The update on the oil spill is… BP still inept

“Even with three vents still open, the cap was capturing so much oil — more than 10,000 barrels a day, an improvement over any previous containment attempt — that the company did not have adequate equipment at hand to process any more.” (New York Times) What a perfect-storm, cluster-fuck.  (Oh, and Hello, hurricane season.) Really, … Continue reading →

The oil spill vs. Titanic

On my cynical days, it never ceases to amaze me how humans do not bother to learn from the past.  So egotistical; to our supreme detriment.  We believe that since we have created new technologies, made new discoveries, and have more to win today than in yesteryear that we cannot possibly repeat the same follies. … Continue reading →