Comments on: About negative comments appearing on BP station venues in Foursquare http://www.jjprojects.com/2010/06/03/about-negative-comments-appearing-on-bp-station-venues-in-foursquare/ our social web: news and opinion from John Johnston on the state of the social media. Sat, 20 Aug 2011 02:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: jjprojects http://www.jjprojects.com/2010/06/03/about-negative-comments-appearing-on-bp-station-venues-in-foursquare/comment-page-1/#comment-3987 jjprojects Fri, 04 Jun 2010 08:39:34 +0000 http://www.jjprojects.com/?p=2394#comment-3987 Yes, I totally agree about the real problem being oil, not just one oil company. As long as we use oil in huge quantities there will be spills; perhaps more because oil is becoming more difficult to find and drill for.<br><br>We all use oil every day in so many products we use - from petrol to plastics to even food production. We need to find and scale clean alternatives to really fix this problem. It WILL happen again, and it could just as well be another company. Yes, I totally agree about the real problem being oil, not just one oil company. As long as we use oil in huge quantities there will be spills; perhaps more because oil is becoming more difficult to find and drill for.

We all use oil every day in so many products we use – from petrol to plastics to even food production. We need to find and scale clean alternatives to really fix this problem. It WILL happen again, and it could just as well be another company.

]]> By: Nathan Lee http://www.jjprojects.com/2010/06/03/about-negative-comments-appearing-on-bp-station-venues-in-foursquare/comment-page-1/#comment-3986 Nathan Lee Fri, 04 Jun 2010 08:31:20 +0000 http://www.jjprojects.com/?p=2394#comment-3986 Misdirected disgust really. Those service stations are owned by people as a franchise most likely.. So boycotting individual service stations is just screwing a family business.<br><br>The real problem is oil full stop. BP appears to be the scapegoat for everyone's guilt about screwing up the environment. Even if BP disappears, all that means is one of the other oil companies gets a fire sale discount on their rigs/drilling contracts/equipment/staff etc. The problem is still that we are digging up the awful stuff. Misdirected disgust really. Those service stations are owned by people as a franchise most likely.. So boycotting individual service stations is just screwing a family business.

The real problem is oil full stop. BP appears to be the scapegoat for everyone's guilt about screwing up the environment. Even if BP disappears, all that means is one of the other oil companies gets a fire sale discount on their rigs/drilling contracts/equipment/staff etc. The problem is still that we are digging up the awful stuff.

]]> By: jjprojects http://www.jjprojects.com/2010/06/03/about-negative-comments-appearing-on-bp-station-venues-in-foursquare/comment-page-1/#comment-3989 jjprojects Fri, 04 Jun 2010 08:20:48 +0000 http://www.jjprojects.com/?p=2394#comment-3989 Yes, and I think that is just the beginning. This is going to go on for a long time. As they say there "landfall is becoming more frequent, and the effects more evident." Yes, and I think that is just the beginning. This is going to go on for a long time. As they say there “landfall is becoming more frequent, and the effects more evident.”

]]> By: moldor http://www.jjprojects.com/2010/06/03/about-negative-comments-appearing-on-bp-station-venues-in-foursquare/comment-page-1/#comment-3988 moldor Fri, 04 Jun 2010 08:12:30 +0000 http://www.jjprojects.com/?p=2394#comment-3988 Oh, and if you think this is "no big deal", see here: <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/06/caught_in_the_oil.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/06/caught...</a> Oh, and if you think this is “no big deal”, see here: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/06/caught...

