|
|
panlives Inner circle 2087 Posts |
http://www.npr.org/2011/02/20/133912491/......ily-dead
Oil from the BP spill remains stuck on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, according to a top scientist's video and slides that she says demonstrate the oil isn't degrading as hoped and has decimated life on parts of the sea floor. That report is at odds with a recent report by the BP spill compensation czar that said nearly all will be well by 2012. At a science conference in Washington Saturday, marine scientist Samantha Joye of the University of Georgia aired early results of her December submarine dives around the BP spill site. She went to places she had visited in the summer and expected the oil and residue from oil-munching microbes would be gone by then. It wasn't. "There's some sort of a bottleneck we have yet to identify for why this stuff doesn't seem to be degrading," Joye told the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual conference in Washington.
"Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?"
"To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time." "The dog did nothing in the night-time." "That was the curious incident," remarked Sherlock Holmes. |
landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
Lost the link, but gulf shrimp on the market are testing positive for oil.
I'll see if I can find it.
Click here to get Gerald Deutsch's Perverse Magic: The First Sixteen Years
All proceeds to Open Heart Magic charity. |
abc Inner circle South African in Taiwan 1081 Posts |
Quote:
On 2011-03-02 11:51, landmark wrote: Are you telling us that shrimp is oily. We should be careful how we eat it then. Did they really think it was going to be back to normal in a few weeks? |
irossall Special user Snohomish, Washington 529 Posts |
Quote:
On 2011-03-02 11:51, landmark wrote: that's great. No more sticking to the pan when I saute them and I save on cooking oil. Everything will be back to normal or even better than normal next year. You need to trust the Scientists, they are the professionals. Iven
Give the gift of Life, Be an Organ Donor.
|
Whit Haydn V.I.P. 5449 Posts |
Which scientists need we trust?
The ones working for environmental groups, or the ones working for the oil company? It is a group of scientists who are saying that the oil is still a problem, and may not go away and get better. |
landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
Hey don't bogey that 10W-40 sauce!
Quote: "Sure, this year’s crop might be fine and safe. But these could’ve hatched before the oil spill happened. But who knows what the next crop will be,” said Marilyn Solorzano, owner of Miss Marilyn Louise Shrimp Company.
Click here to get Gerald Deutsch's Perverse Magic: The First Sixteen Years
All proceeds to Open Heart Magic charity. |
Woland Special user 680 Posts |
The oil spill could have been stopped more than a month earlier than it was. According to the government commission's report:
Quote:
It is very likely that if the top kill had been designed to deliver more than 109 bpm of 16.4 ppg drilling fluid below the BOP stack for a sustained period, the Macondo blowout could have been stopped between May 26-28, 2010. Given that the well was successfully shut-in with the capping stack in July, and that the subsequent bullhead (static) kill was successful, certainly a higher rate top kill would have been successful at that time. Why wasn't that done? According to the New York Times, because Steven Chu prevented it: Quote:
In early May, he suggested using gamma ray imaging to determine the condition of the well’s blowout preventer, a move no one at the company had considered. As Bob Strata points out: Quote:
Chu is a nut job plain and simple. He is one of those Al Gore alarmists who runs around screaming the end of the world is upon us. All his claims in the linked article are without a shred of scientific basis – not a one. He is the classic example of a liberal who has risen through the tenure system way beyond his intellectual capacity. Heaven help us. Woland |
landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
Yes, the catastrophe had nothing to do with BP playing fast and loose with safety concerns in the first place.
Click here to get Gerald Deutsch's Perverse Magic: The First Sixteen Years
All proceeds to Open Heart Magic charity. |
Woland Special user 680 Posts |
Maybe it did, landmark, but that doesn't excuse Mr. Chu.
|
balducci Loyal user Canada 227 Posts |
Quote:
On 2011-03-06 14:03, Woland wrote: Bob Strata's criticisms are disingenuous and over the top. Chu suggested some useful techniques that BP had not even considered: "In early May, he suggested using gamma ray imaging to determine the condition of the well’s blowout preventer, a move no one at the company had considered." And as the linked to NYTimes article said, many of the BP engineers also thought the top kill effort was too risky. In the end: "Dr. Chu accepted a compromise, allowing the shutdown to proceed but with extensive data collection and numerous opportunities to stop the test if the pressure readings were not favorable." "Robert Dudley, the top BP official handling the spill response, said that he was impressed not only with Dr. Chu’s technical virtuosity, but his command demeanor." "“He is confident, he is inquisitive and he seeks views from a variety of people,” Mr. Dudley said. “He can speak with senior executives and then with subsea engineers, and ask probing questions about pressure variants and burst steel casing. He can actually interpret the data and have a very sharp engineering discussion with an expert from BP.”'
Make America Great Again! - Trump in 2020 ... "We're a capitalistic society. I go into business, I don't make it, I go bankrupt. They're not going to bail me out. I've been on welfare and food stamps. Did anyone help me? No." - Craig T. Nelson, actor.
|
ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2885 Posts |
Quote:
On 2011-03-02 12:09, abc wrote: In their commercials, BP certainly seems to be trying to get us to believe that!
"...and if you're too afraid of goin' astray, you won't go anywhere." - Granny Weatherwax
|
Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21219 Posts |
Quote:
On 2011-03-02 13:41, Whit Haydn wrote: I have to say that I don't trust environmental scientists for a second. But I trust those working for BP even LESS! I think common sense would help us know that this problem did not just "go away" and needs to be dealt with in some serious fashion.
Danny Doyle
<BR>Semper Occultus <BR>In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act....George Orwell |
The Magic Cafe Forum Index » » Not very magical, still... » » Scientist Finds Bottom Of Gulf Still Oily, Dead (0 Likes) |
[ Top of Page ] |
All content & postings Copyright © 2001-2024 Steve Brooks. All Rights Reserved. This page was created in 0.04 seconds requiring 5 database queries. |
The views and comments expressed on The Magic Café are not necessarily those of The Magic Café, Steve Brooks, or Steve Brooks Magic. > Privacy Statement < |