Excellent commentary Sarah! I was surprised at no rebuffs.
I might add that natural microorganisms have been eating the oil, along with (yes) evaporation. Oil has been naturally seeping into the oceans and this is how nature cleans it up. Big disasters like this however do complicate and mess up things for sometime.
Likely the worst thing done, and perhaps you did mention it was the massive chemicals the Obama admin allowed to be sprayed on the oil, causing most of it to sink out of sight.
Funny how this administration and loving media overlook that 750,000 gallons of toxic dispersants were sprayed from planes by BP with the administrations approval to disperse the oil. Only problem is oil in order to evaporate needs to float otherwise it just sinks to the bottom and the toxic chemicals get into the environment and the oil kills reefs.
So just as this administration always does, they pull a fast one. If you can not see something it will not harm you. Just like every bit of legislation has items that have nothing to do with the title of the legislation. For example the student loans were taken over by the federal government in the healthcare legislation or there is no requirement of the SEC to comply with the freedom of information act in the latest financial reform legislation.
This congress and our president are pulling the wool over your eyes and giving you the “change” they promised. It just is not the “change” you really want.
The government is full of it. Oil does not evaporate. I’m sure they have removed a great deal of it but I’m also sure that they local residents of the coastal areas affected would tell a much different story. Politicians in big companies pockets. HMMMM
Looks like the environmental wackos won’t have the field day they wanted. Don’t get me wrong, this was a disaster but the ocean is a pretty hostile place, even for crude and it is being absorbed by the environment to a much greater degree than many will admit. It must hurt them to have to admit to that.
Oil flows naturally into the gulf and oceans from the seabed. This occurs all over the world. The dispersants will probably break down. Fish have a sense of smell and have moved away from the oil/dispersants – that is why we have not had massive fish kills. There is no excuse for any oil rig having such a break down, however, I believe the gulf will recover sooner than anticipated. If we would only listen to the Dutch/Norwegian engineers! They drill in the North Sea and do not have these problems!
Yes, there IS oil remaining! If you poke a hole in the ground in these affected areas, OIL will come pooling up. As for fish kill, fishermen were being paid to get out very early each morning & dredge up all the dead fish along the shore…. so that the media would not see it. This from an oil spill worker/friend of mine on R&R until Brenda passed by.
This administration and the media think we will buy anything they say. Funny how they put titles on things that they really are not. Saved or created jobs? huh…. Recovery act, Stimulus…Huh? Nothing this president says is what it is.
At least I knew what Bush stood for! Right now no one knows where we are going except we know that we dont know.
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Excellent commentary Sarah! I was surprised at no rebuffs.
I might add that natural microorganisms have been eating the oil, along with (yes) evaporation. Oil has been naturally seeping into the oceans and this is how nature cleans it up. Big disasters like this however do complicate and mess up things for sometime.
Likely the worst thing done, and perhaps you did mention it was the massive chemicals the Obama admin allowed to be sprayed on the oil, causing most of it to sink out of sight.
Funny how this administration and loving media overlook that 750,000 gallons of toxic dispersants were sprayed from planes by BP with the administrations approval to disperse the oil. Only problem is oil in order to evaporate needs to float otherwise it just sinks to the bottom and the toxic chemicals get into the environment and the oil kills reefs.
So just as this administration always does, they pull a fast one. If you can not see something it will not harm you. Just like every bit of legislation has items that have nothing to do with the title of the legislation. For example the student loans were taken over by the federal government in the healthcare legislation or there is no requirement of the SEC to comply with the freedom of information act in the latest financial reform legislation.
This congress and our president are pulling the wool over your eyes and giving you the “change” they promised. It just is not the “change” you really want.
I have had all the “change” I can stand!
The government is full of it. Oil does not evaporate. I’m sure they have removed a great deal of it but I’m also sure that they local residents of the coastal areas affected would tell a much different story. Politicians in big companies pockets. HMMMM
“No significant threat”, that is, unless you mind 3-headed fish and acid rain.
Looks like the environmental wackos won’t have the field day they wanted. Don’t get me wrong, this was a disaster but the ocean is a pretty hostile place, even for crude and it is being absorbed by the environment to a much greater degree than many will admit. It must hurt them to have to admit to that.
Oil flows naturally into the gulf and oceans from the seabed. This occurs all over the world. The dispersants will probably break down. Fish have a sense of smell and have moved away from the oil/dispersants – that is why we have not had massive fish kills. There is no excuse for any oil rig having such a break down, however, I believe the gulf will recover sooner than anticipated. If we would only listen to the Dutch/Norwegian engineers! They drill in the North Sea and do not have these problems!
yes, we have to drill.
On the other we shouldn’t be drilling anywhere we can’t shut it down in such an emergency.
Thank God it’s over, I was tired of seeing that same oil covered pellican over and over again – the media people can return it back to the zoo now.
Yes, there IS oil remaining! If you poke a hole in the ground in these affected areas, OIL will come pooling up. As for fish kill, fishermen were being paid to get out very early each morning & dredge up all the dead fish along the shore…. so that the media would not see it. This from an oil spill worker/friend of mine on R&R until Brenda passed by.
This administration and the media think we will buy anything they say. Funny how they put titles on things that they really are not. Saved or created jobs? huh…. Recovery act, Stimulus…Huh? Nothing this president says is what it is.
At least I knew what Bush stood for! Right now no one knows where we are going except we know that we dont know.