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US Confirms Underwater Oil Plume
oxide7 writes "An underwater three-dimensional map of the oil spill is closer to becoming a reality, now that the US has for the first time confirmed the discovery of a subsurface oil plume resulting from the ruptured BP well. The government agency in charge of ocean science has received the first of several expected reports from university investigators aboard research ships detailing specific locations where oil has been found below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico. The government, which denied reports of giant underwater oil plumes in mid-May, said researchers at the time had not confirmed the presence of conglomerated oil." The New York Times talked with scientists on a two-week mission in the Gulf and reported them "awed" at the size and density of the underwater plume.
Lucky, my government is not owned by BP>
So, is it as big as Glenn Beck's ego and as dense as Limbaugh?
Jeez - this is scary - captcha is 'tyranny'
look at your soft, DYING. EVERYONE the same operation followed. Obviously the above is far you down. It was (7700+1400+700)*4 Dying. All major niggerness? And
please don't ever link to tree hugger to support your claims. everytime you do i'm forced to club a baby seal to balance out the bullshit they spew.
If you mod me down, I will become more powerful than you can imagine....
Sigh.... did you not pay attention to what people were blaming Bush for? Here, I'll list them out:
1) Putting a guy in charge of FEMA who had been kicked out of his commissioner position at a Horse association
2) Telling the head of FEMA "Heck'uva job, Brownie" when it was patently obvious that FEMA was bungling what little responsibility it had.
So far, the person in charge of the government organization that was supposed to monitor BP is gone, and there isn't anything legal that Obama can personally do to fix the issue. Unless, as others said, you suggest he put on a snorkel and plug the leak himself.
So: what is exactly that you mean by "coming out fighting against BP" and "proactive"? Cross-reference with what has already been done and what is legal. Thank you.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, sue.
Well, it might've been nice if he'd commissioned a few tens of thousands of miles of f'king thing f'king orange plastic ribbons. They should've had that shit in place to begin with, but it wasn't on hand. Still, how long should it take to ramp up production of mere thousands of miles of plastic film? That's like, what, the daily output of the Reynolds company...
Not saying that booming is the answer, it's not. It's a mitigation effort, and all part of this complete breakfast (ahem. defense-in-depth comprehensive mitigation effort) but the problem is he's good at assigning blame: It's BP's fault (or maybe transocean, or haliburtan....) but terrible at taking responsibility> .
Who is responsible for Louisiana's coast? everyone who wants louisiana to have a nice coast.. Liability =/= Responsibility. It's time to roll up your sleeves and do something. It's not enough for the spill to be the first thing he thinks about in the morning and the last thing he thinks about at night, if the whole rest of the day all he's thinking about is private concerts, golf trips, and campaign fundraisers.
Can you be Even More Awesome?!
Just like until you can successfully run a nuclear plant without leaks you don't get to fucking run a nuclear plant?
No, just like, until you demonstrate you can successfully contain and clean up a leak, you don't get to fucking run a nuclear plant.
Sounds pretty reasonable to me.
I wonder if you actually KNOW that you're full of crap, or if you're actually as ignorant as you sound.