[quote]IrishSteel wrote:
I think in the grand scheme the dispersal ability of the trillions of trillions of gallons of water comnbined iwth naturally occuring life forms that thrive on crud eoil in the oceans is more than capable of dealing with the spill itself.
The danger is the oil that makes landfall because the dispersal affect and life forms are not present here - and the existing plant and animal life is incapabe of dealing with the oil. anyway . . my two cents[/quote]
I would agree that making land fall would worsen the spill , but like numb nuts Ratchet thinks because he does not see oil then it does not exist
If that oil does sinks to the bottom it will kill the ocean floor, they already say there is a large dead area from industrial fertilizer .
There is no way oil will evaporate or degrade in months time , it will take years .I still contend the optimal word is dispersal .Possibly the CNG would have all evoaporated by now
[quote]dmaddox wrote:
You do know it is the Government scientists that are saying most of the oil is gone, Right?[/quote]
Your right , but I don’t care if Jesus Christ said it , they sprayed chemicals on it that makes it sink. That oil is laying in the ocean and will harass the gulf if not the whole ocean for years to come . I think the word is dispersed [/quote]
Here’s what the dispersants actually do…
You did know that crude oil is biodegradable right? And the warm waters of the gulf provided a wonderful environment for said bacteria to thrive. Most of it went away naturally, though there is still about 1/4 left which is some where around 50 million gallons. There is no doubt the impact is far less than previously thought. That doesn’t make it a good thing. [/quote]
Oil may degrade but not in 90 days , get real
dump a gallon in you swimming pool or on your driveway or anywhere you want and see how long it takes for nature to degrade it . When things evaporate , what is left is more dense and less likely to evaporate . They made the oil sink and now are saying “WHAT OIL” ? when more oil beaches they will say that is not from BP’s oil spill and there will be no way to prove it
Americans are so gullible .
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You cannot compare a swimming pool to the ocean.
One gallon of oil in a swimming pool would be 1 part oil per 25000 gallons of water. Imagine how much oil that would be in the ocean.
Furthermore, there are no bacteria in a swimming pool that digest oil.
[quote]dmaddox wrote:
You do know it is the Government scientists that are saying most of the oil is gone, Right?[/quote]
Your right , but I don’t care if Jesus Christ said it , they sprayed chemicals on it that makes it sink. That oil is laying in the ocean and will harass the gulf if not the whole ocean for years to come . I think the word is dispersed [/quote]
Here’s what the dispersants actually do…
You did know that crude oil is biodegradable right? And the warm waters of the gulf provided a wonderful environment for said bacteria to thrive. Most of it went away naturally, though there is still about 1/4 left which is some where around 50 million gallons. There is no doubt the impact is far less than previously thought. That doesn’t make it a good thing. [/quote]
Oil may degrade but not in 90 days , get real
dump a gallon in you swimming pool or on your driveway or anywhere you want and see how long it takes for nature to degrade it . When things evaporate , what is left is more dense and less likely to evaporate . They made the oil sink and now are saying “WHAT OIL” ? when more oil beaches they will say that is not from BP’s oil spill and there will be no way to prove it
Americans are so gullible .
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You cannot compare a swimming pool to the ocean.
One gallon of oil in a swimming pool would be 1 part oil per 25000 gallons of water. Imagine how much oil that would be in the ocean.
Furthermore, there are no bacteria in a swimming pool that digest oil.[/quote]
How dispersants work (along with a neat video of the dispersants in action)
“Corexit, the dispersant BP is currently using, contains six chemicals. The exact recipe is a secret, according to Corexitâ??s manufacturer, Nalco, but it contains a surfactant and a solvent. Surfactants are long molecules that are hydrophilic (water-seeking) on one end and oleophilic (oil-seeking) on the other. One end grabs an oil molecule, the other, a water molecule. By reaching across the oil-water boundary, the surfactant lowers the tension that keeps the two substances separate.”
The last (and only) defense against the ongoing Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is tinyâ??billions of hydrocarbon-chewing microbes, such as Alcanivorax borkumensis. In fact, the primary motive for using the more than 830,000 gallons of chemical dispersants on the oil slick both above and below the surface of the sea is to break the oil into smaller droplets that bacteria can more easily consume.
I would agree that making land fall would worsen the spill , but like numb nuts Ratchet thinks because he does not see oil then it does not exist
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I never said it does not exist, what I was getting at is puppets like you that listen to your “Ministry of truth” news channels and believe the hype the media spreads about how bad the spill is. When, in fact, the beachs are still clear in Alabama and Florida.
I want to know when the states will sue the media for ruining tourism since they are as much / more at fault then BP…