1979 Ixtoc I Oil Spill - Democratic Underground

FarLeftFist

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Sun May-30-10 01:47 PM
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1979 Ixtoc I Oil Spill

What to most likely look forward to in regards to the Gulf Spill

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixtoc_I_oil_spill

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charlesg

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Sun May-30-10 01:50 PM
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1. And that was in waters 160 ft deep, i.e. "shallow"

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Traveling_Home

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Sun May-30-10 02:50 PM
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2. Aftermath....

Aftermath
Prevailing currents carried the oil towards the Texas coastline. The US government had two months to prepare booms to protect major inlets. Eventually, in the US, 162 miles (261 km) of beaches and 1421 birds were affected by 3,000,000 barrels (480,000 m3) of oil.<8> Pemex spent $100 million to clean up the spill and avoided paying compensation by asserting sovereign immunity.<9>

'avoid paying compenstion...' because it was owned by the People (i.e. Government) of Mexico.

An issue when considering nationalizing industries.

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KansasVoter

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Sun May-30-10 03:13 PM
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3. But no one even remembers it. Maybe that means we have hope now.

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