Gulf of Mexico Oil Volcano

[Gailey]

Please read this. It''s really scary:

http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6593/648967

 

[Kaleigh]

All of this is soooo scary. I hate all of it.

 

[movie zombie]

scary.

mz

 

[AGBF]

Date: 6/16/2010 8:54:15 PM
Author:Gailey
Please read this. It's really scary:

http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6593/648967

It's beyond scary, Gailey. It's an apocalyptical scenario! My only question is, how likely is it to come to pass?


AGBF

 

[missydebby]

Personally, I have taken to just putting my head in the sand on this, cause there is nothing I can do and it makes me too depressed.

 

[y2kitty]

Date: 6/19/2010 10:39:16 AM
Author: missydebby
Personally, I have taken to just putting my head in the sand on this, cause there is nothing I can do and it makes me too depressed.

The thought of how it is affecting the dolphins, turtles, sharks and fish seriously depresses me. I have a friend who was laid off the day Deepwater Horizon exploded and I feel so bad for her that she''s a huge environmentalist and has had to watch this each day instead of having work to distract her.

 

[Lula]

Date: 6/19/2010 10:07:23 AM
Author: AGBF

Date: 6/16/2010 8:54:15 PM

Author:Gailey

Please read this. It's really scary:


http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6593/648967

It's beyond scary, Gailey. It's an apocalyptical scenario! My only question is, how likely is it to come to pass?



AGBF

I get the impression no one really knows what the final outcome will be since this well is what is known as a "wildcat well" -- i.e., the depth and location of the well have no precedent. There's an interesting article in today's New York Times if you want to learn more about how safety decisions (or lack thereof) played into this situation.

NYTimes

 

[ksinger]

Date: 6/19/2010 11:01:04 AM
Author: sarap333

Date: 6/19/2010 10:07:23 AM
Author: AGBF

Date: 6/16/2010 8:54:15 PM

Author:Gailey

Please read this. It''s really scary:


http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6593/648967

It''s beyond scary, Gailey. It''s an apocalyptical scenario! My only question is, how likely is it to come to pass?



AGBF

I get the impression no one really knows what the final outcome will be since this well is what is known as a ''wildcat well'' -- i.e., the depth and location of the well have no precedent. There''s an interesting article in today''s New York Times if you want to learn more about how safety decisions (or lack thereof) played into this situation.

NYTimes

It''s revolting. Seriously. And is ANYONE still drinking the koolaid of how we need less regulation on the backs of business? That their own self-interest is enough to make them decent citizens?? Screw-you bottom-line chasing by BP, and the lack of regulation and the guys at Minerals Management spending their time with the hookers on staff (no pun intended) and basically acting as the government arm of Big Oil, instead of holding BP or anyone else, to any standard, is just disgusting. And everyone keeps talking about the poor people on the Gulf Coast. Yes, they are most directly affected, but this particular disaster could easily spell longer term disaster for our already-in-the-toilet economy. We are ALL going to hurt eventually from this one.

Pretty damn grim, if you ask me.

 

[AGBF]

Date: 6/19/2010 11:19:37 AM
Author: ksinger

It's revolting. Seriously. And is ANYONE still drinking the koolaid of how we need less regulation on the backs of business? That their own self-interest is enough to make them decent citizens?? Screw-you bottom-line chasing by BP, and the lack of regulation and the guys at Minerals Management spending their time with the hookers on staff (no pun intended) and basically acting as the government arm of Big Oil, instead of holding BP or anyone else, to any standard, is just disgusting. And everyone keeps talking about the poor people on the Gulf Coast. Yes, they are most directly affected, but this particular disaster could easily spell longer term disaster for our already-in-the-toilet economy. We are ALL going to hurt eventually from this one.

Pretty damn grim, if you ask me.

I think we all agree. There is a thread, The Oil Spill, in Around The World that has not drawn many participants. Those that have said anything are not happy.

Deb/AGBF

 

[gardengloves]

Hi Gailey,

I actually found that article in the Oil Drum a few days ago on a late night internet search to see what people in the industry or with technical knowledge of these deep wells had to say. Very scary. I hope there is a solution. Thanks for sharing and making it available.

It''s very hard to watch these pictures of what its doing to the sea life and gulf coast- very hard.

 

[Indylady]

I sat in on a NEJAC meeting on the oil spill last week. If anyone is interested, they are open to the public. The one I attended was a teleconference, so it was easy to attend. Others are "in person" and you''d have to travel to the location of the meeting.

 

[Gailey]

I hate to be the bearer of more ominous news, but lest all you were worried about was the oil, please read this link about the Methane

 

[Gayletmom]

I''m in south Louisiana and am terribly saddened and angered by the gusher (calling it a "spill" doesn''t seem quite right). So many things went wrong-corners were cut, screw-ups were made, etc. that it is hard to grasp.

I''m normally a news hound but I have been in tears every time I read anything or watch the local or national news lately so I am trying to limit what I take in. I did get an email on Friday from one of our local action groups, Women of the Storm, a grassroots group who came out of Hurricane Katrina. It is a group of women who lobbied congress and local governments after the storm. Among their many accomplishments, they were instrumental in passing some significant political reforms here in LA that were the silver linings of Katrina. They also made several trips to D.C. -hundreds of women at a time- to storm congress and talk to representatives from all over the country about FEMA procedures, SBA loans, insurance reform, etc. A pretty impressive bunch. Anyway, they are working on a youtube video that will be circulated with an online petition related to the Horizon disaster. The goal is a million signatures. I don''t know the details but I''m sure they can be found via google.

Anyway, it gave me a little hope that there might be some small thing I can do.