BP
May 25th 2010 08:31 pm
As I write this, it has been a little over a month since the British Petroleum offshore drilling rig exploded. Since then, we have listened time after time to reports of BP thinking about getting started on making plans to look into the possibilities of trying to do something about the problem.
Now there are calls for the federal government to step in and take over. I am not excited about having the folks who brought FEMA to the rescue of the Hurricane Katrina victims try to fix a problem for which they have neither equipment nor expertise, while the company whose responsibility this is sits in the corner with its finger up its corporate nose and lets the American taxpayers clean up its mess.
I have another suggestion.
I, personally, am going to boycott BP products for a length of time equal to the time it takes them to plug that hole and clean up after themselves. If they fix the problem tomorrow, the boycott will last another month. If they don’t get it fixed until 3 months after the accident, I will not buy from them for 3 months after that.
If enough people show their outrage by hitting them where it hurts — financially — they will listen.
I hope you join me.
I hope you pass this on.