Quote from BP President regarding gulf oil spill, "The Gulf of Mexico is a very big ocean. The amount of volume of oil and dispersant we are putting into it is tiny in relation to the total water volume.."
So says Tony Heyward, BP CEO in an interview in London's Guardian.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/may/13/bp-boss-admits-mistakes-gulf-oil-spill
How relatively tiny is this?
Ask the folks in the seafood business who cannot work because they are put out of work because the fishing and shell fish beds are polluted.
Tell it to the the resort owners forced to close down their beaches.
Tell it to the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida, for not only are their beaches facing devastation, how much damage will their struggling economies suffer from this.
Tell it to a duck or some other water fowl covered in oil.
This is exactly the kind of arrogant, elitism that gives the population good reason to be contemptuous of corporate big shots. This kind of insensitivity as the images of the gulf disaster continue to stream across our television and computer screens.
Right now, there's only one sound way for Mr. Heyward to react and this is not for the sake of good corporate PR, it's what his company must be committed to else the wrath of customers where ever BP products are sold will be heard. Heyward must accept total responsibility, do everything that his company can possibly do, and acknowledge the human cost of his company's mistake. This is no time for parsing the issue. All responsible parties, the companies involved and the appropriate governmental agencies must be humble with all focus on solving the problem.
This is no time for anyone involved to engage in finger pointing either. What's important now is cleaning up the mess. The courts will be busy for years determining who ultimately gets the blame.
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