Film director and deep-sea explorer James Cameron said on Wednesday that BP Plc turned down his offer to help combat the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
"Over the last few weeks I've watched, as we all have, with growing horror and heartache, watching what's happening in the Gulf and thinking those morons don't know what they're doing," Cameron said at the All Things Digital technology conference.
Cameron, the director of "Avatar" and "Titanic," has worked extensively with robot submarines and is considered an expert in undersea filming. He did not say explicitly who he meant when he referred to "those morons."
But we all know whom Cameron meant, don't we?
His comments came a day after he participated in a meeting at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington to "brainstorm" solutions to the oil spill.
Cameron said he has offered to help the government and BP in dealing with the spill. He said he was "graciously" turned away by the British energy giant.
Perhaps, a great mistake. In this kind of desperate situation, in which BP failed time after time, I say pay attention to anyone with any kind of expertise. And BP should not have the final say on which plan would or would not work.
And BP should not have the final say on which plan would or would not work.
ReplyDeleteparticularly since they were warned this disaster was coming.
The people and the leadership in Louisiana and in the federal government were all clueless. We all are if we think we can continue to use resources that have proved to be unsafe and continue in our present lifestyles.
ReplyDeleteSure he's not talking about the Anglican Communion? What's up with the British when it comes to help from abroad?
ReplyDeleteTobias, it's enough to make one prejudiced.
ReplyDeleteI am unsure about James Cameron, and I wonder if he did something crass like ask for an enormous fee or throw his weight around in an objectionable manner when offering, but at this point in time I would have thought anything anyone can come up with would be worth a try - or worth considering, anyway - given that nothing BP has done has worked.
ReplyDeleteI'm watching Countdown with Keith Olbermann, and a marine conservationist - didn't get his name - said that BP may get some of its oil back in the form of tarballs that will end up on the coast of the UK, carried there by the loop current in the Atlantic.
ReplyDeleteThe scenes of struggling and dead birds, coated with oil, are heartbreaking.
I don't know anything about Cameron's real expertise, but BP are idiots to turn away credible offers of help. No, BP are just idiots.
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