How is this oil spill not a big deal?

[NONE_too_SOFT]

Originally Posted by azoomm

I know. It's just absolutely incredible to me. Though, now with Al Gore being the spokesmodel for Environmental Issues hasn't really helped things. He just comes off as a heretic. It's like having Chicken Little with a REAL issue. The sky IS fucking falling.

There is a company here in Austin that produces a microbial product that "eats" oil. They are delivering their first major shipment of the product this week to help address the issue. While it seems like this could solve the problem, I can't help but think about the what-if's. YAY, let's introduce a foreign product to address one disaster could create an entirely different disaster....

by introducing foreign or synthetic bacteria to rid the problem, we could drastically alter the entire region. we cant possibly forsee all the side effects of trying to sweep the dust under the rug with a miracle product.

for instance

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by azoomm

For anyone to actually THINK this will simply "right itself" is incredible to me.

People have become desensitized over time by seeing disasters and such half a world away that have never impacted them. To their point of view, this stuff just "goes away" so people have gotten into this mode of thinking. I'm not saying it's right (definitely not) but that's what I think has happened.

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by Particle Man

People have become desensitized over time by seeing disasters and such half a world away that have never impacted them. To their point of view, this stuff just "goes away" so people have gotten into this mode of thinking. I'm not saying it's right (definitely not) but that's what I think has happened.

It does go away because the news stops covering it. Parts of new orleans are still recovering from katrina, and haiti is still a disaster but all the stars got their face time did their benefit shows and moved on to the next cause toget them more face time.

if this comes ashore over many communities you will prolly hear and see a lot more of it esp when /if it hits more densley populated or well off areas.

I just wonder if the govt learned their lesson after katrina and will have their shit together to help take care of this one.

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by tommymac

It does go away because the news stops covering it. Parts of new orleans are still recovering from katrina, and haiti is still a disaster but all the stars got their face time did their benefit shows and moved on to the next cause toget them more face time.

Yep

[MILK]

Originally Posted by Particle Man

People have become desensitized over time by seeing disasters and such half a world away that have never impacted them. To their point of view, this stuff just "goes away" so people have gotten into this mode of thinking. I'm not saying it's right (definitely not) but that's what I think has happened.

Because the media blows most everything out of proportion it makes it hard to judge what is really a disaster. Like I said in an earlier post - I was in Alaska after the Valdez and the locals said the spill was nowhere close to being as bad as potrayed...

Same goes for whenever we get 1/4" of snow here - you'd think the world was coming to an end..

[askmrjesus]

Originally Posted by MILK

Because the media blows most everything out of proportion it makes it hard to judge what is really a disaster.

You are so right. Just look at all the fuss they made over Katrina. Like a little water is really going to hurt anybody...

Originally Posted by MILK

Like I said in an earlier post - I was in Alaska after the Valdez and the locals said the spill was nowhere close to being as bad as potrayed...

I wonder if any of the locals you talked to, were one of the 11,000 Alaskans that helped clean up the 10.8 MILLION GALLONS of oil that covered 1,300 miles of coastline, killing an estimated 100,000 -250,000 seabirds, fish, orcas, seals and otters, along with billions of salmon eggs.

My guess is no.

JC

[Kaneman]

Originally Posted by askmrjesus

You are so right. Just look at all the fuss they made over Katrina. Like a little water is really going to hurt anybody...




I wonder if any of the locals you talked to, were one of the 11,000 Alaskans that helped clean up the 10.8 MILLION GALLONS of oil that covered 1,300 miles of coastline, killing an estimated 100,000 -250,000 seabirds, fish, orcas, seals and otters, along with billions of salmon eggs.

My guess is no.

JC

Dude, don't be a dick. You know damned good and well how common it is for a quarter of a million animals from a local population to suddenly die off.

Just the other day I was on my way to work on the bike and I had to carefully weave in and out of all the dead Longhorns, Horses and Rattlesnakes. Hell, I even had a dead Mockingbird fall right down from the sky. There must've been......well I guess about 250,000 dead animals in all.

Perfectly normal, and not a big deal.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by askmrjesus

I wonder if any of the locals you talked to, were one of the 11,000 Alaskans that helped clean up the 10.8 MILLION GALLONS of oil that covered 1,300 miles of coastline, killing an estimated 100,000 -250,000 seabirds, fish, orcas, seals and otters, along with billions of salmon eggs.

My guess is no.

JC

I was wondering how many of them worked for an oil company? Hell, we still have a ban on oil being transported through Canada's western waters to this day.

[Cruzergirl]

Originally Posted by MILK

Because the media blows most everything out of proportion it makes it hard to judge what is really a disaster. Like I said in an earlier post - I was in Alaska after the Valdez and the locals said the spill was nowhere close to being as bad as potrayed...

Same goes for whenever we get 1/4" of snow here - you'd think the world was coming to an end..

On this ONE point I have to disagree. I had friends who helped clean and know many fishermen in the area. It WAS that bad.


Luv ya! Mean it!

[Homeslice]

Will this affect the west coast of Florida?