Ok, on the "what if"s" again...what happens when BP's stock bottoms out to the point of bankruptcy? What happens to the project when those in charge at BP are planning their criminal defense cases (they might be worried more about themselves at that point)? And civil suits (eleven people died the night it blew)?
Who pays for this mess if they run out of money before it's plugged and cleaned up?
Oh yeah...us. And in more ways than one...