Oil catastrophe....

I told you that I will be posting soon. So here I am, got topics in hand. Let's go.

This year has been very busy, including a lot of travel. Of course, you know my trips to India and Seattle. But there has been the trips where I went to see my cousin and the constant trips back and forth from home to my parents' place. On top of that, I am trying to keep in shape. I don't think I have been this skinny since maybe high school (talking about body fat%). The clothes I bought recently have become loose.

This oil disaster seems like it'll never end. It's been over a month and oil is still flowing into the gulf. I heard a story on the radio that this has happened before in 1979; somewhere in southwest part of the gulf except the well was only 160 odd feet down. The techniques that BP used were the same as the ones that was tried at that oil spill. Guess what? It didn't work for that oil spill either and that was at 160-170 ft deep. This is at a mile down, so, obviously, the experts knew that it was a long shot. The only was to stop it is to build two rigs to take pressure of the main one and that will take time. That's what they did for the 1979 one. Surprisingly, The gulf recovered in a short time, I hope that's the case here as well.

Should I boycott BP because of this mess? I say no and here's why. I think that BP took advantage of what it was given. They bent and broke rules but were allowed to by the government. I am not saying that BP is without blame, but am saying that it's not all their fault. . Should they pay for the clean up? Of course they should. They make billions in profit each quarter, so they should be able to pay for his. At the end of the day, would I use BP to purchase gas? This situation won't affect my decision either way. The reason I don't use BP or their companies is because they are expensive.

That's it for now. Bye.