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OldFartNamesArt: No-one has said shut down.. just no more. Regardless of it being 99.998 or 99.999999999% ok the cost to the other industries is what?? How many people cannot work?
.... ONLY 33 RIGS ARE AFFECTED, not 50,000.
And how much is the cost to another or the same oil company if they mess up? The cost to the UK private pensions is considerable.
Obama sat on his hands.. was that when he was face to face with the BP lot to restrain himself from expressing the feelings of those affected?