Of all the bad predictions and downright misinformation we’ve seen surrounding the Gulf oil spill, this one ranks pretty high: BP actually told the government last year that it was prepared to respond to a blowout flowing at 300,000 barrels per day — as much as 25 times the rate of the current spill.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=125791