always telling us ignorance is bliss...hm, maybe they're on vacation.

[navtel]

stella.. i think the americans set fire to those wells.. the iraqi's had nothing to do with it.

[55ella2007k]

@navtel : this entirely plausible...(although not proven). But rest assured, they actually re-ignited the fires. Literally, after they had already been extinguished. For profit. Watch the documentary by Werner Herzog "Lessons of Darkness". This film, especially the ending, which is NOT fictional in the least, will blow you away. I saw it during one of it's initial screenings, with the director there versus oil-company reps in the audience in Houston.

[CTOL1]

"Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right, here I am, Stuck in the middle with you" Thanks BP, Haliburton and Transocean , yes I am stuck in the middle with you numbnuts.

"Well I don't know why I came here tonight,I got the feeling that something ain't right, I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair"

I am never sure, but try to do the best I know how, is that a crutch or just reality? Thanks Ella

[citizenkong]

It's funny how the right wing radio blowhards call the NYT a liberal rag, when the NYT sometimes repeats the same claptrap as the AM radio idiots.

[Smarterthanyouarable]

This is a horrible disaster. Almost made me forget (as I think it was designed to do) that the upcoming climate change legislation will be the next wall street bubble and the final cycle of transferring wealth from the bottom to the top before we return to a neo feudal scociety.

[55ella2007k]

@Smarterthanyouarable : you are forgiven for losing focus. It's all interconnected...:(

[Smarterthanyouarable]

@55ella2007k Can you think of a better strategy than divide and conquer? One that has been proven more effective than that in history? They don't have to divide us against each other it is enough to divide each of our attentions.

[55ella2007k]

@Smarterthanyouarable : : well, if you are referring to Cap & Trade, yes... I agree with you wholeheartedly. That's the next bubble. As far as the return to a new feudal society is concerned, we're already half-way there :(

[Smarterthanyouarable]

@55ella2007k Your videos mirror the the ones I was making 3 years ago. You did not listen to me then and it is at least theoretically possible I am still 3 years ahead of you. Are you going to take me seriously now?

[55ella2007k]

@Smarterthanyouarable Of course it's theoretically possible :) And just because I disagreed doesn't mean that I did not listen. I DO take you seriously + always have. I wouldn't be subbed to your channel otherwise.