Originally Posted By: PandaBear
People blame the government for not doing enough, people blame the government for being in the pockets of the oil companies, and now people blame the government for playing the hype. Can't people think and realized that these are all conflicting accusation?
The corporate owned media does what it has to do.
Interesting how the stalled gulf conveyor/stream is having such a massive climatic impact on England so early in this (not quite official) winter season.
And in reference to toxic elements "evaporating", please realize that doesn't equate to "disappearing". With toxic levels of some airborne compounds far in excess of EPA exposure limits, I hope gulf area residents kept a very close eye on what vector their greatest health risks were coming from.
Again I must point out that the drilling moratorium did and continues to do more damage than the spill.
As for the Gulf Stream, since there is no evidence of any changes in its course or magnitude, what would be the point of pretending that there have been changes?
Originally Posted By: Trvlr500
The dispersants were used to hide the majority of the oil under the surface. There was a diver that went down there a while back and said he saw these balls of oil just hanging in suspension below the surface.
There is a huge amount of heavy crude on the bottom and it is moving west. The gulf and the sea life in it are far from safe especially since the corexit used as the dispersant is a deadly poison and gets into the cells of the sea life.
It is true much of the spill has evaporated and it is also true that bacteria eat the oil but the majority of the spill is being hidden under the surface. Where it will turn up and what damage it will cause is yet to be determined.
They want this off the front page.
+1.
I believe 'the blob' was something lik 600 feet thick, 1-2 miles wide, and 20 miles long. The problem with oil spills is that the long term effects are not obvious the the casual observer.
For example you can still go to the Exxon Valdez(sp?) spill area and find oil just a couple of inches underneath the soil.
Talking with my dad, and being a soon to be journalism graduate, MANY reporters not all found some scientific evidence showing that the spill wasn't nearly as bad as they reported. A few reporters didn't like that answer so they found people who would give them the doomsday answers they wanted. Unfortunately the media is becoming ever increasingly this way
