BP Oil Spill

[nikond70s]

theres a lot more going on then what you see and hear on the media. from my research it does look like it was intentionally from BP. why? according to my research Halliburton profit has dropped nearly 46% due to lack of overseas drilling. 8 days before the spill hallburton bought boots-n-coots oil clean up company. weeks before the spill BP chief tony haywards sold shares for millions of dollars. coincedence? you be the judge.BP even had a fake clean up crew to temporarily clean the oil...and when i say temporarily i mean it litterally. its hard to believe sure...but the dots are connecting...theres other more info's but too lazy to dig them up. just do your own research. if your gonna rely on the media...good luck with that. this is another false flag that horrible went WRONG. and of course its all about money.

source:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6965173.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...yward-sold-shares-weeks-before-oil-spill.html

 

[Pharaoh]

Just so you all know. I submitted the bladder idea for consideration. I'm gonna be famous for saving the Gulf!

 

[GudEnuf]

Some of it evaporates and the parts that does not are eaten and digested by microbes. Mercifully some of us advanced their knowledge beyond third grade

 

[knifegill]

Given enough time it will completely disappear from view,

Thank goodness. All we have to do is close our eyes and the centuries of environmental decay ahead of us will just not happen. You're my hero!

 

[Knowdafish]

Thank goodness. All we have to do is close our eyes and the centuries of environmental decay ahead of us will just not happen. You're my hero!

Centuries? I guess you've never heard of Alaska or the Exxon Valdez?

 

[nugpuffer]

now? Yea, but back then everyone believed BP would do whatever it took to seal the leak. Now we have learned they are trying to save any oil possible for the future. That's why they won't permanently seal it "

No, the problem is that the leak cannot be stopped until the relief wells have been completed and the well sealed from the bottom up. The failure of the top kill procedure lends notion to the fact that the underlying well casing is fractured - that is, the well structure supporting the riser, BOP, etc. This is also supported by the fact that BP is allowing more oil to leak out of the pipe, in order to relieve pressure on the damaged well walls below the sea floor. As the oil flows though cracks in the well walls, it slowly but surely erodes them away, and eventually they will collapse entirely. If you've noticed, the ROV's now sport inclinometers to assess the integrity of the well structure - and for good reason. If the structure collapses before the relief wells are complete, then the leak will be literally unstoppable. If this were to happen, the underground well would bleed out until the pressures equalize, potentially spilling 1.5+ billion barrels of oil into the gulf.

This is why you can't just "plug the hole".

Some of it evaporates and the parts that does not are eaten and digested by microbes.

On a side note, oil that evaporates releases toxic (cancer causing) benzene gas. Additionally, as oil is broken down by microbes, it depletes the oxygen supply in the water, making it uninhabitable for other marine life.

 

[youngbuckfl]

Centuries? I guess you've never heard of Alaska or the Exxon Valdez?

yea we have and yes centuries and they r still finding oil in the ground from it all over alaska.

Despite the extensive cleanup attempts, less than ten percent of the oil was recoveredhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exxon_Valdez_oil_spill#cite_note-14 and a study conducted by NOAA determined that as of early 2007 more than 26 thousand U.S. gallons (22,000 imp gal; 98,000 L) of oil remain in the sandy soil of the contaminated shoreline, declining at a rate of less than 4% per year.Both the long- and short-term effects of the oil spill have been studied comprehensively.[18] Thousands of animals died immediately; the best estimates include 100,000 to as many as 250,000 seabirds, at least 2,800 sea otters, approximately 12 river otters, 300 harbor seals, 247 bald eagles, and 22 orcas, as well as the destruction of billions of salmon and herring eggs.[5][19] The effects of the spill continued to be felt for many years afterwards. Overall reductions in population have been seen in various ocean animals, including stunted growth in pink salmon populations.[20] Sea otters and ducks also showed higher death rates in following years, partially because they ingested prey from contaminated soil and from ingestion of oil residues on hair due to grooming.[21]
Almost 20 years after the spill, a team of scientists at the University of North Carolina found that the effects are lasting far longer than expected.[20] The team estimates some shoreline Arctic habitats may take up to 30 years to recover.[5] Exxon Mobil denies any concerns over this, stating that they anticipated a remaining fraction that they assert will not cause any long-term ecological impacts, according to the conclusions of 350 peer-reviewed studies.[21] However, a study from scientists from the NOAA concluded that this contamination can produce chronic low-level exposure, discourage subsistence where the contamination is heavy, and decrease the "wilderness character" of the area.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exxon_Valdez_oil_spill#cite_note-guardian-15http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exxon_Valdez_oil_spill#cite_note-14http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exxon_Valdez_oil_spill#cite_note-guardian-15

 

[Knowdafish]

yea we have and yes centuries and they r still finding oil in the ground from it all over alaska.

Despite the extensive cleanup attempts, less than ten percent of the oil was recovered and a study conducted by NOAA determined that as of early 2007 more than 26 thousand U.S. gallons (22,000 imp gal; 98,000 L) of oil remain in the sandy soil of the contaminated shoreline, declining at a rate of less than 4% per year.,,,,,,,.

Declining at 4% a year would mean it would all be gone in 25 years!
4 x 25 = 100(%)!!

3% a year would = 33 years, 4 months

2% a year would = 50 years

A meager 1% a year = 100 years or 1 century

Either way it is NOT centuries, going by your own facts!!

 

[GudEnuf]

Declining at 4% a year would mean it would all be gone in 25 years!
4 x 25 = 100(%)!!

3% a year would = 33 years, 4 months

2% a year would = 50 years

A meager 1% a year = 100 years or 1 century

Either way it is NOT centuries, going by your own facts!!

Sorry, Linear math does not apply here.

It's X % of whatever oil remains will break down every year. Ergo, it will take infinity to reach 100% or not.

A previous oil spill in the Gulf took only two years to disappear from sight, although there's probably traces of it in some places out of sight from humans.

 

[Knowdafish]

It's X % of whatever oil remains will break down every year. Ergo, it will take infinity to reach 100% or not.

No matter what percent it is NOT infinity! What kind of logic is that?