Learn to read. The “who cares” comment was directed to the flow of oil in the leak. BP is trying to stop the leak and capture as much of the oil as they can. In their business they would be trying to end this quickly regardless of the flow. That is how they stay in business. In the oil business, greed is the primary motivator and they don’t make money on oil that washes up on beaches. That is a good thing.
You either missed this salient point on purpose or you don’t know enough to continue this conversation.
RoT, I knew exactly what you were saying. I was telling you that there are people who definitely care about the “flow of oil in the leak” even if it doesn’t matter to you.
Greed must be the primary motivator, because being good neighbors isn’t demonstrated by most oil productions companies. The oil industry around the world has a habit of wastefulness of the resources it is supposed to shepherd. Take a look at what has happened to Nigerian delta - where more than 40% of America’s oil is produced. Networks of rusting pipes and storage tanks, corroding pipelines, semi-derelict pumping stations and old wellheads, as well as tankers and vessels cleaning out tanks- at least 1.5 million tons of oil has been leaked into the delta in the past 50 years. The oil companies don’t care about the leaks - why should they? There’s always more crude, and they don’t live there anyway. They don’t make money from oil that washes up on beaches, but why should they care? They’re making money anyway.
But you can read about this stuff as well as the rest of us can.