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Posted on 05-14-10 06:53:59 PM Link | Quote
So, there's a relatively unknown amount of methane clathrate lurking at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. If this blow-out continues, it make initiate a Clathrate Gun event, and essentially destroy all the oxygen in the Gulf, and possibly leading to an extinction-level catastrophe.

Of course, this is all conjecture, since we don't actually know how much is down there, but just something that occurred to me when I heard about the methane ice building up on that first dome they attempted to drop.

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Posted on 05-14-10 07:45:14 PM Link | Quote
Oh no! This is a disaster! .. AND I LOVE SEAFOOD! D:
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Posted on 05-19-10 06:09:23 AM (last edited by Sukasa at 05-19-10 03:09 AM) Link | Quote

And guess what? Fully Fucking Preventable.

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Posted on 05-19-10 01:45:35 PM (last edited by MajesticLight at 05-19-10 10:46 AM) Link | Quote
Originally posted by Sukasa
And guess what? Fully Fucking Preventable.

It's so sad when profits and speed take priority over safety and lives.

I hope they pay big time, for all the lives lost because of them, environment ruined because of them, and their general irresponsibility. There are so many places where they went wrong and should have slowed down, backed up, and fixed problem. Even when the one guy said "We have a huge safety problem here," his supervisor just went "Nah." That's just irresponsible and wrong.

And now another one of their drilling stations has come up as being unsafe? 95% of plans not being approved? And people were emailed, saying that "catastrophic operator errors" could happen because of it? And they still didn't react?

Jeez... I'm out of words for these people now. How much people are willing to sacrifice for money sickens me.

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Posted on 05-25-10 06:34:53 PM Link | Quote
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Posted on 05-25-10 07:19:28 PM Link | Quote
This is just a tragedy. I know so much is already being done, but its not enough. They need to drop 100,000 tons of concrete on that hole or something (I know its not probably but you get my drift). This will take years to reverse, if not decades. It has not only affected the wildlife, but also the people that live there. There needs to be more done.

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Posted on 05-25-10 09:37:04 PM Link | Quote
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It's truly despicable, how BP's execs are up on Capitol Hill just dodging the question and passing the buck onto subcontractors and the like.

They'll probably end up getting off scot-free because nobody gives a fuck about anything anymore.

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Posted on 05-26-10 08:20:50 AM Link | Quote
In an ideal world, destroying an entire ecosystem would be grounds for revoking a business's right to exist and incarcerating anyone whose actions (or inactions, in this case) are directly responsible.

At the very least, ALL of their earnings above and beyond the absolute minimum required to operate should go towards fixing this and making sure it never happens again.

If only...

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Posted on 05-26-10 09:54:29 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Gunstar Green
In an ideal world, destroying an entire ecosystem would be grounds for revoking a business's right to exist and incarcerating anyone whose actions (or inactions, in this case) are directly responsible.

At the very least, ALL of their earnings above and beyond the absolute minimum required to operate should go towards fixing this and making sure it never happens again.

If only...


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Posted on 05-26-10 07:48:28 PM Link | Quote
Visual aid to the "top kill" process

It sounds pretty interesting and I hope it works. Its not like this has happened before, there's no precedent to go by. Its all shooting in the dark.

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Posted on 05-26-10 08:30:37 PM Link | Quote
I really hope this works; the live feed of the oil billowing out is sickening. I guess it's better late than never.

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Posted on 05-27-10 03:34:26 PM (last edited by Orlandu at 05-27-10 01:24 PM) Link | Quote
Gulf spill now bigger than Valdez

Did they ever think it wouldn't be? I guess had it been contained within days or even 2 weeks, it wouldn't have been as bad. But this is going on a month... Of course its bigger than a 1 ship oil spill.

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Posted on 05-28-10 01:51:18 PM (last edited by Orlandu at 05-28-10 10:51 AM) Link | Quote
It appears to have worked but BP says don't hold your breath. It'll be 2 more days until its 100% clear the impact this procedure is having on the vent. I for one will say, "Its about fucking time."

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Posted on 05-28-10 01:52:36 PM Link | Quote
I really like how they're finding massive, massive underwater blobs of this shit now. Just in case the massive thing at the surface wasn't enough.

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Posted on 05-28-10 06:46:21 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Shadic
Pictures of the spill hitting the Louisiana Shores..

oh man, and I've been to both Grand Isle AND Elmer's Island Ugh.
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Posted on 06-01-10 04:35:20 AM Link | Quote
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Eugh.

Big amen to everything BMF said. These companies make a habit of destroying the Earth for money. I guess they think they can eat that money once they've killed all the environment?

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Posted on 06-01-10 02:08:30 PM Link | Quote
Top Kill plan was a failure

Now they are trying the dome hat plan... They need to get their shit together and just do something that works.

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Posted on 06-01-10 04:19:34 PM Link | Quote
check this out. Courtesy of Ziff.

http://www.beowulfe.com/oil/

Just to get an idea of the size of the spill. Absolutely insane.
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Posted on 06-01-10 08:25:49 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Jin Dogan
...Ziff...


Dude should stop by once in a while.

Criminal probe opens on BP by government.

Dow drops sharply. (of course)
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Posted on 06-01-10 09:25:57 PM Link | Quote
Good. I hope the oil company(ies) pay for every bit of restoration for the damage this is causing.

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