Beeps for BP.

A while ago, I started a habit of beeping at everyone who throws cigarette butts out of their car windows, into the street/grass/whatever. It's fun. I don't want your addiction, thank you very much. And I don't feel like our Earth should suffer from your stupid habit.

Currently I'm developing another habit. My cousin Leesa tweeted that every time she passes a BP station with patrons fueling up, she leans on the horn. EXCELLENT! I've adopted that, and made it into another beeping habit. I mean, why? Why fill up at BP? It's not like they're the ONLY oil company in the world; they just so happen to be the worst! It bothers me especially when there are alternatives to BP within eyesight. For example: Vets Hwy in Ronkonkoma-- There's a Hess station, and a BP on one side of the road, and DIRECTLY OPPOSITE is another Hess. Not too far away. Just across the Hwy; a simple u-turn would do the trick!

This morning I looked on the live feed of the oil spill --- it's still spewing out oil at an incredible rate. Really, I would've never expected that 8 weeks later it would be spilling at the same velocity --- actually, a heightened velocity thanks to BP blowing it up into a giant hole instead of a big one and 2 little ones --- as day 1.

Well, I would've never expected that it would still be uncovered, and unresolved 8 weeks later.

An approximation of 634 live oiled birds have been captured, 42 of them were released, and 783 were collected dead. 


Also, according to Surfrider's estimate - the spill is at approximately 62,244,000 gallons of oil in the Gulf.
And on that same blog, it states that "BP continues to drill two more 'relief wells' that are intended to intercept the blown-out well at a depth of about 16,000 feet. Drilling mud and cement would then be pumped into the well to seal it. The wells will take at least two more months to drill."
So, not only has it gone on for two months, it's going to take AT LEAST two months before the relief wells are drilled. Ok, that will be 4 months down the drain, and what's going to happen then? BP realizes that it was a bad idea to continue drilling on their disaster? Then we have to wait 2 more months for another idiot solution? At this rate, oil will be reaching us in NY before we know it.


So, being BP is destroying pretty much everything in the Gulf at this point, the LEAST a civillian can do is boycott their gasoline, and beep at those fueling up at the stations. Don't beep in extreme anger at these people, consider their circumstances: they're clearly stupid, so treat them with care, beep to encourage them to use other gas stations. Unless you're really in the middle of the desert with ONLY BP in sight, and your car is already out of gas and stalled on the side of the road and you have to walk to get to the next gas station to get some temporary fuel and that lone gas station you have to walk to happens to be BP. That, my friend, is an extenuating circumstance, and nobody should be expected to boycott under those conditions. But! A suggestion: Fill up that little red container with enough gas to get you to another gas station, a non-BP station. That way you don't give BP too much of your money. 10 dollars is acceptable in my book; as long as you're in that situation. Anything less than that: BEEP!