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My question is what effect will the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico have on the enviroment if the leak can't be stopped?
Please give a good scenerio;
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Well being that I live down here were it is happening I can tell you it will be devastating to the works of the sea. A lot of the people work on boats for a living catching shrimp etc. I think they need to give actor Kevin Costner and his group the chance to put the equipment they have to work they have brought 5 big units that they use to purfy water and other things up to 97% and they are currently working on making it 100%. It can separate oil from water, fuel from water etc up to 97% and they aren't willing to give it a chance yet. He purchased these himself to help and they want let him. Go figure. Globs of oil is coming up on the beach in Pass Christian already. All we see is orange boons out in the water right now. But its not stopping the surfers and jetskiers, and the people swimming. :thumbsup:
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It will probably devastate the fishing industry as well the ecosystem. Hopefully that would lead to a change in our laws. The whole mess could have been avoided.
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It will probably devastate the fishing industry as well the ecosystem. Hopefully that would lead to a change in our laws. The whole mess could have been avoided.
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no, just do our best to clean it up.
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Wow! Good question. I don't think it will be anything good if it can't be stopped. I was asking myself that same question last night watching the local news when they were talking about what Governor Perry(Tx) was doing to prepare for the Texas coast if its continues to spread. So said for the water habitat and all the people that have jobs and rely on fishing to support their families. I have hope that it will be stopped soon.
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I am not sure if they can stop it but even if they do stop it it's effect will last for a long time and it will affect the whole sea life and environmental.
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our entire fishing industry and ecosystem will be and already are devastated from this underwater geyser...this is NOT a leak or a spill...this is a disaster and now tarballs have washed up on the shores of the Fl. Keys - another delicate ecosystem....the oil has been swept up by a current that will carry it into and around the Keys and up the eastern seaboard...we will never be the same and what pisses me off more than anything, is that this could have been avoided.....it's sad when big business trumps the healthy, safety, and welfare of our citizens and this planet...
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The lovely jkpetite said it exponentially better than I ever could.
Well then....
(http://www.woostercollective.com/4597447789_f93d1e2da1.jpg)
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Dead animals fishing decline tar on beaches etc
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The leak will be stopped, eventually. Even if the well has to be plugged with oil company and Haliburton executives. The toxic crude will be slowly mopped up from contaminated surface and land areas. I'm not so sure about the newly discovered underwater plumes, however. It has already caused a significant financial loss and will continue to do so for years if not decades to come. :angry7:
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It has already caused a significant financial loss and will continue to do so for years if not decades to come.
Well crap.
Even if the well has to be plugged with oil company and Haliburton executives.
Is this happening? Or are the execs just cut and running? Anyone know?
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This is the worst environmental disaster involving oil in the history of the world. It's effects will continue for decades. Ecosystems, wildlife, and people's way of life will be devastated. If they don't stop the leak it will continue to spew oil until it dries up at the source, and that could take years. It is so sad that this had to happen, and I pray that a solution is near. I also pray for the 11 lost souls that died on the rig, how soon we forget about them.
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I just hope they figure something out soon. Has anyone else watched the oil cam? It's very interesting to see what they are trying to do.
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It will be stopped. Eventually. That's the key part. Eventually.
BS Chemical Engineering
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Let us not forget that 11 people lost their lives in this as well as the very far reaching devastation for our planet. I think there are people who should be held accountable and tried for MURDER Yes I said MURDER...11 people. The culprits should be locked up in a concrete cell on some deserted beach to live out their lives in solitude until they die from starvation!
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bet you anything BP is just stalling while they drill and setup their *bleep* pipes to get the oil into their tankers again..meanwhile they will 'attempt' things so that we dont just *bleep* when they say "it will take 3 months" or whatever..3 months would not be acceptable, so they are pretending to try hard is my opinion..then they will pay millions to cleanup the beaches and *bleep*..
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Hopefully it will be stopped, but it will devastate a lot of the natural habitats of the ocean.
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we should all stop driving cars that use gas and give big oil and the goverment the bird! :bootyshake:
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we should all stop driving cars that use gas and give big oil and the goverment the bird!
We gotta wait for the big oil companies to tell us when we can do that though.
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i think it is going to be the same way it was back on 1989, when the very first oil spill happened and it took them 2 to 3 years to clean up that mess and now it has happened again. the people responsible for this are saying that they are doing the best that they can, but i fear, it they don't work faster, we are going to lose a lot of our sea animal friends in the water due to this mess. :heart:
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We're going to lose a lot of wildlife and habitat over this one. I won't be surprised if some animals are driven to extinction over it. Too bad people are so greedy.
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As long as the ecosystem continues to be soaked with this toxic sustance, it will never recover. The white sand beaches of Sarasota will be black. There will be no more Gulf shrimp or grouper dinners. Anyone who works in the tourism or fishing industry will have to find other jobs (good luck!). This country will continue to decline. Thank you, BP!!
