Of course....

and when the techology was purchased the continued development was stopped. You don't find that curious?

I'm just frustrated by the ignorance. My friends calling to boycott BP, the public that just freaks out on reaction, all of it. Knee-jerk is the WORST. No one wants it in their back yard, so they went somewhere else. I told y'all it would take months - that was my husband's estimate. Look at that, months...

big oil's intent was most likely exactly what you think, however isint it far more likely that gm independantly decided that the car was not at that time viable/profitable and acted in its best interests to recoup losses and limit their liability?

im actually counting on morons pulling that, cant wait for local stations to cut prices

California dropped their ZEV mandate.

Oh, I don't like tinfoil hats. I'm not a fan and don't look good in them :lol: I just find it really curious.

It was only introduced in LA. And then, the reason cited by GM was "lack of consumer interest." Even when EVERY driver that had one wanted to purchase and formed a coilition to stop the destruction of the cars. They offered GM more than retail in one big check for the remaining cars - to be turned down. All the cars were taken to GM's test track and crushed [where they still remain].

Back to the thread topic. I'm sad this happened to BP. It's part of the law of averages and something was BOUND to happen. They are the largest offshore agency in the world - if someone was going to have something happen, it would be them. It's also curious to me that Schlumberger and TransOcean aren't anywhere in the news.....

I see TransOcean all over the news. It was the "TransOcean rig owned by BP" for a while at the beginning.

There is still one left but I think its just the body. I thing the engine, battery and so on were removed.

James

isint it a transocean rig leased by bp?

there were a lot more than one survivor, a handful got handed to museums and at least one was restored to driveable status. i understand gm was rather upset about that but so would i if i was concerned id have to continue making parts for a car that cost 80 grand each to build

When you've lived in the city that produces the most oil in Texas,.........................makes you wanna fucking own one of those companies. LOL


Wish I could find that funny clip of oil being like crack.

To be precise, pumping of existing wells is still happening. Exploratory drilling for new wells has been halted.

I did say drilling, right?

/looks up/ Yup, all drilling. Because drilling is the "dangerous" part.