Oil Spill - Page 9

They have supposedly stopped the flow but are being cautiously optomistic.  Time will tell and they sould know in the next 24 hours.  I certainly hope so!

http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/resources/oceanography-book/oilspills.htm

The most toxic components in oil tend to be those lost rapidly through evaporation when oil is spilt. Because of this, lethal concentrations of toxic components leading to large scale mortalities of marine life are relatively rare, localized and short-lived. Sub-lethal effects that impair the ability of individual marine organisms to reproduce, grow, feed or perform other functions can be caused by prolonged exposure to a concentration of oil or oil components far lower than will cause death. Sedentary animals in shallow waters such as oysters, mussels and clams that routinely filter large volumes of seawater to extract food are especially likely to accumulate oil components. Whilst these components may not cause any immediate harm, their presence may render such animals unpalatable if they are consumed by man, due to the presence of an oily taste or smell. This is a temporary problem since the components causing the taint are lost (depurated) when normal conditions are restored.

From Effects of Marine Oil Spills

Lessons Learned

We have learned much from previous oils spills. What can we do to minimize environmental damage? Sometimes the clean up is worse than the spill. The NOAA has been monitoring Prince William Sound, the location of the spill, and they have amassed information on Results, Lessons Learned, and Implications.

1. Set aside areas that have not been cleaned to compare with cleaned areas to assess usefulness of cleaning.
2. High-pressure, hot-water cleaning causes short-term and long-term damage.
3. Stating that cleanup does "more harm than good" while to some extent true, is a bit of an oversimplification. Still, we have learned that::

a. The use of detergents, which are toxic to marine life, to disperse the oil.
b. The use of steam and hot water to clean rocks, which kills all organisms on the rocks.

Current evidence implies that oiled and hot-water washed sites initially suffered more severe declines in population abundance than oiled and not-washed sites.
From NOAA. 4. Any cleanup that changes the physical makeup of the area delays recovery. In particular, Large scale excavation of gravel beaches, which delays recovery for many years.
5. Oil that penetrates deeply into sand or sediments can stay fresh for years and be released slowly back into the water. 6. Cleanup is difficult because it disrupts the physical state of the area. Recovery is delayed many years.
6. Using water to flush away oil may remove fine sediment needed by organisms.
 

I watched an interview w/T. Boone Pickens on Larry King last night. He highly doubted that the top kill and junk shot stuff would work, saying that we would likely still be talking about it in 38 more days.

I can't for the life of me understand why Sitasmom would make such a retarded post, like the one above. It is about as helpful as a German Shepherd planting corn.

RECOVERY? Get a grip, not in your lifetime.

How much blood can be spilled before the wounds become fatal?

Mother Nature's way of dealing w/oil is to keep it contained deep within the earth. This is a huge deal sitasmom. By downplaying it, you sound like a sheep.

i think oil seapage is normal, having a 21 inch pipe gush it into the ocean is a a bit different. 

and yes mother nature will clean it up, but it won't be the same in even 50 years and i'll most likely be dead after that

GSDtravels,
A tiny splinter can become infected, the infection can enter the blood stream without ever bleeding, and then spread throughout the entire body and kill it. 
It's not about how much blood needs to be spilled, it's about living with a cancer that will kill everything it touches for a very long time.

Sitasmom,
You are a total fucking idiot.
The world is not going anywhere, it will remain.
Life on the other hand hangs in the balance, in the hands of man.
Read up, take a good hard look at what we have done to our planet and the life that it all depends on.
Take your time, there's a lot to learn.


This is something that cannot be fixed so get used to it.
Maybe consider a better way to live with our planet and all the other creatures on it who have just as much right to be here as man.
Some of those life forms are necessary where by man on the other hand is not.

50 years?
It will never be the same ever.
Mark the days until the next time comes, because it will come again.

Moons.