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[Doktor Howl]

that doesn't seem like that much.
there are natural oil spills that seep 5 to 6 times this much every day from what i understand.

In one small place?

[LMNO]

that doesn't seem like that much.
there are natural oil spills that seep 5 to 6 times this much every day from what i understand.

This also sounds like "it's ok to drill a hole in a boat's hull if it's already leaking" logic.

[AFK]

Also, as far as I've read, they still haven't been able to stop the leak.  There is natural oil seepage, but their is a reason they are calling this an oil spill, as compared to an oil seepage.  It is a more concentrated and acute event.  And look at the satellite image.  It can't be good for that much oil, so close together, is so close to a wildlife refuge. 

[Elder Iptuous]

don't get me wrong folks!
i wasn't saying that this isn't a concern, or anything.
it's a big mess.  i was just saying that i thought it would have had a bigger number than it does, based on the number in the article that i posted (or one similar to it that i read a while ago)
furthermore, the article goes on to explain how the natural environment deals with the natural leaks, too, like Nast says....

[Triple Zero]

ah okay, thanks for clarifying. because I was indeed getting you wrong ...

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

I think I was getting you wrong too, but I get you now.


Also

The irony of it is that it sank on Earth Day.

     

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

By the way the fuckers lied.
It's spilling about 210,000 gallons of crude into the gulf every day.

Thanks BP.
That  whole unregulated "trust us we know what we're doing" approach really worked.

[Doktor Howl]

I don't know if you guys heard or wrote about it yet, but there's a giant oil problem in the Gulf right now.
A rig exploded and now there's 1000 barrels a day just pouring out into the Gulf.

Nice.

Don't eat ANYTHING from the Gulf!
Shrimp, tuna, blah blah

PUNCHLINE, PLS.  

[Doktor Howl]

By the way the fuckers lied.
It's spilling about 210,000 gallons of crude into the gulf every day.

Thanks BP.
That  whole unregulated "trust us we know what we're doing" approach really worked.

Don't worry.  The invisible hand of the marketplace will clean it right up.  Any time now.

[Nast]

By the way the fuckers lied.
It's spilling about 210,000 gallons of crude into the gulf every day.

Thanks BP.
That  whole unregulated "trust us we know what we're doing" approach really worked.

Don't worry.  The invisible hand of the marketplace will clean it right up.  Any time now.

Or set it on FIRE!

[Eater of Clowns]

Pretty much everyone is watching it creep up to Louisiana's coast in pure horror.  This is a god damn disaster.  You know it's bad when the 11 people missing/dead aren't the headline.  Ordinarily that would be the topic for weeks, and here it's barely mentioned.

[Doktor Howl]

Pretty much everyone is watching it creep up to Louisiana's coast in pure horror.  This is a god damn disaster.  You know it's bad when the 11 people missing/dead aren't the headline.  Ordinarily that would be the topic for weeks, and here it's barely mentioned.

Louisiana can't catch a break.

[Requia ☣]

Edit: I confuzzled gallons and barrels, ignore that 

[AFK]

Drill, Baby, Drill   

[Kai]

What's funnier yet is that the location of the spill is just to the north of the gulf of Mexico dead zone caused by fertilizer runoff from the Mississippi valley.