Taking Their Time As the Eco-System Dies

The Associated Press reported --"Robotic submarines removed the cap from the gushing well in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, beginning a period of at least two days when oil will flow freely into the sea." See the video.

In the news this Sunday morning is word that BP is making progress changing the cap on the gadget it is using to collect oil from its gushing well. It  removed the old cap to put a better cap in place and in the meanwhile oil is gushing unchecked into the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to gush out hundreds of thousands of barrels of polluting and deadly, to sea and wildlife, crude, unchecked, for two days at least, while BP is putting the new cap in place. The new cap, BP says will make for a more efficient collection system.

Kent Wells, BP vice president of exploration and production, said to the press, “We’re on plan. All the crews and everything are set up on rotating shifts so that we can continue operations 24 hours a day.”

And if this new cap doesn't work? Mr. Wells says, BP will replace it with an improved version of the old cap. Yes, thet are taking their time as the eco-system dies.