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Huge Amounts of Oil Found On Gulf of Mexico Floor
intellitech tips news of a study examining the Gulf of Mexico sea floor in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Marine scientists have found a thick layer of oil, and say it has devastated life there.
"Studies using a submersible found a layer, as much as 10cm thick in places, of dead animals and oil, said Samantha Joye of the University of Georgia. Knocking these animals out of the food chain will, in time, affect species relevant to fisheries. She disputed an assessment by BP's compensation fund that the Gulf of Mexico will recover by the end of 2012. ... 'The impact on the benthos was devastating,' she told BBC News. 'Filter-feeding organisms, invertebrate worms, corals, sea fans — all of those were substantially impacted — and by impacted, I mean essentially killed. Another critical point is that detrital feeders like sea cucumbers, brittle stars that wander around the bottom, I didn't see a living (sea cucumber) around on any of the wellhead dives. They're typically everywhere, and we saw none.'"
Had this happened on Bush's watch, he'd be excoriated (and deservedly so). But Obama? Not at all.
Information wants to be expensive AND wants to be free. So you have Value vs. Cheap distribution fighting each other.
...America would be better off...
Depends on your definition of better. Some of us would prefer a simpler lifestyle.
Someone flopped a steamer in the gene pool.
Who cares? The oil will break down naturally soon enough. Have any of you Bolsheviks notice gas is $3.20 and rising? It is costing me over $50 to gas up my Chevy Tahoe. To paraphrase Sarah Palin, "its time for nature to take one for the team."
an ill wind that blows no good
>>>I can also see that a single payer system would be good for the welfare of the entire nation
Yeah because "single payer" sure has worked for the School system. The US has the smartest kids in the world. And Amtrak and the USPS and the SSI Retirement System (all deep, deep in debt).
Also I hate monopolies - even if said monopoly is government run. It takes away freedom of choice (where you want to invest your dollars). The solution to our health problems is not a monopoly - the solution is to create a system like Food Stamps for the Poor, but for healthcare. Everyone buys their own food and health with their own money - except for the bottom ~5% who lack the money.
Information wants to be expensive AND wants to be free. So you have Value vs. Cheap distribution fighting each other.