Offshore Oil Drilling and the Oil Rig Disaster in the Gulf

Started by RiversideGator, April 30, 2008, 01:14:37 AM

Do you support Oil Drilling off of Florida's First Coast?

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BridgeTroll

#600
May 20, 2010, 03:24:36 PM
Exactly!  I cannot believe there is not more of call to shut down ALL the offshore rigs.  This WILL happen again...
In a boat at sea one of the men began to bore a hole in the bottom of the boat. On being remonstrating with, he answered, "I am only boring under my own seat." "Yes," said his companions, "but when the sea rushes in we shall all be drowned with you."

Lunican

#601
May 20, 2010, 05:57:49 PM
QuoteOil from ruptured rig spreads toward Florida

Thick oil pouring into the Gulf of Mexico has breached the fragile marshlands of Louisiana and appears to have been picked up by a powerful current that could carry it as far as Florida and Cuba.

Bobby Jindal, the Governor of Louisiana, witnessed the first signs of devastation on Wednesday, as thick globs of oil clung to plants in an area known for its biodiversity and delicate ecosystem. “This wasn’t tar balls. This wasn’t sheen,” he said. “The oil is here and the time to act is now.”

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article7131555.ece

thelakelander

#602
May 20, 2010, 11:18:26 PM
Go figure.....

QuoteAs Oil Begins Clogging Marshes, BP Admits Leak Bigger Than It Said

NEW ORLEANS | BP conceded today that more oil than it estimated is gushing into the Gulf of Mexico as heavy crude washed into Louisiana's wetlands for the first time, feeding worries and uncertainty about the massive monthlong spill.

Mark Proegler, a spokesman for oil giant BP PLC, said a mile-long tube inserted into a leaking pipe over the weekend is now capturing 210,000 gallons a day â€" the total amount the company and the Coast Guard have estimated is gushing into the sea â€" but some is still escaping. He would not say how much.

Several professors who have watched video of the leak have already said they believe the amount gushing out is much higher than the official estimates.

Proegler said the 210,000 gallons â€" 5,000 barrels â€" has always been just an estimate because there is no way of measuring how much is gushing from the seafloor.

full article: http://www.theledger.com/article/20100520/NEWS/100529992/1410?Title=As-Oil-Begins-Clogging-Marshes-BP-Admits-Leak-Bigger-Than-It-Said
"A man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life." - Muhammad Ali

Bostech

#603
May 21, 2010, 12:07:10 AM
Like I said previously,that thing is gushing oil at least at 30-70,000 barrels a day,which on low end is producing Exxon-Valdez spill every 9 days and possibly every 4 days.
We are talking minimum of 4 Exxon-Valdez spills by now.
That doesn't include chemicals they have been throwing in spill since beginning to disappear oil from showing on surface.
Toxic soup that will be impossible to cleanup.



Legalize Marijuana,I need something to calm me down after I watch Fox News.

If Jesus was alive today,Republicans would call him gay and Democrats would put him on food stamps.

Timkin

#604
May 21, 2010, 12:30:43 AM
Its horrible..  On another forum I was criticized for being "hysterical" ..on this one, one of my comments about this possibly being catasrophic and the effects, possibly forever, was just maybe a bit "over the top" ..

When I look at these shores , and the huge amount of oil pouring out into the Gulf, and the uncertainty of just exactly what is to come because of this , frankly its hard not to get emotional about it.

  I do not care what industry it is ....When the safety of a worker is at stake and their lives on the line.. If a company knows there is a problem and does nothing about it, and something on this magnatude happens,  IT SHOULD COST THEM EVERYTHING.   I honestly am not trying to be negative about this, and trying to find the positives.

If it takes the company 20 years to get to everything that is out there that can possibly be rectified ( obviously not all of it can be cleaned up) they should do it.  Loss of life and then the ensuing mess is inexcusible . Safety measures should be implimented before any further disasters strike.. If we are not too late already.

Its sad to fathom a company can be so cruel , to know there is a problem and not inform employees.  We are in a sad state of affairs when this becomes policy.

I personally have thought all along , that more oil is pouring out , than theyre saying. If there are these large pockets of it in the Water, why are they not extracting that out, instead of letting it spread.. Is there a shortage of oil tankers? I doubt it.

  I firmly believe more could be done to extract the crude out of the water.. If BP has to suck it all up and go to expense to seperate sea water from crude oil , they should.


Sad situation.  No other way to look at it ..

thelakelander

#607
May 21, 2010, 11:14:59 PM
"A man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life." - Muhammad Ali

Jim

#608
May 21, 2010, 11:42:20 PM
Not to make light of the disaster or mock those communities and habitats affected by the spill but it does appear that the same geological and oceanic circumstances that protect us from hurricanes will spare our beaches and rivers from the oil spill.

Bostech

#609
May 22, 2010, 01:26:24 AM
So Southpark was right..in episode Snuke,behind terrorist attack were actually British who wanted to attack US by sea.
We had  Times square bombing and then british platform blows up and creates ecological disaster.

Legalize Marijuana,I need something to calm me down after I watch Fox News.

If Jesus was alive today,Republicans would call him gay and Democrats would put him on food stamps.

NotNow

#610
May 22, 2010, 12:04:48 PM
Brits!
Deo adjuvante non timendum

CS Foltz

#611
May 22, 2010, 04:31:28 PM
This whole episode makes me wonder why "Oil Ingesting Bacteria" has not been introduced? I see plenty of dispersants (EPA says change flavors to something less toxic) and booms ,which are just retention devices, but thats about it...............there are Oil eating micro-organisms so what the hell is the deal? They need to be doing all within their powers (BP/Feds/State and anyone else who can come up with a solution!)

Midway ®

#612
May 22, 2010, 09:56:35 PM
Oil Ingesting bacteria?

You mean Rush Limbaugh, Glen Beck, and Sean Hannity?

Timkin

#613
May 22, 2010, 11:57:45 PM
There apparently are oil-eating microbes.   and they should be dumping traincar loads of them in to this mess.

It never crossed my mind that the Brits would try to destroy us like this??????????

Timkin

#614
May 22, 2010, 11:58:40 PM
and as much crude as there is in the water,.,seems some of that could be suctioned up out of the ocean.
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