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It will have a huge effect on the environment and the economy. We are too dependent on oil and the money oil generates. BP must be asked hard questions and must be held accountable. Alternative fuel sources need to be discovered, tested and used now!
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The damage is done..its already too late.....get ready to see your gas bill double....
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The damage is done..its already too late.....get ready to see your gas bill double....
Yes, I'm afraid you're right ..the damage is done but not over with and it won't just be the price of gas going up. This is probably the worst disater ever known to this planet and many generations will suffer for many years to come.
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This is probably the worst disater ever known to this planet and many generations will suffer for many years to come.
There was a terrible one back in '89 too so I wouldn't put the crown on this one just yet.
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i think it is going to be the same way it was back on 1989, when the very first oil spill happened and it took them 2 to 3 years to clean up that mess and now it has happened again. the people responsible for this are saying that they are doing the best that they can, but i fear, it they don't work faster, we are going to lose a lot of our sea animal friends in the water due to this mess. :heart:
This is already far worse than Exon Valdese ..think in terms or Valdese 10 times over every day for more 50 days day after day and and still gushing with no end in sight!
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This is probably the worst disater ever known to this planet and many generations will suffer for many years to come.
There was a terrible one back in '89 too so I wouldn't put the crown on this one just yet.
Using video showing the movement of oil spewing from the well, mechanical engineer Steven Wereley of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, estimates that the well is losing 70,000 barrels of oil a day. That's equivalent to an Exxon Valdez disaster every four days, and more than 10 times the 5000 barrels a day estimated by BP.
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Using video showing the movement of oil spewing from the well, mechanical engineer Steven Wereley of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, estimates that the well is losing 70,000 barrels of oil a day. That's equivalent to an Exxon Valdez disaster every four days, and more than 10 times the 5000 barrels a day estimated by BP.
HOLY SH--*ahem* wow that's horrible. I did not know that! Thanks for the info.
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I've read in a couple places that our gas bills will go DOWN partly because of this. That makes no sense to me at all-anyone else hear this too?
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i think it is going to be the same way it was back on 1989, when the very first oil spill happened and it took them 2 to 3 years to clean up that mess and now it has happened again. the people responsible for this are saying that they are doing the best that they can, but i fear, it they don't work faster, we are going to lose a lot of our sea animal friends in the water due to this mess. :heart:
This is already far worse than Exon Valdese ..think in terms or Valdese 10 times over every day for more 50 days day after day and and still gushing with no end in sight!
The very first oil spill was certainly NOT back in 1989, this has happened as far back as the 1950's in terms of major oil spills. I am amazed no one has even mentioned The Gulf War oil spill! That is regarded as the largest oil spill in history, resulting from the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait when all the tankers were purposely emptied into the Gulf of Persia. That spill was 5 times larger than the Exxon Valdez. The effects are still showing up today.
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Using video showing the movement of oil spewing from the well, mechanical engineer Steven Wereley of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, estimates that the well is losing 70,000 barrels of oil a day. That's equivalent to an Exxon Valdez disaster every four days, and more than 10 times the 5000 barrels a day estimated by BP.
HOLY SH--*ahem* wow that's horrible. I did not know that! Thanks for the info.
Yes, it truly is horrible. Look into the history of BP. You won't have to look far since nearly every tag including the word oil will lead you directly to their site. BP is one of the richest 'entities' in the world and they view any demands/commands/insults/opinions/accusations, etc by USA as mere annoyance, no more than swatting a fly away. BP cares not the slightest about people on the gulf coast and much less about people are not born yet.
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(Newser) – Adding to the growing international backlash against BP's botched handling of the Gulf oil spill, US officials said yesterday that the oil giant is collecting for sale so much of the oil gushing out of the broken well that it doesn't have a big enough boat to hold it, the Wall Street Journal reports. BP's latest solution? Burn it at the surface in a smokeless contraption called an EverGreen Burner, reports the AP.
"It's being brought in because it can handle far more oil than this well is producing," says one expert of the burn rig. The move is the latest to call into question BP's preparedness—as well as the true quantity of oil gushing from the busted wellhead, notes the AP, which some experts say could be far greater than official government estimates.
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I don't understand why you are asking this question. Do you have a TV? All you have to do is look at the images of the dying pelicans and fish covered in oil. What do you think the possible scenarios could be? Do you see any possible good scenario if the oil continues to flow?
Why don't you ask 'what happens if all the animals in the sea die?
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Maybe the fact the OP started this almost a month ago has something to do with it? At that point in time things were not as full blown as they are now. Or it might have been posted just to get a topic up there, who knows.
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Will this oil eventually sink back into the ocean? Should other deep-sea oil drilling companies be shut down now that it is known the inspectors were taking bribes? Are the business owners other than the fishermen going to be compensated for their losses?
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I wonder if they will allow offshore drilling to continue after this happened. Are there any talks that I haven't heard of regarding shutting down these operations?