Gulf Oil Spill Could Last 2-Plus Years, Experts Warn

I feel BP has never wanted to stop the Oil from coming out ,Their aim was allways to continue to get the Oil.The dispercent was used so if Obama decided to let others come in to suck up the Oil it would be useless.Obama on day one needed to okay all the Countrys that could sent tankers that were needed to be allowed to come instantly and no dispercent.The Gulf of Mexico is now a body of polution and will be for Decades if not Hundreds of years and yes if the leak continues it will spead to other bodies of water it all will not head to the Beachs so that it can be cleaned up.BP in their continued effort to get the OIL is drilling two relief holes ,what a Joke sure the relief holes in time will do the job they will allow BP to collect more Oil till it runs out.

I wish the media would read and "understand" OPA '90 (the flow/chain of command on this incident was and has been followed, as per the Local, State, and Federal Regulations)! Bottom line, BP submitted a "horrible" contingency plan and the MMS approved it - where are the MMS approving authorities? We are a "free enterprize" society, big or small, companies have one goal - make money and under this system, the regulating authorities (local, state, and federal) are the "people's protecton" - this is what has failed and needs to be fixed. WARNING - when it is fixed (and I believe it will be); the cost of whatever the "companies" are producing (oil, gas, widgits, etc.,) will cost more because in a free enterprize system - if the regulators require me to do "x" then whatever that additional cost to comply with "x" ALWAYS - WITHOUT FAIL, goes to the consumer... it is what it is!

could this be when our seas turn red with blood, for the animals

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Everything BP says is lies. All they want is control of the Gulf and all of the oil in it. They want this crisis to get as bad as possible, and destroy as much of the gulf as possible. They didn't take safety seriously for a reason...because they didn't and don't care about the environment, human life, or wildlife. These are all things that stand in the way of more profit, more drilling, and more oil. can you believe that our federal government is naive enough to let the same foreign company that has sucked Africa dry of oil suck our oil out of our land? Their should be no foreign anything taking our oil.... and then be left in charge after a catastrophic event? This really makes the United States look like a weak, corrupt country. Our government CANNOT be trusted....
Any candidate that makes it deep enough into an election past the primary, is already in the pocket of these big corporations, and in the end, no matter the media spin, will carry out the plans of these "elite" organizations before they keep the interests of the American people.

jason i like youre way of thinking. their is only one problem. Location. They should direct that ton of tnt to 1600 penn ave. that way everyone would feel the relief.

IS this the beginning of our seas turning blood red?

I OWN A HOUSE IN FLA WHERE THE OIL IS NOW. MY TWO STEPSON LIVE IN THE HOUSE. THEY WORK FOR A RESTAURANT CALL CRAP TRAP ON THE GULF.THEY ARE HURTING BECAUSE THERE NOT TO MUCH BUSINESS COMING IN ALL. THE PEOPLE THAT WORK IN A RESTAURANT LIVES ON THERE TIPS. NOT ON WHAT GET PAY BY THE HOUR. SO PEOPLE DONT THINK ABOUT THAT. AND ONE THEM GOT A LITTLE GIRL .THIS OIL SPOIL HURT ALOT OF PEOPLE.

The United States is headed toward its own version of the DEAD SEA (only worse) and all we can do is argue politics and point fingers as to his the blame. God forgive us all.

BP should of already had this fixed because thay are an oil company and this seams like something they should of thought of...... BP is going to ruin the environment and we have to help the sea life is going to go extinct and that would hurt are whole ecosystem ..... i think that we need to stop helping people keep there homes and start helping BP fix there mistake witch has caused some places to go out a bissnes due to the fact that they can't get gulf fish.... BP NEEDS TO CLEAN UP THERE ACT.