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Gulf Oil Spill 2010

Re: Gulf Oil Spill 2010

ScoobyDoo said:
Here we go again.

This is America **** it. There is an American company out there who can drill this **** from two miles deep and do it safely. I'm sick of this crap. When did this country start being about oh well, and we can't do it safe, and spills happen, and blah blah blah.

We can do it clean.

We can do it safe.

And we can make a profit at it.

BP has failed at its responsibility to the human race. Time to find someone who's willing to do things right.
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I don't disagree, BP should be fined into the dark ages. Won't happen, we both know it. This has gone from suck to a tragedy. Any one who watches that video of the oil spewing from the broken pipe who isn't POed at this whole mess is crazy. I'm apt to see the oil at my house before the summer starts. Hopefully they implement some new regs so this doesn't happen again but that doesn't mean Cuba is going to or etc, which was my point.
 
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walrus said:
I'm apt to see the oil at my house before the summer starts.
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Haven't been following this closely the last few days, but I heard the oil was making an unwelcome appearance at the Florida Keys?

I guess at this point it's Atlantic Coast or bust . . . :(
 
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amherstblackbear said:
Haven't been following this closely the last few days, but I heard the oil was making an unwelcome appearance at the Florida Keys?

I guess at this point it's Atlantic Coast or bust . . . :(
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When it hits the gulf stream its a done deal, the whole east coast is in trouble. Their is some Gulf loop current that connects to the Gulf stream and its close to sending it up
 
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walrus said:
When it hits the gulf stream its a done deal, the whole east coast is in trouble. Their is some Gulf loop current that connects to the Gulf stream and its close to sending it up
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It hit the loop current already, but the one possible saving grace is that the loop current looks like it is about to shed an eddy which should help delay the trip to the keys. If it doesn't shed an eddy, it could be in the keys within 3 weeks....
 
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huskyfan said:
tarballs are washing up on Key West. :( :mad:
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There are 3,500 Oil Rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. Thousands more tankers and boats offload oil each day in the Gulf. Doubtful that a few tar balls in Key West came from the Deepwater Horizon, just yet.

There are also many abandoned rigs in the Gulf that have scuttled because they weren't profitable, ran dry, were damaged in storms or came up empty.
 
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dggoddard said:
There are 3,500 Oil Rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. Thousands more tankers and boats offload oil each day in the Gulf. Doubtful that a few tar balls in Key West came from the Deepwater Horizon, just yet.

There are also many abandoned rigs in the Gulf that have scuttled because they weren't profitable, ran dry, were damaged in storms or came up empty.
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I'd say it is definitely not.
 
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dggoddard said:
There are 3,500 Oil Rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. Thousands more tankers and boats offload oil each day in the Gulf. Doubtful that a few tar balls in Key West came from the Deepwater Horizon, just yet.

There are also many abandoned rigs in the Gulf that have scuttled because they weren't profitable, ran dry, were damaged in storms or came up empty.
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That's good news, I guess.

Also a reminder that, historically, intentional ocean oil pollution from tankers cleaning their holding tanks with seawater has FAR outpaced the volume of oil pollution from accidental spills.

In other words, we've been treating the ocean like a toilet bowl long before Deepwater Horizon...
 
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amherstblackbear said:
In other words, we've been treating the ocean like a toilet bowl long before Deepwater Horizon...
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The State of Maine thinks its great when cruise ships come into Bar Harbor. When they leave the Lobsterman have to clean toilet paper off their ropes when they pull traps
 
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the tarballs in Key West were NOT from the oil spill. just random tarballs. (***?) it will take several days or maybe weeks before the current would move it to the Keys. sorry for the mis info. got it out of the Key West Citizen.
they are not real buttoned down in the Keys. :)
 
Re: Gulf Oil Spill 2010

blockski said:
It's OK everybody, Kevin Costner is here to save the day:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-oil-spill-hollywood-20100521,0,2351299.story
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Oh. Oil separators. Let's see, 2M gallons per day will take..carry the 2...700 million years to clean the gulf. Of course, you really don't have to clean the whole thing - probably 5% at the very most, so that gets it down to a reasonable 36 million years. Awesome.

I thought maybe they were going to do something useful like jam his ego into the wellhead. Now that might work.
 
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LynahFan said:
Oh. Oil separators. Let's see, 2M gallons per day will take..carry the 2...700 million years to clean the gulf. Of course, you really don't have to clean the whole thing - probably 5% at the very most, so that gets it down to a reasonable 36 million years. Awesome.

I thought maybe they were going to do something useful like jam his ego into the wellhead. Now that might work.
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So he should not help or even try then...gotcha.

And yes, that is exactly what your snark implied.
 
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LynahFan said:
Oh. Oil separators. Let's see, 2M gallons per day will take..carry the 2...700 million years to clean the gulf. Of course, you really don't have to clean the whole thing - probably 5% at the very most, so that gets it down to a reasonable 36 million years. Awesome.

I thought maybe they were going to do something useful like jam his ego into the wellhead. Now that might work.
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Well, might something like this be useful on a small-scale basis in some of the marshes and bayous?

I have no idea, I'm just asking. I found the idea that Costner has the magic solution to be pretty funny myself, but that doesn't mean it's completely useless.
 
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I'm sorry, when did environmental catastrophes become left/right issues?

I know it's always been this bad. I just wish I could take a time machine back to 1912 to hear the liberal response to the Titanic sinking or how the Republicans started the 1918 flu epidemic.
 
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Handyman said:
So he should not help or even try then...gotcha.

And yes, that is exactly what your snark implied.
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His effort would be far more useful in PR - getting other people to donate money for the cleanup, etc. That, I would not snark at at all.
 
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LynahFan said:
His effort would be far more useful in PR - getting other people to donate money for the cleanup, etc. That, I would not snark at at all.
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No, this is too easy a shot to take. Obviously an actor putting his name on a project is just that -- using fame to generate PR for a good cause. If he puts in some skin so much the better. Nobody's saying he's Hedy Lamarr.
 
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