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Topic: BP Oil Disaster
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AbsintheDragonfly
Knowflake Posts: 1926
From: Gaia
Registered: Apr 2010
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posted June 05, 2010 03:42 PM
  
 http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/in-deeper-water/ And to put it in greater context: http://www.ifitwasmyhome.com/ I'm sickened. IP: Logged |
starkiss1
Knowflake Posts: 1574
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posted June 05, 2010 03:53 PM
ABS, I can't tell you how awful I felt looking at this pics this morning. I feel ashamed to be human. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1284003/Turned-unrecognisable-monsters-oil-Sickening-new-images-helpless-wildlife-dying-muck-BP-spill.html
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starkiss1
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posted June 05, 2010 03:58 PM
I have been following the news about the oil spill since the day it started and I want to cry at the awfulness of it. It's a nightmare. IP: Logged |
Azalaksh
Knowflake Posts: 981
From: New Brighton, MN, USA
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted June 07, 2010 02:19 PM
But Rep. Don Young says that this is NOT a disaster.....
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/03/don-young-gulf-oil-spill-environmental-disaster_n_599392.html IP: Logged |
T
Knowflake Posts: 3120
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posted June 07, 2010 04:57 PM
stumbled upon this:
http://video.godlikeproductions.com/video/Corexit_Is_Killing_The_Gulf_Part_I
http://video.godlikeproductions.com/video/Corexit_Is_Killing_The_Gulf_Part_II
http://video.godlikeproductions.com/video/Corexit_9580_Dispers ant_Use_in_the_Exxon_Valdez_Oil_Spill_Cleanup_1989 quote:
Corexit 9500, four times more toxic than crude oil, is one of the most poisonous dispersants ever developed, and is up to 20 times more toxic than other dispersants, and only half as effective.]When Corexit 9500, with its 2.61 ppm toxicity level, is combined with the warm waters of the Gulf much of it will transition into a gaseous state that will be absorbed into clouds, to be released as toxic rain upon all of the Eastern United States: All without any effective or real objections from the Obama administration.
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T
Knowflake Posts: 3120
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posted June 07, 2010 04:58 PM
Theres another leak much bigger 5 to 6 miles away
http://video.godlikeproductions.com/video/Matt_Simmons_Theres_anoth er_leak_much_bigger_5_to_6_miles_awayflv
BP and Feds Withheld Videos Showing Massive Scope of Oil Spill
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/bp-feds-withheld-videos-showing-massive-scope-o il/story?id=10819367
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T
Knowflake Posts: 3120
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posted June 07, 2010 05:20 PM
The real reason the oil still flows into the Gulf of Mexico. http://www.blogster.com/joannemor/bombshell-expose-the-real-reason-the-oil-still-flows-into-the-gulf-of-mexico IP: Logged |
Lonake
Knowflake Posts: 2650
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Registered: Apr 2009
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posted June 08, 2010 01:00 AM
Ah yep forgot about it's rain potential. Horrifying.I also heard about BP putting work in to get some of that oil for sale, maybe in one of the relief drills, I found that offensive as I just wanted them to fix it, and Obama now saying he wants to know "whose ass to kick for this" is sort of pithy and late in the game for my comfort.. IP: Logged |
MyVirgoMask
Knowflake Posts: 3480
From: Bay Area, CA
Registered: May 2009
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posted June 08, 2010 01:23 AM
Don't get me started on this - Louisiana is a very large part of my heart and with Katrina and this, my heart is BREAKING.I cannot believe the level of crap from BP. They are even trying to control the info on google: http://theweek.com/article/index/203754/how-bp-is-controlling-google-results ...and they are trying to hide the dead wildlife as well  http://climateprogress.org/2010/06/03/bp-oil-spill-dead-animals/ Shameful!
And shame on us for being such oil-hungry consumers. This is a reality check for all of us, I think. At least I hope it is. This is one way we can turn this negative into a positive. If I could afford to go to Louisiana for a visit, I would LOVE to volunteer....but I can't afford it 
Here are ways we can all help: http://www.grist.org/article/2010-06-01-ask-umbra-on-8-things-you-can-do-to-fight-the-BP-gulf-oil-spill/ IP: Logged |
Cynnared
Knowflake Posts: 658
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Registered: Apr 2009
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posted June 09, 2010 11:29 AM
All of this for greed and money. This Oil spill disaster is highly revolting. My heart cries seeing the pictures on the news. We're at what day 51 and the pipe is still leaking....I'm too angry for words at this moment.......I wish BP would fry in hell though!IP: Logged |
Coffee
Knowflake Posts: 1080
From: Leeds
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted June 09, 2010 11:48 AM
Down near that Katrina disaster too. They weren't very quick at that last time either, it seems.I guess that "A Letter From God" song seems a little more in focus now. F the oil used. You know how much of that part of the planet (and it's population) has been destroyed? No, I don't mean humans. Although, them too. IP: Logged |
katatonic
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Registered: Apr 2009
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posted June 09, 2010 12:15 PM
perhaps this will make us all a little more aware and compassionate towards the nigerians who have been living in oil for the last 40 odd years. their protests and lawsuits have been brushed aside and swept under the rug by the oil companies and their current life expectancy is about 40 years due to pollution, lack of food, the list goes on...not to mention the burst pipeline in alaska, which cannot be blamed on regulations forcing them into deep water; toxic dumping in texas, and more, the list gets longer every day of crimes committed to "save our profits" - which came to about $5 billion in the first quarter of the year... let's not forget the darkest hour IS before dawn, cliche or not. or that BP is hardly the only oil company guilty of ignoring the environmental effect of their quest... question is are we in the darkest hour yet? IP: Logged |
Lyra
Knowflake Posts: 222
From: London, UK
Registered: May 2009
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posted June 09, 2010 08:09 PM
I don't even want to think about this stuff - it's horrific. I saw the pictures of bird life fallen victim to this mess, and thought, what the heck had these innocent creatures done to deserve something like this?
If it was a purely natural disaster - it would have been just very unfortunate. But this is 100x worse.
Bearing in mind the M25 is clogged almost every day with cars, and that there are motorways all over the world like this - makes me VERY glad I don't own a car! (or two...or more...!)IP: Logged |
T
Knowflake Posts: 3120
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posted June 30, 2010 10:49 PM
CNN: Almost All Exxon Valdez Cleanup Crew Dead
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRrbqBEGxiw IP: Logged |
koiflower
Knowflake Posts: 1984
From: Australia
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted June 30, 2010 11:01 PM
When Bush came to power, there was an attack on the WTC.When Obama came to power, there's another catastrophe of nightmarish proportions. There goes my conspiracy suspicions starting up. IP: Logged |
AbsintheDragonfly
Knowflake Posts: 1926
From: Gaia
Registered: Apr 2010
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posted June 30, 2010 11:17 PM
Oh God.ETA: the christian science monitor debunked this. Sorry. I thought I removed that part. IP: Logged |
T
Knowflake Posts: 3120
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posted July 01, 2010 08:14 PM
wow &
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100701/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_oil_spill IP: Logged |
Lara
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posted July 02, 2010 03:53 AM
I don't believe this is just an oil spill. BP is not to blame for a few reasons. Remember this spill is in federal waters!I'd be worried if I lived in florida because I think its highly probable that a 400 mph tsunami will be created from this.
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