Quotes about Deepwater Horizon

David Letterman

Have you been following the big oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? Or as we call it now, the Dead Sea.

Phil Gingrey

For the life of me, I can't understand why BP couldn't go in at the ocean floor, maybe 10 feet lateral to the - around the periphery, drill a few holes, and put a little ammonium nitrate, some dynamite, in those holes and detonate that dynamite and seal that - seal that leak. And seal it permanently.

David Letterman

There is so much oil now in the Gulf of Mexico, and you can thank the folks of British Petroleum for this, so much oil in the Gulf, you can now park on it.

Ed Markey

I have no confidence whatsoever in BP. I think that they do not know what they are doing.

Mark Wahlberg

I love the man that [Peter Berg] is, the father that he is, and the leader. We push each other in a way. It's competitive.

Haley Barbour

There have been more than 30,000 oil wells drilled in the Gulf of Mexico in the last 50 years. This is the first time something like this has ever happened [BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill], and we need to get to the bottom of it, find out what happened, make sure it doesn't happen again. But I think it is very reasonable to continue to drill.

Sylvia Earle

Places change over time with or without oil spills, but humans are responsible for the Deepwater Horizon gusher - and humans, as well as the corals, fish and other creatures, are suffering the consequences.

John Chafee

I do not think there should be a limit on the rig's liability, because they are sitting on top of unlimited amounts of oil, and thus, there could be an explosion occur that could do untold damage. ... The amount of damage that an offshore oil rig can do is infinite.

12 Years later, the BP Rig Deepwater Horizon failed and a huge amount of oil was released and polluted the Gulf of Mexico shores with the liability extending to many billions of dollars. Most of the members of Chafee’s own party wanted to seriously limit the liability of oil rig operators, but a few Republicans let by Chafee voting with the Democrats kept a high enough liability and BP and their subcontractors paid for most of the damage.

Frances Beinecke

The fossil fuel industry commands outsize sway over U.S. politics, markets, and democracy. I knew these companies were formidable, but when I served on the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, I got a close up view of how the industry disregards government safeguards.

Philippe Cousteau Jr.

My greatest hope for a future without another Deepwater Horizon disaster lies in our schools, living rooms and community centers, not in boardrooms, political chambers and big industry. If this happens again, we won't have the luxury of the unknown to shield us from answering 'Why?'

Deepwater Horizon Quotes