They had to fabricate all kinds of gear that had never been made before. This was a herculean effort by 100's of the most skilled deepwater engineers in the world, and they actually did it in record time. This was not a small task, it would normally take months to pull something like this off.

Actually - that's almost exactly it. Right there. If it is shown that this resulted from systemic faults or negligence on the part of BP management, and is something that results from decisions of the "Very High Up" - i.e. safety shortcuts, speed at the expense of safe(er) procedures, known faults with safety equipment and/or a culture of "get it done fast".

Things that management knew about, condoned, encouraged or "looked the other way", then I believe we should hold the CEO and entire personally responsible. That is (one of the many things) that is wrong with corporate culture in the world now. All the profits and percs of a "human" and none of the responsibility. I think if the CEO and board of corporations were held personally responsible then we'd see a lot less screwing of the public. I'm all for that and the "corporate death penalty".

If you were the CEO of said trucking company, and encouraged or looked the other way when your drivers were falsifying log books, driving extra hours, and ignoring the safety concerns of your maintenance contractor, and your tired driver plowed into a shopping mall with a tanker truck of propane because he was tired, then yes I DO hold you responsible. If that's not the case, and the guy was just an idiot or had too many tacos at lunch and got distracted, then no.

I generally consider myself to lean libertarian - but what we have now in the US is too many cases of privatizing profits and socializing losses/screwups - and that to me is the worst of all worlds.

If they are comparing efficiency to a "Standard" fuel injected gas engine, I can buy it. This appears to be a GDI engine, i.e. diesel, with no throttle. This is well known to reduce pumping losses, and could be worth 20% gain right there. Add in the possibility of added efficiency from HCCI and it just might be "plausible". It does sound an awful lot like the GDI technology already in use by VW and Toyota however, just with the added twist of injecting the fuel as a hot gas.

Wow, how did I not see that Courtney Love letter before. From 2000! I think I just gained a pile of respect for her, that was quite forward looking for 10 years ago.

Someone someplace must have access to get a copy of this DVD and slap it out on BT for all to see. Sounds crazy, but it does make a lot of sense in the context of some of the risks of being fully out. I am one of the "strange" on here that prefer to NOT be put out, ever. I never have, and hope to never be. I worry about the risks, and honestly just don't want to be "unplugged" for fear that I won't "reboot" properly. I know, irrational... However, I have had dental surgery without being out, several minor but large skin operations, and will be having another soon on my eyelid. I don't intend to be put out for that either. Just Novocaine please.... I admit, if having open heart surgery, Id have to consider it. But as long as they looped me up good on some Xanax or similar, and gave me the epidural, I think I could handle it. Look at the picture on the Wired article, that guy is definitely looped...

I just posted the same idea but you beat me to it by 1 second... Seem so simple.

Although I agree the investment is probably not worth it at most airports, at places like the big 3 in NYC, O'Hare, Boston, etc, it would be fairly easy to put a "peoplemover" at the exit to the concourse. I.e. get on the moving belt, ride out of the exit door. To "accidentally" go the wrong way would be HIGHLY unlikely. They already have these things all over the airports, just install a few (side by side?) at the exits. Let the guards and cameras sit there and watch. Hell, a camera could use motion detection to flag/alarm if it detected a "person" or object going the wrong way any significant distance....

I just read through that entire thing, and seems to me this is a really good and well thought-out coloring book about general disasters and helping young kids cope. The cover is really the only thing that's 9/11 related - and if you look, even that is just ONE part of the disasters represented. I think this is clearly yet another example of overzealous political correctness - i.e. pussification.