Yeah, OK. Fuck BP

[johnridley]

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/30/us/30bprefinery.html

"For 40 days after a piece of equipment critical to the refinery’s operation broke down, a total of 538,000 pounds of toxic chemicals, including the carcinogen benzene, poured out of the refinery."

I don't care whether their record is better or worse than others in the industry, and I don't care if boycotting "only hurts the local owner" - I'm not buying so much as a fucking candy bar from a BP location anymore.

Comments

[isherempress.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that was a revealing article. I was appalled, too. Maybe Alice could address what the hell they're teaching in management schools these days, but the management at BP (like that at Enron) seems to have its collective head up its butt. "Protecting the shareholders" really doesn't fly.