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deminks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 11:42 AM Original message |
BP Finds Chemical That Disperses Oil in Deep Water |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
1. FUCK BP |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 04:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. I agree ... |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
2. Oil spill may be far more devastating than first feared |
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dhpgetsit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
3. Sounds like sweeping it under the rug. |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
4. The changing winds are contributing to this disaster. |
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movonne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
5. What is in the chemical that they are using???could this be something |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. My thoughts too. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Apparently the problem is the depth of the water |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
7. "where there are natural forces that absorb the oil" - yeah, sure. In about 1000 years. |
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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. Thus dropping the oil right on top of shrimp and oyster beds |
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B2G (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. They're using the dispersents 50 miles out at the source of the leak |
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Veilex (115 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Even if it doesn’t drop directly onto the oyster beds.... |
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B2G (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 01:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Google Prince William Sound recovery n/t |
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Veilex (115 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 01:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Hrmmmm |
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B2G (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 02:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I'm not saying that this is a disaster |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 04:03 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. What would the explosives do? |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 04:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. Shrimp and oyster beds at 5000 feet? |
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Akoto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
9. Seems like a partial solution. |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
10. 10 years later.... |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
11. Nice. Now use the chemical. NOW. n/t |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
12. there is nothing new about using flocculants in cleaning up oil spills |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 01:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. I don't know a thing about flocculants, why do you think BP |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 01:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. proably for the same reason they skipped all kinds of safeguards |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 04:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Production and dispersion costs is my guess. |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
20. Careful. They could be unleashing god-knows-what as a fast (cheap) fix. |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
22. Tripled in 24 hours??? |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
25. All the dozens of years that scientists have trying to solve this problem |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
26. I bet that if they had proposed this method in their original permit requests |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
27. Chemicals Meant To Break Up BP Oil Spill Present New Environmental Concerns |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 04:05 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Well, that |
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Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
28. Just wonderful. Let's pour more chemicals into our water. Fuck BP. |
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Dark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
32. You know, while we want to get this cleaned up asap, what's the long-term effects of the chemical? |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
33. BS |
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sazerac (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
34. The air we breathe |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
35. Fucking idiots. nt |
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Cass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
36. "...natural forces that absorb the oil..." |
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Marthe48 (473 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
37. Didn't somebody find oil-eating bacteria a few yrs. back? |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
38. suuuurree..made by a Halliburton subsidiary |
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arikara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
39. Oh sure, just throw more chemicals into the ocean |
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