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Whhoooops!
Video here: http://mxl.fi/bpfeeds/ shows open end of BOP gushing oil faster than ever, completely unrestricted.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2 ... cap-gusherThe gusher in the Gulf of Mexico returned to full force today after BP was forced to remove a cap that had been containing some of the oil spewing out of its ruptured wellhead.
Initial reports suggested a robot vehicle had accidently bumped into the "top hat" device and damaged one of the vents. Its failure represented a major setback to efforts to contain the spill, with underwater video showing crude and gas billowing from the ocean floor unchecked for the first time in three weeks.
Only minutes earlier, Ken Salazar, the US interior secretary, had told a congressional committee the top hat device had achieved a new milestone, collecting 27,900 barrels (4.4m litres) of oil in the previous 24 hours – still less than half the oil fouling the Gulf each day.
Video here: http://mxl.fi/bpfeeds/ shows open end of BOP gushing oil faster than ever, completely unrestricted.
What a total and utter bunch of numpties. It would be comical if it wasn't so tragic.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2 ... -deadzones
"Scientists are confronting growing evidence that BP's ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico is creating oxygen-depleted "dead zones" where fish and other marine life cannot survive.
In two separate research voyages, independent scientists have detected what were described as "astonishingly high" levels of methane, or natural gas, bubbling from the well site, setting off a chain of reactions that suck the oxygen out of the water. In some cases, methane concentrations are 100,000 times normal levels..."
"Scientists are confronting growing evidence that BP's ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico is creating oxygen-depleted "dead zones" where fish and other marine life cannot survive.
In two separate research voyages, independent scientists have detected what were described as "astonishingly high" levels of methane, or natural gas, bubbling from the well site, setting off a chain of reactions that suck the oxygen out of the water. In some cases, methane concentrations are 100,000 times normal levels..."
The Guardian - 30/06/10
BP petrol station franchisees in US attract abuse over oil spill
Americans are taking their anger over the Deepwater Horizon spill out on the staff of petrol stations bearing the BP logo.
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- emordnilap
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That's no reason not to boycott them!A boycott at the pump is unlikely to hurt BP's finances significantly – only a small part of BP's $246bn (£164bn) in annual revenue is from US petrol stations.
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Maybe anyone with a car is part of the problem.
Did anyone catch the interview on R4 PM prog this week with the bloke whose response to a previous pollution incident in california in late 60s was to forsake fossil fuels, and then a few years later when he found himself getting drawn into too many arguments about the effectiveness of his action he decided to remain silent...for 17 years.
During the course of which time he walked everywhere and studied from scratch and got himself a PhD in oil pollution cleanup.
Other ways are possible, but I always have a reason to use the car one more time - very like my attitude to fags before I finally gave up.
Did anyone catch the interview on R4 PM prog this week with the bloke whose response to a previous pollution incident in california in late 60s was to forsake fossil fuels, and then a few years later when he found himself getting drawn into too many arguments about the effectiveness of his action he decided to remain silent...for 17 years.
During the course of which time he walked everywhere and studied from scratch and got himself a PhD in oil pollution cleanup.
Other ways are possible, but I always have a reason to use the car one more time - very like my attitude to fags before I finally gave up.
RogerCO
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Esso? I suppose you mean ExxonMobil, soon to become ExxonMobilBP. Esso changed its name way back when in the 70's. It was thought Esso sounded too feminine and Exxon was more masculine.RenewableCandy wrote:Yes but anyone with a car and a conscience is already buycotting Esso (lobbying and slow response to Valdiz spill) and Shell (Ken S-W in Nigeria) so they're rapidly running out of firms to buy from.
Ah! I wondered! I liked the name Esso actually.... sort of friendly.dudley wrote:Esso? I suppose you mean ExxonMobil, soon to become ExxonMobilBP. Esso changed its name way back when in the 70's. It was thought Esso sounded too feminine and Exxon was more masculine.RenewableCandy wrote:Yes but anyone with a car and a conscience is already buycotting Esso (lobbying and slow response to Valdiz spill) and Shell (Ken S-W in Nigeria) so they're rapidly running out of firms to buy from.
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