Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Did BP Predict its own downfall?

In the 1970s, BP decided to endorse a board game which was focused on offshore drilling. It was a strategic game which was made difficult by including various hazards, like rigs blowing up and massive clean up operations. As Gizmodo puts it, this would be funny if it wasn't real.

http://gizmodo.com/5580239/bp-foresaw-its-doom-in-1970s-offshore-oil-strike-board-game

The game was discontinued years ago, maybe that's why this spill is such a problem, perhaps some engineers from the 70s hid the solution in the game! So if you have this game sitting around your attic send it in and maybe you can help stop the current engineers find the solution.

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