I only hope this oil spill fiasco will change people's mentalities over drilling and oil consumption. But I don't think most people are making the connection to their own oil consumption and the spill. https://solarchargeddriving.com/editors-blog/on-sun-a-fossil-fuels/372-as-oil-gushes-into-gulf-americans-snap-up-suvs.html
https://www.brasschecktv.com/page/890.html —Republican’s block full subpoena power for commission on gulf spill. Forget subpoena power BP and Goldman Sacks were Obamas main campaign supporters. Remember they had pieces of rubber gasket from the blowout preventor coming up out of the well...and they still chose to put salt water in the well and remove the mud. Basically this means that it was deliberate...no one could be that incompetent unless there was a major breakdown in communication across the board. Considering the way the cards are stacked a Gulf spill commission will not get any further than the damn 911 commission...might as well save the bucks and give em to the fishermen! This audio will tell you how far up the creek we are: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWT1H-Ac7WM —Gulf Oil Rig Explosion 1-6 Incompetence, Terrorism, Israel, Unidentified Submarine. Mark Dankof and Victor Thorn join the discussion to discuss the question "A case of incompetence or one of "an enemy hath done this"? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDzm80OTzwc Max Keiser Reveals "Put Options" Ties to BP's False Flag Oil Spill Event on Alex Jones Tv 1/5
While this is the most dramatic destruction of the environment by man we have seen. It still pales compared to the steady destruction of habitat, our pollution of the air and water with chemicals; our destruction of sea life; our massive man made extinctions and our destruction of forests especially in the last 60 years. Just one more nail in the coffin.
A bigger spill with less media hype? Hosted by Back to Google News Indonesia demands compensation for Timor Sea spill (AFP) – 20 hours ago JAKARTA — Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday demanded compensation for an oil spill off northwestern Australia that campaigners say destroyed fishermen's livelihoods. "Certainly we will carry out our responsibility to solve this problem. We'll propose a claim to the company causing the oil spill while maintaining good diplomatic relations with the governments of Australia and Thailand," he told a cabinet meeting. "What's clear is the company must give something as accountability for the incident," he said, adding that Indonesians affected should "receive decent compensation". The Thai-operated West Atlas rig dumped thousands of barrels of oil into the Timor Sea between the Indonesian archipelago and Australia after a leak began in August last year. The leaked has since been capped. Yudhoyono did not specify how much compensation Indonesia would seek from the rig, which is operated by PTTEP Australasia. Transportation Minister Freddy Numberi said the compensation sought must be backed by "scientific proof" that the affected areas have yet to recover, adding that the value of "direct losses" was around 500 billion rupiah (55 million dollars). Environmental group WWF says more than 400,000 litres (over 105,000 gallons) of oil have been spilt, generating a slick spanning 10,000-25,000 square kilometres (up to 9,650 square miles). The West Timor Care Foundation, which supports poor fishermen in eastern Indonesia, estimates the spill as even larger and says it has affected the livelihoods of some 18,000 fishermen. "Fish, dolphins and sea turtles were killed and the pollution posed health problems to the community. We don't know how long it will take to heal the ecosystem," said the group's head Ferdi Tanoni. WWF earlier said the spill was "one of Australia's biggest environmental disasters". Copyright © 2010 AFP. All rights reserved. More » Related articles Indonesia seeking compo over Timor oil spill ABC Online - 23 hours ago US to resume aid to controversial Indonesian army unit Los Angeles Times - 8 hours ago US to train Kopassus again ABC Online - 11 hours ago More coverage (1) » Add News to your Google Homepage Waxy substance in waters affected by the Montara oil rig leak in the Timor Sea Map ©2010 Google - About Google News - Blog - Help Center - Help for Publishers - Terms of Use - Privacy Policy - Google Home
. Some interesting comments... " Natural seeps in the Gulf of Mexico release more oil each year than even the most recent oil spill. Somehow, nature consumes this oil with only a few tar ball showing up on beaches..." https://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2010/07/not-particularly-surprising.html .
Looks like the latest case of overhyped hysteria has run its course.... " Remember the Exxon Valdez spill of 1989, which greens turned into the iconic indictment of the oil economy? Ten years on, researchers from American universities, research groups and government reviewed all the studies and concluded the spill hadn’t caused real long-term damage, even on the supposedly worst-hit species... ...The report warned people to check the claims of activists against the facts, “divorced from advocacy positions”. But who listened? ...Dr Simon Boxall, a marine pollution expert of Southampton University’s National Oceanography Centre, says the Gulf spill was just the equivalent of a drop in an Olympic-size pool anyway, and “for all but a tiny bit of the Gulf , it will be back to normal within a year”. Just in time for the next green scare. https://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun...il_but_the_slick_greens_who_should_scare_you/ .
Deep sea microbe populations are evolving in response to the Deepwater Horizon disaster, helping to digest the oil that continues to contaminate the Gulf of Mexico, according to a study published today (August 24) on the ScienceExpress website. [SIZE=-2]Bacteria on an oil drop (magnified 100x) Image: © Science/AAAS[/SIZE]The findings provide tantalizing clues that the ocean is evolving in a way that will help it heal from the massive spill, but it's still early days, said biogeochemist John Farrington of the School of Marine Science and Technology at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, who was not involved in the research. Read more: Microbes work to mop up oil - The Scientist - Magazine of the Life Sciences https://www.the-scientist.com/blog/display/57631/#ixzz0xZp05oF7