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HCE SuiGeneris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-09-10 11:31 AM
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"Tar Mat" Pictures -- I railed against their unavailability, now here they are. (Pic Heavy)
Edited on Fri Jul-09-10 11:34 AM by HCE SuiGeneris
The images need to be ingrained in the minds of those who are still not aware of the devastation that is occurring.
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Tailormyst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-09-10 11:37 AM
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1. How will we ever recover from this?
Honestly, I cannot wrap my brain around the magnitude of this disaster. If we destroy the oceans we destroy ourselves.
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-09-10 08:27 PM
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8. Nature will
it's developed wonderful bacteria to eat this stuff. For them the oil is filet mignon.

I worry that the dispersant will make that process more difficult. The bacteria evolved to eat oil, not necessarily to eat soap.

But nature will. Whether it will be in 20 years or more is another question...
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HCE SuiGeneris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-09-10 11:38 AM
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2. Reformatted the layout n/t
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femmocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-09-10 11:50 AM
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3. Thank you for your excellent documentation. n/t
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Oceansaway Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-09-10 11:52 AM
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4. K&R...n/t
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pleah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-09-10 06:17 PM
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5. K&R
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KeyWester Donating Member (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-09-10 06:19 PM
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6. If I saw that in Key West...
I just might pass out.

Horrible.
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CoffeeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-09-10 08:24 PM
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7. My guess...
...is that we have only experienced the tip of the oil-spill iceberg.

The oil is gushing from the floor of the ocean. Oil floats, and it will take
some time before the big masses of oil to float to the top. But they will.

And when they do, it's going to be so big and so ugly.

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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-09-10 08:29 PM
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9. That would work if
it wasn't being dispersed at the source and hydrolyzed...

The heavy use of Corexit will only make things much worst. but on the bright side. from BP's POV... these pictures are not as bad as they could be.
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CoffeeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-09-10 09:41 PM
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10. Are they using Corexit...
...right at the source of the gusher?

So, if it's dispersed, does it stay dispersed? Or does it gravitate
back, and form a big blog of corexit and oil?

I don't get the reprecussions of using corexit, but I imagine that it would be more
difficult to trap and collect the oil if it's in little beads, as opposed to being
in big masses.

Thanks for any info...
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MrMickeysMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-09-10 10:42 PM
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11. I think if you watch this, you'll understand enough...
... to want to take every ounce of Corexit and pump it up BP's collective corporate BOD's arse.

Please view- http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=481812&mesg_id=481812
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HCE SuiGeneris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 10:54 AM
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13. It's FUBAR.
I heartily agree with your suggestion.
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-09-10 10:50 PM
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12. Yes at the source
and what it does it that it keeps it under water.

If this floated to the top the 'zenes, such as benzene would evaporate. In five days or so you'd have a thick, sirupy mess that is far easier to clean. But it is far messier and the animals and plants... oy the photos...
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