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mike313 05-13-2010 08:26 AM
Disaster unfolds slowly in the Gulf of Mexico
 
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In the three weeks since the April 20th explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, and the start of the subsequent massive (and ongoing) oil leak, many attempts have been made to contain and control the scale of the environmental disaster. Oil dispersants are being sprayed, containment booms erected, protective barriers built, controlled burns undertaken, and devices are being lowered to the sea floor to try and cap the leaks, with little success to date. While tracking the volume of the continued flow of oil is difficult, an estimated 5,000 barrels of oil (possibly much more) continues to pour into the gulf every day. While visible damage to shorelines has been minimal to date as the oil has spread slowly, the scene remains, in the words of President Obama, a "potentially unprecedented environmental disaster."

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/201...ly_in_the.html

greendb7 05-13-2010 08:32 AM
this is sad..

Greenstoner 05-13-2010 08:43 AM
real sad

shenmecar 05-13-2010 08:52 AM
this is bad

Great68 05-13-2010 08:56 AM
You know, I was all for offshore drilling here on the west coast but now not so much anymore...

LiquidTurbo 05-13-2010 09:06 AM
Drill Baby Drill!

Spectre_Cdn 05-13-2010 09:11 AM
:(

Great68 05-13-2010 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by LiquidTurbo (Post 6950345)
I can't believe that woman is still receiving so much attention after she embarassed herself in the last election.

dub.g 05-13-2010 09:29 AM
:(

http://inapcache.boston.com/universa...6_23298053.jpg

gdoh 05-13-2010 09:53 AM
wow you know they still havnt capped it yet and bp has already spent over 500mil on clean up...no words for this

2damaxmr2 05-13-2010 10:39 AM
woot gas price is going up. Instant cash grabbbb

TylerTL 05-13-2010 10:45 AM
Although I don't know much about this kind of thing, I really don't see why there wasn't an emergency valve at the base of the pipe. You would think that, because of the potential for financial and environmental disaster, some sort of precaution would be in place on these oil rigs. If BP has already spent over a half billion on "clean up" and lost what probably adds up to billions of dollars in leaking oil, the cost of an emergency valve would have been a wise investment.

Can't they just lower something made out of really heavy material to 'cork' the opening? 4:20 was a long time ago, I can't believe this is still leaking!

Qmx323 05-13-2010 10:47 AM
noooo


my wallet is sore from the rape

Supafly 05-13-2010 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by shenmecar (Post 6950328)
this is bad
real bad....michael jackson bad...

c3m 05-13-2010 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted by TylerTL (Post 6950454)
Although I don't know much about this kind of thing, I really don't see why there wasn't an emergency valve at the base of the pipe. You would think that, because of the potential for financial and environmental disaster, some sort of precaution would be in place on these oil rigs. If BP has already spent over a half billion on "clean up" and lost what probably adds up to billions of dollars in leaking oil, the cost of an emergency valve would have been a wise investment.

Can't they just lower something made out of really heavy material to 'cork' the opening? 4:20 was a long time ago, I can't believe this is still leaking!
they did try to turn it off but the valve is stuck

gdoh 05-13-2010 11:01 AM
i think this wouldn't have happened if it already had a pump on it

Great68 05-13-2010 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by TylerTL (Post 6950454)
Although I don't know much about this kind of thing, I really don't see why there wasn't an emergency valve at the base of the pipe. You would think that, because of the potential for financial and environmental disaster, some sort of precaution would be in place on these oil rigs.
Can't they just lower something made out of really heavy material to 'cork' the opening? 4:20 was a long time ago, I can't believe this is still leaking!
They do have an emergency valve, it's called a "Blowout Preventer", and it failed.

It's not easy to just "Cork" a wellhead, the oil is under HUGE pressure.

Jsunu 05-13-2010 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Supafly (Post 6950466)
real bad....michael jackson bad...
This is makes me mad...real mad, Joe Jackson

TylerTL 05-13-2010 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Great68 (Post 6950513)
They do have an emergency valve, it's called a "Blowout Preventer", and it failed.

It's not easy to just "Cork" a wellhead, the oil is under HUGE pressure.
Yea, I guess it would be too easy to just plug a hole that is so deep in the ocean and under so much pressure. I wonder how much longer it will go before they find a solution?

Great68 05-13-2010 12:23 PM
It's actually a lot WORSE than what we're hearing from the media right now.

The hole is 5 feet in diameter, and the oil is under 70,000psi of pressure. They're thinking it's closer to 4 barrels of oil (42 gallons, or 160L) per SECOND coming out.


http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-8...f-oil-erupting

124Y 05-13-2010 12:25 PM
This is real sad indeed... and this is only the visible part of what we are doing to our planet... :(

you! 05-13-2010 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Great68 (Post 6950544)
It's actually a lot WORSE than what we're hearing from the media right now.

The hole is 5 feet in diameter, and the oil is under 70,000psi of pressure. They're thinking it's closer to 4 barrels of oil (42 gallons, or 160L) per SECOND coming out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeVxjCSgbiI&

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-8...f-oil-erupting
holy fuck!!!

orange7 05-13-2010 06:25 PM
mutation..

sunny_j 05-13-2010 06:36 PM
:(

JesseBlue 05-13-2010 06:53 PM
watch while they 180 this whole thing to profit themselves in the end...

high demand...blah blah...low reserves blah blah...


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