news.nationalgeographic.com— Other than a few orange tubes encircling a sandbar southwest of Louisiana's Chandeleur Islands, there's no sign anything's amiss.
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Well you do use oil don’t you? We need to get it from somewhere. Either we drill domestically or we import it from another country where they will drill for it.
Its not that easy unfortunately. The seal on the reservoir is broken(imagine putting a pin hole in a water balloon that is encased in several meters of cotton wool) so even it the well is collapsed the reservoir will still seep out and the oil will migrate to the surface but over a much wider area instead and it will be near impossible to contain.If the rig was still intact lots more could be done but with the rig sinking the options are limited.
You act as if people have done more harm to the world than anything else and that only humans are capable of killing wildlife in huge numbers. Unfortunately for those who have such huge egos about the capabilities of humans, the world and the universe have outdone any damage humans have done to the planet by magnitudes and frankly doesn't care what humans do on the planet. The earth has taken far worse than us fungus on the surface of this globe has done in stride. Instead of blaming humans and basically implying that we should kill ourselves off, the better direction would be what we can do to adapt to a changing world that will change dramatically no matter what attempts we make to try to keep things the same.
Aren't drilling, logging, and mining regulations controlled by the state? I mean its not like the rest of the country has committed the south to exploit all their natural resources. You guys vote to do this s**t and then blame at us when it goes wrong? Yea it sucks, but perhaps you should look to educate your peers and organize groups to stop corporations from raping your land and sea rather than complaining to the rest of the nation about it.
The dead zone that will be left by this massive (and continuing) leak should be called the "Cheney zone."As of 5/5/10, there's about 3.15 MILLION GALLONS of oil in the gulf of Mexico... and it's still gushing.Republicans have fought (for at least about 30 years) against regulations of nearly all kinds, and especially against those that would protect the environment.I took me about 4 minutes to post this... that's about 583 more gallons of oil in the gulf.
This is extremely devastating. This story seems to be understating the severity of the situation.From Democracy Now: "The New York Times reports a senior BP executive told a closed-door Congressional briefing that a ruptured oil well could be spewing as many 60,000 barrels of oil a day." that is 12 x the 5,000 barrel estimate.42 gallons in a barrel. 42 x 60,000 = 2,520,000 gallons of oil a DAY. Possibly. Exxon Valdez was a spill of 11 million gallons of crude.And we have no idea how much oil is down there!
timthetaxmanMay 5, 2010
Well you do use oil don’t you? We need to get it from somewhere. Either we drill domestically or we import it from another country where they will drill for it.
warriorscotMay 5, 2010
Its not that easy unfortunately. The seal on the reservoir is broken(imagine putting a pin hole in a water balloon that is encased in several meters of cotton wool) so even it the well is collapsed the reservoir will still seep out and the oil will migrate to the surface but over a much wider area instead and it will be near impossible to contain.If the rig was still intact lots more could be done but with the rig sinking the options are limited.
sangjmoonMay 5, 2010
You act as if people have done more harm to the world than anything else and that only humans are capable of killing wildlife in huge numbers. Unfortunately for those who have such huge egos about the capabilities of humans, the world and the universe have outdone any damage humans have done to the planet by magnitudes and frankly doesn't care what humans do on the planet. The earth has taken far worse than us fungus on the surface of this globe has done in stride. Instead of blaming humans and basically implying that we should kill ourselves off, the better direction would be what we can do to adapt to a changing world that will change dramatically no matter what attempts we make to try to keep things the same.
1badMay 5, 2010
Aren't drilling, logging, and mining regulations controlled by the state? I mean its not like the rest of the country has committed the south to exploit all their natural resources. You guys vote to do this s**t and then blame at us when it goes wrong? Yea it sucks, but perhaps you should look to educate your peers and organize groups to stop corporations from raping your land and sea rather than complaining to the rest of the nation about it.
Closed AccountMay 5, 2010
AT&T needs some aloe for that BURN!
Closed AccountMay 5, 2010
We don't know if the earth will handle this just fine. Easy to say that now when 250,000 gallons of oil are still gushing on a daily basis.
stradenkoMay 5, 2010
Without plankton, how can we have our Soylent Green?
kronck2May 5, 2010
my bad man....When I was in Maui they were on the list as jelly fish and seemed to fit the description.
authoredMay 6, 2010
The dead zone that will be left by this massive (and continuing) leak should be called the "Cheney zone."As of 5/5/10, there's about 3.15 MILLION GALLONS of oil in the gulf of Mexico... and it's still gushing.Republicans have fought (for at least about 30 years) against regulations of nearly all kinds, and especially against those that would protect the environment.I took me about 4 minutes to post this... that's about 583 more gallons of oil in the gulf.
decetMay 6, 2010
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prosciencevoterMay 6, 2010
This is extremely devastating. This story seems to be understating the severity of the situation.From Democracy Now: "The New York Times reports a senior BP executive told a closed-door Congressional briefing that a ruptured oil well could be spewing as many 60,000 barrels of oil a day." that is 12 x the 5,000 barrel estimate.42 gallons in a barrel. 42 x 60,000 = 2,520,000 gallons of oil a DAY. Possibly. Exxon Valdez was a spill of 11 million gallons of crude.And we have no idea how much oil is down there!