2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill

[TEG]

Will BP go bankrupt?

msnbc.com: much oil, few cleanup crews, hit Ala. beaches

 

[AnOutsider]

If the water/oil seperation methods works, is the oil still viable? If so, who keeps it? The govt or does BP get to still make money off it?

 

[TEG]

BP To Sell Oil Recovered From Gushing Well

 

[AnOutsider]

BP says the creation of this fund is over and beyond their obligations under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.

Not the best choice of words

 

[TEG]

Pondering a scenario well bore structure is compromised "Down hole".???

Could Damaged Oil Well Casing Lead to Underwater Tar Pit?

 

[mt2]

BP To Sell Oil Recovered From Gushing Well

While I appreciate the effort - believe me, I really think using the funds for wildlife refuges is the right thing to do - I won't delude myself to think this is anything more than pure PR.

 

[TEG]

[url=http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_15280691?source=rss]Opinion: Sickened by the Gulf oil spill? Turn to electric vehicles[/URL]

 

[dpeilow]

Barack Obama calls for clean-energy push

 

[johnr]

Too bad this is what it took to wake up our nation, but it looks like maybe some good will come of it...

 

[TEG]

http://www.onearth.org/node/2230
Slick Numbers: How the Oil Spill Estimates Keep Climbing

None (April 22)

1,000 barrels a day (April 24)

5,000 barrels a day (April 28)

12,000 to 19,000 barrels a day (May 27)

25,000 barrels a day (May 27)

25,000 to 30,000 barrels a day (June 10)

Oil-spill flow rate estimate surges to 35,000 to 60,000 barrels a day

35,000 to 60,000 barrels (1.47 million to 2.52 million gallons) of oil a day are now gushing from the reservoir deep beneath the gulf. {June 15}

:frown:

 

[TEG]

http://www.digitalglobe.com/downloads/DG_Analysis_Gulf_Oil_Spill_24May2010.pdf

 

[vfx]

WSJ
Time to Plug In Electric Cars
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703650604575312550108458916.html

 

[CarbonOne]

http://www.onearth.org/node/2230
Slick Numbers: How the Oil Spill Estimates Keep Climbing
Oil-spill flow rate estimate surges to 35,000 to 60,000 barrels a day

:frown:

I'm reminded daily how stupid BP thinks we are...

These aren’t exact numbers but its my example...

BP says... "Roughly 25,000 BARRELS of oil are being spilled a day"

BP also says... "We are proud to say we are collecting 50,000 GALLONS of oil a day!"

I hope I'm not reposting, but I'm not the only one who catches this am I?

 

[CarbonOne]

I bet all those fancy deisel clunkers there doing nothing are using a huge percentage of oil thats being spilled out daily...

 

[TEG]

BP oil disaster: How much oil is left?

...the gushing well in the Gulf of Mexico probably still holds about 2 billion gallons of oil...

...That means the reservoir likely holds 94 to 97 percent of its oil. At the current flow rate, it would take from two to nearly four years for all the oil to leak from the field if it can't be stopped...

 

[TEG]

Um, well...

SarahPalinUSA twit:

Gulf disaster needs divine intervention as man's efforts have been futile. Gulf lawmakers designate today Day of Prayer for solution/miracle

 

[Adm]

With all the attention going to the Gulf spill, I wonder how much oil leaks out in Nigeria and other places away from western TV cameras....

 

[PopSmith]

WSJ
Time to Plug In Electric Cars
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703650604575312550108458916.html

I enjoyed, and generally agreed with, that article. A few points that stuck out to me:

Indeed, the White House believes that, once the trauma of the spill subsides, the chances of passing broad energy legislation—suspended in a partisan coma before the spill—actually will have improved, because the crisis will have a galvanizing effect on America's yearning for a different energy future.

I believe that now is the time to pass some sort of pro-electric bill, not after the trauma has subsided. If they wait too long the only thing that would help increase interest in electric vehicles again is another extreme hike in gasoline prices or another disaster and we can't really afford either one.

Those communities would get funds to build recharging stations, for example, and residents would get an increase in an existing tax credit for buying electric cars, to $10,000 from $7,500.

They mentioned "five to 15" cities would get the above quoted benefit. This could mean that depending on local incentives a base Model S could cost $40,000 or less. :biggrin:

 

[doug]

Vacationers Ignore Tar Balls, Children Play on Oiled Beach (Video) - treehugger.com

[MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QwsCHd7Lcg[/MEDIA]

 

[TEG]

The comments on that Youtube call those beach-goers 'stupid' for trying to vacation in a pollution zone. Ironically the politicians of those states tend to be telling people that the beaches are fine and people should not be canceling their vacations.

"Oil won't spoil your Florida visit"

“Alabama’s coast has so much to offer vacationers, and it is more important now than ever for Alabamians to come enjoy it."