Thread: Oil gusher in the Gulf still not fixed!

They haven't closed the vents yet, so it's a bit premature to call this a success or a failure. We'll have to see what happens when the vents are closed.

Of course, the cap could fail when the vents are closed, and we'd be back at square one...

Meanwhile, oil is reaching the beaches of Pensacola, and could hit Destin in a couple days. We haven't even begun to see the full impact of this, IMHO.

Matt

Not going to hold my breath!

Disasters occur and while I do believe this is a tragedy I also think this (like any other incident) is over exaggerated and is leading to outrageous conspiracy theories. I've had to deal with people blaming republicans for creating this plot to discredit the Obama administration (he doesn't need any help with that). What needs to happen is what already is going on people from different backgrounds coming together to solve a common problem something thats been going on since the beginning of time not bombarding me with images of oil covered turtles while that is sad there are definite more important centers of focus needed like keeping "America" its own country and not having "america" as the worlds door mat.

Originally Posted by drake20

I've had to deal with people blaming republicans for creating this plot to discredit the Obama administration (he doesn't need any help with that).

The first I heard that conspiracy theory was this morning on C-SPAN's Washington Journal. Some black lady called in ranting about it's a a conspiracy to make Obama look bad. I wonder how long it will take for it to go viral in left-wing circles.

And if it does go viral, I wonder if the Republicans will make the same mistake they made with the 911 truthers. They ignored them instead of dilligently rebutting them, so by the time 2006 rolled around, over 30% of the population believed 911 was an inside job. And that probably played a huge role in the 2006 and 2008 elections.

Originally Posted by hairballxavier

The first I heard that conspiracy theory was this morning on C-SPAN's Washington Journal. Some black lady called in ranting about it's a a conspiracy to make Obama look bad. I wonder how long it will take for it to go viral in left-wing circles.

And if it does go viral, I wonder if the Republicans will make the same mistake they made with the 911 truthers. They ignored them instead of dilligently rebutting them, so by the time 2006 rolled around, over 30% of the population believed 911 was an inside job. And that probably played a huge role in the 2006 and 2008 elections.

Naw, that was just me using my crazy/angry black lady voice.
Hey, just playin, y'know?

I would wager that the same type of people who initially thought this was an Obama conspiracy to make offshore drilling look bad will be the same type of people who buy this latest theory. Not the same people mind you, the same type.

Originally Posted by Sunshine

I knew I shouldn't have waited so long to take that vacation! If this was gushing 5K barrels a day and they are siphoning off less than 2K.....the math isn't that hard to do. I can't even refer to this as a partial success. This is another colossal failure!

More here: Crude still flows in Gulf despite cap on oil gusher - CNN.com

ahoy Sunshine!

i'd think that the oil may be flowin' even faster into the deep seas. if i understand things correctly, the pipe was cut open clean, tharby increasin' the flow 'o oil...and that thar funnel thats bein' used be only capturin' a tiny amount 'o whats comin' out.

aye.

- MeadHallPirate

Originally Posted by Sunshine

I knew I shouldn't have waited so long to take that vacation! If this was gushing 5K barrels a day and they are siphoning off less than 2K.....the math isn't that hard to do. I can't even refer to this as a partial success. This is another colossal failure!




More here: Crude still flows in Gulf despite cap on oil gusher - CNN.com

uhm sunshine, the blew past 5k barrels a day 3 weeks ago. The estimate then by a proff. was between 50 and 85k. I just read one that said 12-17k a day. if we get 10% which is what the think they are gettong now, ...well.Its almost biblical.

Originally Posted by chassisman

Naw, that was just me using my crazy/angry black lady voice.
Hey, just playin, y'know?

Good god man, you make Moms Mabley sound like Eric Sevareid.

I'll lay money that the majority of people are going to wonder why there's still a problem after it's capped

And when it dissipates in a year or so they're all going to say..."well, see....these oil spills aren't so bad."

We've already had people on this very board saying this just shows why we should be drillling more on dry land. (as if, somehow, wells don't blow out there and everyone knows the only environmentally sensitive areas are in the oceans and this is the sole and only type of hazard oil drilling entails etc etc.)

Originally Posted by John Drake

Good god man, you make Moms Mabley sound like Eric Sevareid.

Showing your age there John...

Originally Posted by Imperator

uhm sunshine, the blew past 5k barrels a day 3 weeks ago. The estimate then by a proff. was between 50 and 85k. I just read one that said 12-17k a day. if we get 10% which is what the think they are gettong now, ...well.Its almost biblical.

I stand corrected~! The concept of bad to worse is SO difficulty for me!

I think it is pretty clear that this little pooch has been screwed for some days now!

[QUOTE=John Drake;1710609]I'll lay money that the majority of people are going to wonder why there's still a problem after it's capped

And when it dissipates in a year or so they're all going to say..."well, see....these oil spills aren't so bad."

who said that

We've already had people on this very board saying this just shows why we should be drillling more on dry land. (as if, somehow, wells don't blow out there and everyone knows the only environmentally sensitive areas are in the oceans and this is the sole and only type of hazard oil drilling entails etc etc.)

sure they do, what do you consider the greater risk? I think we know.