Yes, you are right, pipes, in fact, do leak; however, this is not some minor leak. Between 60,000 and 210,000 barrels of oil, 2.52 million gallons (9,539,237.69 million liters)and 8.82 million gallons (33,387,331.90 liters), are leaking into the Gulf of Mexico daily. The catastrophe arose from several dumb mistakes, as well as some "cost cutting measures" which were illegal in a lot of areas, but not in the U.S., where oil isn't as regulated. Superfluous amounts of wildlife, numerous species having recently recovered from near-extinction (brown pelicans, for one), live in that area of Louisiana and are washing up on the beaches covered in so much oil that you can't even identify what they are (they're dead when this happens, by the way).

Maybe you'll start to care when the gulf stream, one of the strongest currents in the world, pulls the oil around Florida and it begins migrating up the coast of North America, swings by Greenland and starts to hit Europe's coast (the UK being closer to us than continental countries).

Or, if you're still not moved, maybe you should post things about the oil spill where you'll not be read-- by this, I mean shut your mouth, because you sound stupid.

I'm nominating you for stupidest post of the week. I'll confer with Ghavrel and get back to you to let you know if you've won.