Hi there,
I always love to put thinks into perspective, so let's share another point with you. Everyone is (with reason) angry with BP and other oil producer seem the nice guys in the meantime.
So let's talk also about Shell. They have nice rigs around a forgotten country called Nigeria, where only this year, there has been half the amount of oil you have now in the gulf of Mexico in their nice country. Now, almost no one report this because :
- I'ts Africa, and mainly nobody care about Africa (... I do not say this, but a lots of other people yes)
- It's not a "modern" country with a "democratic" governement
- The oil comes from several hundreds of small leaks due to very old and non well maintened material by Shell, so no BIG oil leak, just tons of them.
- Ho yes the best... those are poor people and Nigeria really need seeling oil to rich countries (70% of its oil goes to USA).
Having said that, I just wanted to point out the the oil industry is more "crappy" that many people seem to know and it's just the very first time that one big rich nice country is affected by this. In poor contries or non-democratic countries where thoses situations take place more often (but differently), journalist and also general opinion do not give a fuch of what is going on.
So for my part, I may boycott BP and go elsewhere, but I am pretty sure that the others are as bad or even worse than BP.
Cheers to everyone