Yea I kinda searched through the first 7 pages, and didnt find anything to do with this at all, so i figured.. why not start one myself? Just really wondering what the rest of armor games thinks of BP and the oil leakage....
Anyway, the worst oil spill ever was th gulf war oil spill - it spilled about 460 million gallons, whereas the Exxon Valdez spilled only about 11 million gallons. But of course, the Exxon Valdez and the Deepwater Horizon are both difficult to stop/clean up, which is why they're regarded as so bad.
Ok accidents happen, there's no denying that. Murphy's Law states: If it can go wrong, it will. But what i think is, shouldnt they have been prepared to fix something like this as fast as possible? It seems they werent prepared at all and were just trying any ideas that came to mind.
They are usually prepared for things such as this BUT the depth of the actual leak put BP in a difficult position. At such a depth and with such pressure amongst other factors - it's very hard to apply conventional techniques to the situation.
They are usually prepared for things such as this BUT the depth of the actual leak put BP in a difficult position. At such a depth and with such pressure amongst other factors - it's very hard to apply conventional techniques to the situation.
The simple fact is that BP claimed to have the equipment necessary to handle something like 250,000 gallons of oil leaking per day. Their actual preparedness was far, far below this number. Certainly the depth is a factor - we might as well be trying to stop an oil leak on the moon. Where BP and the US government are catching the most flak is with their inadequate response to oil on the water's surface creeping towards land. Just the other day, the CEO of BP came to Orange Beach, AL to hold a press conference. These are some of the best beaches in the world and a vital source for the state's tourist income. Yet, even though the CEO was there on the beach, no clean up crews were anywhere to be seen. There are skimmer boats and surface booms waiting to be deployed, but haven't. And now it's really too late. The oil hit Gulf Shores over the weekend and will continue to come ashore for months - long after the oil leak is sealed (if it ever is).
But yeah, something like this was bound to happen eventually, too bad it could have been avoided.
You can say that, and it seems reasonable. But given our current technology and the safeguards and regulations that should have been enforced, the conclusion is easy to reach that this event should never have happened. It should have been improbable and, if it were to happen, non-catastrophic. After this, I hope Obama and Congress think long and hard about increasing the number of nuclear power plants. They're extremely safe, highly regulated, and have more failsafes that we could possibly imagine. I expect a large push once all this is over towards the development of a reliable electric car. But these cars are still powered using coal-fueled power plants. The problem of fossil fuels simply isn't going away. Hopefully public outrage will overcome the irrational fears people have of nuclear power which, I believe, is the first step toward clean energy.
What I don't understand is with their latest try to stop it where they tried to cut the pipe clean of so they could put the LMRP cap on they couldn't cut it clean it cut jagged. What I don't understand is how all those engineers and things working on this didn't realize that since the oil is pressurized in the pipe they can't cut strait through it. I'm not sure all my terms are correct but I think the idea is.
My heart goes out to everyone who's lives and livelihoods have been effected be this catastrophe. I agree with many of you but, please, reconsider boycotting BP. Some of you have said that government's not to blame but I beg to differ as this rig should have been inspected prior to operating. Obama makes a great speech but you need to read between the lines because he is a politician, after all. He said, "The buck stops with me.", and he's absolutely correct.
I pray that the Gulf of Mexico will stay hurricane free this year!
I pray that the Gulf of Mexico will stay hurricane free this year!
Yeah, I've been wondering about what would happen if a hurricane went through all that oil. I live in Corpus Christi TX, which is on the Gulf of Mexico, and therefore have moderate cause for alarm.
In my 7th grade IPC class we studied the anatomy of a hurricane, what gave it it's energy, and so-on, and from what I can remember, I have good reason to believe that a hurricane going over the oil spill would be much stronger, not only because oil absorbs heat much better than water and it's keeping water from evaporating and dissipating heat energy, but because in the event of a hurricane, that oil is likely going to go places where it would normally not reach until much later, or at all...
Such as MY beach...
I honestly don't know what I'll do over the summer if I can't fish because of that oil. (Fishing is still pretty good here, if you didn't know)
In my 7th grade IPC class we studied the anatomy of a hurricane, what gave it it's energy, and so-on, and from what I can remember, I have good reason to believe that a hurricane going over the oil spill would be much stronger, not only because oil absorbs heat much better than water and it's keeping water from evaporating and dissipating heat energy, but because in the event of a hurricane, that oil is likely going to go places where it would normally not reach until much later, or at all...
Wow, that's some pretty awesome science content there. I leave you with this question, what will you do if that happens?
I honestly don't know what I'll do over the summer if I can't fish because of that oil. (Fishing is still pretty good here, if you didn't know)
My husband loves to fish and it doesn't matter to him if he's salt or fresh water fishing. I only like to fish, not love but I do love fish off of the grill, yum.
You're right about oil showing up in unusual places if it's displaced by a hurricane. I'm in NC but I vividly remember hurricane Hugo that turned the sky a radical shade of green and turned 100 year old oak trees,(in Charlotte) over on their sides as if I were pulling weeds in my garden. This storm sat off of Charleston,SC for a week just growing. When it started to move it took the straightest path to Lake Norman, just north of Charlotte before running out of steam.
I asked my husband if he thought a hurricane's rain would be affected by this spill so that we, in NC, for example could experience oil rain instead of acid rain. Oil's too heavy but the hurricane draws up water and everything else with it from deep ocean so I'll save my opinion until I've done more research.
Wow, that's some pretty awesome science content there. I leave you with this question, what will you do if that happens?
Get the hell out of Dodge if it seems to be heading anywhere near me is the first thing that comes to my mind... If one does hit anywhere in our vicinity during the summer though, and there's still time until school starts up, I'll likely go with my dad to help with emergency communications in the disaster area.
Seems the only people benefiting from this is haliburton. Which is the same company who was responsible for cementing the well in the first place. Something to think about when you see all these great FEMA camps that will be set up after people start evacuating, built and managed by Haliburton. Oh did I mention they purchased the largest oil clean up firm in the world a couple a month or so before the leak? Invested in Haliburtons companies is another company called Goldman Sachs who liquidated 44% of there stocks in BP the same time Haliburton was buying out Boots & Coots "the oil clean up company".
Conspiracy theories or not. Facts are facts and if they add up to the truth, what then?
