Oil spill question

[Flench]

How many thank it will not be caped ? There is our start of the end in 2012 ? Will it take two year's to kill the sea's ?

[fudgums]

I blame karaya.

[Yossarian]

How many thank it will not be caped ? There is our start of the end in 2012 ? Will it take two year's to kill the sea's ?

I see absolutely no way that this oil spill (or any other, for that matter) could 'end the world' (whatever that means, anyway).

It'll either be capped, or it'll fade out on its own.

[Flench]

I don't see any thing good coming out of it . You will not even be able to buy  sea food this time next year and how do you know it will fade ? That pocket is as big as a sea. Good thing I live on a lake , at lest I will have fish to eat .

[AWwrgwy]

It will keep leaking until all the oil from the Middle East eventually seep out.  On the bright side, no more drilling.  Just scrape the oil off the beach.

 


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[Flench]

That's sad ... Here is our world sea's going to pot and no way to stop it .. All sea food will taste like oil now for 100 of year's if they do get it caped that's never going to happen . No way to cap that thing ..to deep .

[ZetaNine]

firstly...it's no "spill'...and that drives me crazy every time I hear the media say that.

secondly...my guess is that other sections of the same pipe were damaged in the destruction...as it was falling..and stress cracks over time will created new and possibly greater leaks.  the new theory now is to drill new holes and extract the oil from that...and alleviate the pressure from the leak they cannot contain.  in other words...it could go on for generations.

[Wayout]

[DYNAMITE]

I'm afraid this is going to keep leaking till the relief wells are dug... so till August or September  

[Flench]

Your right ZetaNine , It's no spill ! It's a river !!!! If this go's on another month it will kill the sea ..There go's my trip to the beach this year .

[Dawger]

Kill the sea? really?

One would have to ignore the fact that there are many microorganisms that EAT oil living in the sea.

That is one of the methods used to clean the oil. Dispersant chemicals create small oil attractive particles and the microorganisms eat the result.

[Dawger]

How come the seas didn't die from IXTOC?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixtoc_I_oil_spill

[Dawger]

How come the seas didn't die when German and American submarines were punching holes in oil tankers on a daily basis?

[RTHolmes]

I'm afraid this is going to keep leaking till the relief wells are dug... so till August or September  

yeah thats what I'm thinking, should be easier to cap when the relief wells are in place. still not sure why the BOP valves cant be used to choke the flow, I guess they were damaged?

[Flench]

How come the seas didn't die when German and American submarines were punching holes in oil tankers on a daily basis?

Because it was not a none stop river of oil .
Yes , the BOP valves were and are damaged .