I cant believe this BP shit..

And the methane being released into the water along with the oil seems to be just as big a problem -- if not worse:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/18/gulf-oil-full-of-methane_n_616963.html

The oil emanating from the seafloor contains about 40 percent methane, compared with about 5 percent found in typical oil deposits, said John Kessler, a Texas A&M University oceanographer who is studying the impact of methane from the spill.
That means huge quantities of methane have entered the Gulf, scientists say, potentially suffocating marine life and creating "dead zones" where oxygen is so depleted that nothing lives.
"This is the most vigorous methane eruption in modern human history," Kessler said.

 

We've known for decades that we had to stop being hooked on crude. But republicans hadn't lost their addiction to wealth and privilege yet so they made sure that that couldn't happen.

So fate is intervening. It's always much more painful when fate is forced to take the whip.

 

Thanks for posting the link, informative article.

 

It's also totally indiscriminate...

It's going to fuck us all up.

 

Is anyone else FREAKED out about this? I find myself constantly thinking about this shit. I am so down...I left work today so fucking depressed.
I mean, will future generations even know what a pristine beautiful beach is? No one can say how this will play out, the long term effects. So fucked up...

 

It isn't over yet... that's the problem...

With Katrina, it was boom it happened, then there was the aftermath to deal with...

With this, everyone's trying to play catch up just to get started... and it's not working...

 

orison...I fucking love your crazy ass

 

What's frustrating/confusing to me is that, although it's huge, it seems like such a simple fix. A plumbing problem. You have a leaky faucet, you shove something in it until you can fix it. You "rig" it until you can stop it. We need a roll of duct tape the size of the Empire State Building. We need MacGyver and some chewing gum, a hairpin, and a belt buckle.

I'm just baffled that you can't stick a big fat hose over this thing and just collect what's coming out. And I am of course ignorant of all the engineering and physics of the problem: that's why it's so depressing, I guess.

 

well if there are fissures in the ocean floor now thats a whole different ball game, and you know its probably way worse than what we have been told

 

How will that stop the oil that is pushing up around where the well is?

If that ROV vid was real and there is oil pushing up almost 60 feet out, they would need to cap an area of at least 120 feet across...

 

I would really like to go to the gulf and help clean up this summer. I can't believe something like this is happening so close to peoples and animals homes. It is very sad.

 

Is is sad and scary. I am really sick of it being refered to as a spill...its a fucking volcano. It is not stopping. This is just the start.
All the poor animals/marine life/birds

 

I read an article in the NYT interviewing an engineer who says they should detonate a bomb on site, destroying the well and covering it with tons of rock. Sounds ludicrous, but he says Russia has done this several times in the past, and that it's probably not on the table as an option because BP does not want to destroy the well. Why? Because they probably still think it can be salvaged for future oil collection.

 

No. They don't think that. This well is gonna bankrupt them. They'd be glad if it was destroyed.

 

That makes sense to me, too. I was paraphrasing the engineer. Here are his words when asked why this hasn't been done (because he makes a very compelling case):

"I'm very skeptical about why we haven't done it. I think the reason is that when the oil companies are in charge of bringing the solutions to the table, they are going to advocate solutions that allow them to continue recovering the oil."

 

WHAT DID I DO?????






Oooohhh, you said BP shit, my bad I thought you said PB shit.

 

have you thought of volunteering now on a local level? people and animals are in need everywhere around you <3

 

I do, do a lot of volunteering at an animal shelter near me. Those animals are in better shape though then the ones down in the gulf.

 

that's great. yes it is so hard to see