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As you saw in the video, BP had used everything but a paper napkin, which they had, to clean up the coffee spill. While the oil spill in the Gulf may require more complex material than a paper napkin, it is true however, that BP has been neglecting the help from foreign countries who have used technologies that have cleaned up oils spills elswhere. In addition, it was revealed in the U.S Congress that BP was using outdated technology which had been used about 40 years ago in the Persian Gulf. (that's the bit in the video where the CEO tries to invent something to pick up the cup).
The bit about putting hair onto the coffee to try to stop the leak from spreading, sprouted from an idea that BP should use donated hair to stop the leak - since hair can soak up vasts amounts of liquid without posing any enviromental danger.
The part about Kevin Costner, the American star of the film Dances With Wolves, refers to the oil -spill-absorber- machine that he had purchased from Exxon. for fine tuning in 1995. Apparently, he put $24 million of his money into the developing of that machine and unfortunately for him, BP, trying to control the problem by themselves as much as they can, refused to purchase the machine.
I love this video! This was a great comedy that really did illustrate the BP oil spill and how they have handled the situation. I really like how you pointed out that the guy had a whole roll of paper towels, but they never did use them; you make a great connection about how we didn’t use the strategies previously used by other countries to manage the oil spill. All of the methods used by the people to stop the coffee portrayed the larger picture of the actions taken by BP. A few that I noted in addition to yours were the following: when the coffee first spilled, one of the men stated how he thought they underestimated the amount spilled which relates to how the amount of oil leaking at the beginning of the spill was extremely underestimated; the garbage exemplified the toxins produced by the oil or as a result of the dispersants first used; the people tried to place blame on the other company for giving them the stryrofoam cups in the first place that led to the coffee spill demonstrating how BP has tried to blame others for the oil spill.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a lighthearted and comical way to show the reality of how the oil spill was dealt with. This relates a lot to some of the topic I am discussing in my blog, so I understand the underlying meanings and think it is hilarious! Awesome post!
Glad it was enjoyable! I cracked up at the video too. And thanks for pointing out the more obvious connections to the actual BP oil spill that were in the video, because they too are very significant; especially the trash which symbolised all the toxins BP had sprayed into the Gulf to try to reduce the effects of the spill.
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