BP Oil spill

I still don't get why they didn't/can't sink another line right next to it. Surely that would make the leak more managable. If not, tap it again and again until it does.
Or, maybe this will excuse any government supported pensions being paid in future. We'll all be like well, they tried their hardest under terrible circumstances....oh, yes. it was the environmental 9/11.

FFS. sort it out. and what about the other countries that own BP? BP hasn't been a british company for years.

They are driling 2 relief wells which is percieved to be the most effective method of stemming the flow, but they will not be completed until August.

There is a very interesting comparison in this article to the Ixtoc 1 leak in the gulf in the late 70's. It was a larger leak and took 9 months to cap.

http://sweetness-light.com/archive/anyone-remember-mexicos-ixtoc-i-leak
http://www.stopaforusrep.com/blog/69-oilspill