have you guys seen this ? :depressed:
YouTube - AP Exclusive: Scuba Diving in the Gulf Oil Spill
YouTube - AP Exclusive: Scuba Diving in the Gulf Oil Spill
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When I first saw that vid, I was so disgusted. To see it so close up puts a new dimension on the matter.
Hopefully, news items and videos like this will create a greater sense of urgency for all concerned to act AND to give thought to what may be done in the future to prevent this sort of thing happening again.
Hopefully, news items and videos like this will create a greater sense of urgency for all concerned to act AND to give thought to what may be done in the future to prevent this sort of thing happening again.
oldsalt
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While BP doesn't have a paticularly good safety record, and is probably more worried about its reputation and bottom line than the environment, I doubt that any effort has been spared to stop the flow of oil. I have been part of other underwater emergencies, although never anything this deep and not with the oil companies, and I know these things are very hard. It will probably take weeks to completely stop the flow and decades to recover. - oldsalt
I know this isn't the kind of thing where armchair quarterbacking is likely to have anything of value to add but my first thought was why couldn't either the military or the commercial companies with expertise use explosives to just bury the outlet.
I'm sure there are good reasons why this wouldn't work but it seems like a better solution than waiting a month and then trying to stop the outflow with heavy mud and golf balls.
I'm sure there are good reasons why this wouldn't work but it seems like a better solution than waiting a month and then trying to stop the outflow with heavy mud and golf balls.
I am sure BP are doing everything possible to stop the spill. The drilling companies are the only people with engineering experience of working at these depths and preasures. So asking the military or any other government organisation to get involved in stopping the leak is really not productive.
The good news is that the sea is amazingly resilient.
http://www.marlab.ac.uk/FRS.Web/Uploads/Documents/AE17Braer.pdf
This oil leaked directly into some of our most important fisheries and it did reciover and much faster than the doomsayers predicted.
Most of the fish will move away from the leak, up current and will survive to return when the water quality improves. Its the imobile filter feeders, crustrations, etc that picked up the worst load of polution. But they did cleanse themselves so the sea will recover.
It may seem strange but as soon as the leak is stopped what histories shows is that you need is a few good hurricanes to stir things up.
Another example from history is the number of oil tankers that were torpedoed on the grandbanks during the second world war. They recovered so will the gulf.
The good news is that the sea is amazingly resilient.
http://www.marlab.ac.uk/FRS.Web/Uploads/Documents/AE17Braer.pdf
This oil leaked directly into some of our most important fisheries and it did reciover and much faster than the doomsayers predicted.
Most of the fish will move away from the leak, up current and will survive to return when the water quality improves. Its the imobile filter feeders, crustrations, etc that picked up the worst load of polution. But they did cleanse themselves so the sea will recover.
It may seem strange but as soon as the leak is stopped what histories shows is that you need is a few good hurricanes to stir things up.
Another example from history is the number of oil tankers that were torpedoed on the grandbanks during the second world war. They recovered so will the gulf.
designbysue
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What about the coral and other life that can't get away?
It does recover, if you read my link from the UK fisheries you will see.
It does take a long time but it does bounce back.
The doomsayers were predicting an underwater desert for decades but life is tougher than they thought.
Without a doubt the bad weather we have in Scotland helped break the oil down and disperse it.
My big worry is a huricane before they can cap the well which sets them back, months.
It does take a long time but it does bounce back.
The doomsayers were predicting an underwater desert for decades but life is tougher than they thought.
Without a doubt the bad weather we have in Scotland helped break the oil down and disperse it.
My big worry is a huricane before they can cap the well which sets them back, months.
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