17 Jul 10
Originally posted by zeeblebotThe President is a politician. Fixing oil leaks is an engineering problem / nightmare.
for fixing it two months late? for assembling a crack team of NUCLEAR PHYSICISTS to solve the problem? that kind of credit?
Regulating the oil industry is a political problem. Getting it right is not something your average politician will have the experience to resolve in a short timescale. Indeed, not in their lifetime will they get it right. They are politicians and that is not their job.
However, in America the oil industry has hardly suffered from an excess of regulation. Maybe the protesters think the industry should be better regulated. Tell that to Bush! I foolishly read the autobiography of the older Bush who of course made money in the oil industry - sort of.
I am not sure how many things you want Obama to be an expert about. Maybe when Jesus Christ stands for election he will have the answers. But he is not responsible for the legacy of regulation / failure to regulate. And every effort he made would have been frustrated.
17 Jul 10
How about we simply celebrate the fact that the damn thing is no longer leaking. That in itself was an achievment considering the depth.
We keep our fingers crossed that it remains shut in and continue to focus on the environmental cleanup and preventing it from EVER happening again.
17 Jul 10
Originally posted by badmoonObama's science chief is a nuclear physicist, and he picked a team of nuclear physicists to solve it.
It happened. I doubt if any other President could have had it capped any sooner, or probably not much later.
a high schooler could spot the flaw in that.
Chu's fault for picking the team, but Obama's for not killing it.
17 Jul 10
Originally posted by zeeblebotPerhaps your characterization of what action Obama's administration took is the 'high schooler' aspect of all this. I remember the thread you started on this particular point, you made a fool of yourself.
Obama's science chief is a nuclear physicist, and he picked a team of nuclear physicists to solve it.
a high schooler could spot the flaw in that.
Chu's fault for picking the team, but Obama's for not killing it.
17 Jul 10
Originally posted by zeeblebotMaybe he would have done better to search Wikipedia? He could cut and past something sensible pretty fast I would think.
Obama's science chief is a nuclear physicist, and he picked a team of nuclear physicists to solve it.
a high schooler could spot the flaw in that.
Chu's fault for picking the team, but Obama's for not killing it.
Now that oil gusher seems plugged, you do realise that a similar quantity of oil is spilling daily from smaller but numerous leaks around that ill managed stretch of America's poorly regulated seas? Wonder is it time Americans thought of regulating things a bit more? And of course, its deltas and bays are already pretty fouled up by other ill regulated pollutants, its natural life already at threat from other uncontrolled products of enterprise.