Almost every aspect of our modern life, from plastics and perspex, paints, thinners and detergents, all our semi-conductor technology and most of our pharmaceuticals (to name just a few) are based on the science of organic chemistry – particularly long-chain hydrocarbons, which can only be produced economically using oil.

Even the most cynical among us would acknowledge that the internal combustion engine is antiquated technology, contuinually propped bu by the automotive, power and oil supply industries for one purpose; to make those fuckers rich!

But if we invested a few billion dollars (paid out of taxes on the oil company profits, but overseen by an independent board of consumers, government and groups such as Greenpeace) we might be able to come up with a cheap, clean alternative. Which means that we can use oil for far more important things.

To me the argument is a bit like saying: Well Charles Manson was a bit of a murdering git but at least he didn’t kill as many people as Pol Pot! Wtf dude?

And of course that bastard Hayward has walked away from the whole mess with a million quid bonus and a hefty 10 million pension top-up. It’s enough to make any reasonable human being be violently sick!

And President Obama – please stop referring to BP as “BRITISH Petroleum”. They merged with the yank mob Amocco over 10 years ago and it just makes you look like you are trying to side-step American responsibility for the disaster.