As we have seen in many cases, disasters can be highly profitable for those who know in advance or "privileged few in the know" (PFitK). This is very clear from the pattern of massive selling by BP's directors and Goldman Sachs before the advent of an impending disaster. See A pattern of massive shares sell-off by BP directors prior to expected disasters.
Though hard to believe, there are many who would profit without hesitation upon the miseries of others. A mega-disaster like the BP's Oil Spill is one of those. Sometimes it is hard to say if a prescribed cure is supposed to make you feel better or improve the bottom line of the one prescribing it. Time will always tell, as it is revealing in the case of the BP Gulf Oil disaster.



