Oil Spill

The recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has created some controversy. A oil drilling rig exploded tragical killing 11 crew members, and the well pipe broke 5000 feet below sea level.http://http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=3&did=2035448681&SrchMode=1&sid=4&Fmt=3&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1274189914&clientId=9417
Beyond Petroleum has had many problems in the past with oil rigs in the gulf of Mexico, in 2003 and in 2004 there were oil spills one also killing 11 people. It seems like BP has been slipping behind and letting accidents happen. the harm is not only to the lose of oil polluting the gulf, but also the families that lose loved ones in explosions like the one that just happened. One of the other issues that comes with a oil spill is the price of gas goes up everywhere. I do not believe this should happen. I would understand the price of gas going up a BP gas stations, but the oil industry will most likely take advantage of the problem. all the gas stations will price gouge because they see this as an excuse to raise the price of gas. this is unfair and corrupted to take advantage of a situation like this. I also believe it is illegal to price gouge, because in the past companies have done this when there was no call for the increase. Some companies have gotten in trouble for doing this in the past.
BP is also doing a horrible job at resolving this problem in the gulf. the first problem was the faulty electronics on the rig, why was it not tested and monitored to make sure it will not fail. also they should not be drilling that deep if it is unsafe and can create problems. many are starting to wonder if BP is even trying at there full potential to stop the oil leak? Every attempt is failed at stopping the problem, so why did they go in that deep water? Greed caused them to drill there, there was no back up plan if anything went wrong. BPs attempts to fix this is horrible, and on the surface the attempts to contain the leakage, i think is not thought out. BP is putting a diluent on the water to soak up and disperse the oil. So now we have dumped tons of oil in the water, but now we are dumping other chemicals in the water possibly just making things worse.
There was a oil spill in the Philippians and it was much larger then this, but the problem was resolved much faster. Also they collected 97% of the spilled oil, and could still be used. Over there they used jumbo tankers to skim the water and funnel it back in to another tanker. I don't know why this has not been tried in the gulf, it seems like it would work, and help more then we are doing now. BP should also have to check all of there rigs, and maintain them so this does not happen again.