AP INVESTIGATION: Blowout preventers known to fail (AP)
AP - Cutoff valves like the one that failed to stop the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster have repeatedly broken down at other wells in the years since federal regulators weakened testing requirements, according to an Associated Press investigation.
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It's the same old story of corrupted politicians letting safety standards slide in favor of short term corporate savings, but resulting in long term multi-million dollar losses, in this case billions. Apparently, the "blow-out protector" needed regular maintainance, but that isn't possible a mile down under the sea. So, without maintainance, the huge machine failed -- and all the responsible parties knew the risk, but did nothing. Money talks and safety walks.
I concur that the typical emphasis on short term gain at the expense of long the term impact is unfortunate.
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If the entire Gulf of Mexico and part of the Atlantic Ocean are polluted by this oil spill, further off shore drilling will probably be banned, which could cause a shortage of oil as the Worlwide demand grows, so then the price would rise. Wouldn't it be bizarre if this whole episode was instigated to hike the price of oil?!
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