Offshore Oil Drilling and the Oil Rig Disaster in the Gulf

[CS Foltz]

JC .....I disagree! Any impact in the Gulf region will raise the price of fuel or be used to raise the price! Big Oil has shown they like the profits and if they can't get them one way, they have many ways to do so! Shortage or a reduction in refinery capacity or whatever!

[Timkin]

totally agree CS..  Here we are almost a month after this first happened,, 3 seperate ideas on how to contain this , and none of which have worked, Hurricane season approaching,,,and yes.. it may just be me, But I think the price at the pump is climbing .... and the environmental impact this will have for a long long time to come , to me is the saddest part of all.

[Lunican]

Near the end of this video you can see the containment dome clearly not working.

http://www.youtube.com/v/2JTM2QyAfCI&hl=en_US&fs=1&

[JC]

JC .....I disagree! Any impact in the Gulf region will raise the price of fuel or be used to raise the price! Big Oil has shown they like the profits and if they can't get them one way, they have many ways to do so! Shortage or a reduction in refinery capacity or whatever!

Oh, I think it should cost $10.00 a gallon at the pump but dude wasn't talking about price increases, he was talking about the impact the oil will have on the region's ecology.  I realize in rereading my op I wasn't specific enough but you can disagree with him, they aren't my views, although I see his point.  

[Timkin]

Near the end of this video you can see the containment dome clearly not working.

http://www.youtube.com/v/2JTM2QyAfCI&hl=en_US&fs=1&

A similar spill occured some time ago off of Australia and in that instance  , oil bled in to the sea for 10 weeks ..

I think the biggest problem is the depth of water this is in , with respect to fixing the leak ...not exactly accessible for humans....  I hope this next method using the smaller pipe to put in the larger and sealing it off at the end with concrete, works.

[Bostech]

Its amazing how casually Fox News is reporting about oil spill,they got Gulf oil spill under segment "Around world in 60 seconds".
If BP spilled a corn they would be all over it.

[keywest09]

You can tune into http://www.us1radio.com/ here in The Florida Keys to learn more about what we are doing down here in The Florida Keys.  If the oil has got into the current loop then we could be doomed here in The Florida Keys.  The hotel's and the restaurants are being effected by this spill and it is not even near us at the moment.   We already had a hard winter with fish dying from the cold weather.   All of this just breaks my heart!  We can go back and fourth as to who fought it is, but it is not going to change what will happen to the environment, wildlife and fishlife, and human life!

[keywest09]

spill may have entered major current flowing toward Florida Keys |

http://blog.al.com/live/2010/05/oil_spill_may_have_entered_maj.htmlOil

Other Info on the Oil Spill

www.keysspill.com

[CS Foltz]

Gentlemen I agree! If that well were in production, it tis but a drop in the bucket for sure! The enviromental aspects though will be with us for a long long time! Clean up will never get every drop......I could use the Exxon Valdez as an example...........to this day, they still have oil in places it should not be! BP can say what they want but common sense says............you can not clean it totally up no matter what! If it is getting into the Gulf Stream it can be spread from Southwest Pass to New York and all of the points in between and that is not good for the tourism industry and all of the wildlife and protected area's not to mention those who depend on fishing for their livelyhood! Bad situation for all involved!

[Timkin]

And there are some , that would have you belive this is no big deal.. It is a huge big deal and the long-term effects.... who knows how long ....are not going to be good .

[Bostech]

Looks fine to me.

[keywest09]

Well, as you all know.  The time has come.  I live a block away from  Fort Zachary Taylor  were the 20 tar balls were found along the shore.

[Timkin]

Sad stuff indeed.   And even if BP puts the best steps forward to clean this up, along with Haliburton and Deepwater Horizon there is no way they can get it all cleaned up.  Florida could well be forever changed and when it comes to the tourist industry, forever ruined.

[buckethead]

I doubt Florida will be forever ruined.

There may be some fallout but "forever ruined" seems just a bit over the top.

[CS Foltz]

You guys are looking at the situation in the wrong light! We should be thanking BP for the oppertunity to create a new business.............Beach Cleanup! That should be a going concern for about the next 59 years or so! Makes me wonder just how BP plans on financing this.......but hay $6 Billion Dollars in profit last quarter was posted so I would guess they can afford it right?