Guard watches coast for oil slick's first wave

[mlmpetert]

I looked at this last night and got absolutely furious:

FOXNews.com - Massive Oil Spill Washes Ashore in the Gulf

[CRedskinsRule]

^^^the devastation is really unimaginable. What a tragedy for Louisiana and the whole gulf region.

[SolidSnake84]

I take back some of my earlier negativity. The cap is collecting right now about 3/4th of the total spill. They are ramping it up each day. If they can get 20,000 barrels a day from it like they are expected to, then that should greatly, greatly slow the spill until the relief wells are finished.

At this point, they can finally start making a dent on the oil thats on the surface....maybe most of florida is saved now, maybe the greater atlantic....

[firstdown]

I'll have to say as a supporter of offshore drilling our politicians (both parties) have really screwed the public with these oil rigs. I would have never thought that we would have an oil leak that could go on for a month and this one could go for a six or more months. How the hell could goverment allow this to happen? I'm not big on regulations but this is just common sense that we have ways of stopping a major oil leak. Every single one of them Republican and Democratic have sold us off to big oil and there influence in Washington.

[joethiesmanfan]

Originally Posted by firstdown

I'll have to say as a supporter of offshore drilling our politicians (both parties) have really screwed the public with these oil rigs. I would have never thought that we would have an oil leak that could go on for a month and this one could go for a six or more months. How the hell could goverment allow this to happen? I'm not big on regulations but this is just common sense that we have ways of stopping a major oil leak. Every single one of them Republican and Democratic have sold us off to big oil and there influence in Washington.

Nice try, but we all know that Republicans are Big Oil, for the most part. Blame Louisiana and Texas cause they profited. Have you ever heard "live by the sword die by the sword?"

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by joethiesmanfan

Nice try, but we all know that Republicans are Big Oil, for the most part. Blame Louisiana and Texas cause they profited. Have you ever heard "live by the sword die by the sword?"

Thats pretty stupid. Its was Obama office thats signed off on this and it was also Obama who gave the OK to start new offshore drilling in VA and other areas. Also how did Louisiana and Texas profit off this oil well. Both parties are to blame period.

[joethiesmanfan]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Thats pretty stupid. Its was Obama office thats signed off on this and it was also Obama who gave the OK to start new offshore drilling in VA and other areas. Also how did Louisiana and Texas profit off this oil well.

Even through all the devastatison they are crying about don't take away he oil money. don;t take away teh opil well. hoe si thast stuopid. You live by the oil and when something happens we pretend like nothing is suppose to happen. Oil rigs are perfect when the profit comes in. But, when something goes wrong. Well we see the results. It's a conscience choice, nobody twisted their arms for that oil money. They wanted more and more.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by joethiesmanfan

Even through all the devastatison they are crying about don't take away he oil money. don;t take away teh opil well. hoe si thast stuopid. You live by the oil and when something happens we pretend like nothing is suppose to happen. Oil rigs are perfect when the profit comes in. But, when something goes wrong. Well we see the results. It's a conscience choice, nobody twisted their arms for that oil money. They wanted more and more.

No one says oil rigs are perfect but we do expect a decent safty plan in place when something does happen and thats the problem I have.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by joethiesmanfan

Even through all the devastatison they are crying about don't take away he oil money. don;t take away teh opil well. hoe si thast stuopid. You live by the oil and when something happens we pretend like nothing is suppose to happen. Oil rigs are perfect when the profit comes in. But, when something goes wrong. Well we see the results. It's a conscience choice, nobody twisted their arms for that oil money. They wanted more and more.

Is Klingon your first language?

[SolidSnake84]

Thats why i said earlier i wish Superman was real. He is the only man who could fix this disaster

[Slingin Sammy 33]

Originally Posted by SolidSnake84

Thats why i said earlier i wish Superman was real. He is the only man who could fix this disaster

Green Lantern could've capped it off too, plus he's got a movie coming out in 2011.

[MTK]

I'm thinking Batman could come up with some gadgets to get the job done.

[CRedskinsRule]

Aquaman could have saved the animals. Would have been a whole Justice League issue.

[firstdown]

Why do Obama, BP refuse to use most effective method of oil cleanup?


Here is a lame explaination of why they are not using oil tankers.
Allen Explains Why Oil-Sucking Tankers Aren’t Being Used - Political Punch

After a 1993 oil spill in the Persian Gulf, empty oil tankers were used to reclaim oil from the water’s surface. In my “This Week” interview, I asked Admiral Thad Allen why those techniques are not being used in the Gulf of Mexico, and he explained:
“We’ve actually talked to those folks. There are a couple of issues with that. Number one, the tankers actually have to be modified. They are not ready to go right now. Number two, we don’t know what those modifications will do to the stability of the vessels and how they operate and number thee, the area of operations is very, very different. We’ve got anywhere from 20 to 30 vessels within one square mile over the top of that well at any particular time, managing remotely operating vehicles, doing the drilling of the relief well and so forth, so I’m not sure it’s the right application of that right now.”


1: why not have someone finding out what it will takes to get them modified.
2: If your worried about stability you could just ask the people who used the tankers in another oil spill dumb ass.

Also if he talked to those people as he said he did couldn't they have answered those questions.

[joethiesmanfan]

When you have something as valuable as the Gulf is to America you do not put it in harm's way. I repeat, you do not put it in harm's way. Forget the oil. The people are crying so much that makes it obvious there should be no more drilling in the gulf. That's one well that did all this damage.