]]> By: moldor http://www.jjprojects.com/2010/06/03/about-negative-comments-appearing-on-bp-station-venues-in-foursquare/comment-page-1/#comment-3990 moldor Fri, 04 Jun 2010 08:11:47 +0000 http://www.jjprojects.com/?p=2394#comment-3990 If we, the public, don't al least SHOW our disgust at BP's lack of decisive action, this could go on for years... Join here -> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/#%21/group.php?gid=108375682542494" rel="nofollow">http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=108375...</a> If we, the public, don't al least SHOW our disgust at BP's lack of decisive action, this could go on for years… Join here -> http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=108375…

]]> By: jjprojects http://www.jjprojects.com/2010/06/03/about-negative-comments-appearing-on-bp-station-venues-in-foursquare/comment-page-1/#comment-3921 jjprojects Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:39:34 +0000 http://www.jjprojects.com/?p=2394#comment-3921 Yes, I totally agree about the real problem being oil, not just one oil company. As long as we use oil in huge quantities there will be spills; perhaps more because oil is becoming more difficult to find and drill for.<br><br>We all use oil every day in so many products we use - from petrol to plastics to even food production. We need to find and scale clean alternatives to really fix this problem. It WILL happen again, and it could just as well be another company. Yes, I totally agree about the real problem being oil, not just one oil company. As long as we use oil in huge quantities there will be spills; perhaps more because oil is becoming more difficult to find and drill for.

We all use oil every day in so many products we use – from petrol to plastics to even food production. We need to find and scale clean alternatives to really fix this problem. It WILL happen again, and it could just as well be another company.

]]> By: Nathan Lee http://www.jjprojects.com/2010/06/03/about-negative-comments-appearing-on-bp-station-venues-in-foursquare/comment-page-1/#comment-3920 Nathan Lee Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:31:20 +0000 http://www.jjprojects.com/?p=2394#comment-3920 Misdirected disgust really. Those service stations are owned by people as a franchise most likely.. So boycotting individual service stations is just screwing a family business.<br><br>The real problem is oil full stop. BP appears to be the scapegoat for everyone's guilt about screwing up the environment. Even if BP disappears, all that means is one of the other oil companies gets a fire sale discount on their rigs/drilling contracts/equipment/staff etc. The problem is still that we are digging up the awful stuff. Misdirected disgust really. Those service stations are owned by people as a franchise most likely.. So boycotting individual service stations is just screwing a family business.

The real problem is oil full stop. BP appears to be the scapegoat for everyone's guilt about screwing up the environment. Even if BP disappears, all that means is one of the other oil companies gets a fire sale discount on their rigs/drilling contracts/equipment/staff etc. The problem is still that we are digging up the awful stuff.

]]> By: jjprojects http://www.jjprojects.com/2010/06/03/about-negative-comments-appearing-on-bp-station-venues-in-foursquare/comment-page-1/#comment-3918 jjprojects Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:20:48 +0000 http://www.jjprojects.com/?p=2394#comment-3918 Yes, and I think that is just the beginning. This is going to go on for a long time. As they say there "landfall is becoming more frequent, and the effects more evident." Yes, and I think that is just the beginning. This is going to go on for a long time. As they say there “landfall is becoming more frequent, and the effects more evident.”

]]> By: moldor http://www.jjprojects.com/2010/06/03/about-negative-comments-appearing-on-bp-station-venues-in-foursquare/comment-page-1/#comment-3916 moldor Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:12:30 +0000 http://www.jjprojects.com/?p=2394#comment-3916 Oh, and if you think this is "no big deal", see here: <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/06/caught_in_the_oil.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/06/caught...</a> Oh, and if you think this is “no big deal”, see here: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/06/caught...

]]> By: moldor http://www.jjprojects.com/2010/06/03/about-negative-comments-appearing-on-bp-station-venues-in-foursquare/comment-page-1/#comment-3917 moldor Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:11:47 +0000 http://www.jjprojects.com/?p=2394#comment-3917 If we, the public, don't al least SHOW our disgust at BP's lack of decisive action, this could go on for years... Join here -> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/#%21/group.php?gid=108375682542494" rel="nofollow">http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=108375...</a> If we, the public, don't al least SHOW our disgust at BP's lack of decisive action, this could go on for years… Join here -> http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=108375…

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