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Underwater Sonar Linked To Whale Deaths
An anonymous reader writes "A group of scientists have confirmed a link between the sonar used by Exxon Mobil to map the ocean floor for oil and the death of melon-headed whales. From the article: 'A spokesman for ExxonMobil said the company disagrees with the findings. "ExxonMobil believes the panel's finding about the multi-beam echo sounder is unjustified due to the lack of certainty of information and observations recorded during the response efforts in 2008," spokesman Patrick McGinn told AFP in an email. He added that observers employed by the Madagascar government and the oil giant "were on board the vessel and did not observe any whales in the area."'"
They use "air guns" or something to map underwater oil deposits. Basically make an extremely loud noise and listen for it to bounce back from *beneath* the bottom of the ocean. That's got to deafen the shit out of whales and all the other creatures in the ocean.
Indeed they do, but it's standard practice to "soft start", i.e. start with low intensity pulses and gradually increase in order to give marine mammals chance to keep enough distance. Also there are observers on the ships to look out for any creatures that might be affected and stop if necessary.
Not to mention replace trailer park with ghetto and white trash with black and you'll see its just good old fashioned racism, pure and simple.
Although I have noticed that some on the left refuse to acknowledge racism if it is directed at whites, i don't know if it is the so called "white guilt" or some sort of perverse "getting even" thinking but I have noticed that they refuse to acknowledge racism if it comes from blacks or if it is directed at whites, see huffPo as the most obvious example but there are plenty of others.
ACs don't waste your time replying, your posts are never seen by me.
Once upon a time I would have assumed that the claims of whales dying were made in good faith.
Not anymore.
The environmental movement is so overrun with watermelon-marxists (green on the outside, red on the inside) that any claims have to be carefully screened to ensure that they are not an anti-capitalist scam masquerading as environmental concern.
That the target of this claim is an oil company looking for new sources of petroleum, makes me highly suspicious.
Muslim community leaders warn of backlash from tomorrow morning's terrorist attack.
Insightful? Really? Typical left wing bullshit, hate speech is hate speech pal, or is there even a word one can call a white person that would be considered hate speech to you?
I would also remind you that after the martin shooting there were more than 30 attacks, including one where a 14 year old was SET ON FIRE, where the attackers screamed "kill a whitey for trayvon!"...know how many were charged with a hate crime? Can you guess? If you said ZERO then you are correct, and if you thought that was justice then you should be an admin at HuffPo!
Racism is racism and the kind of political correct bullshit you are spewing is why we have an AG that says, and I quote "Black people can't be racist so they can't commit hate crimes". And THAT is what your refusing to call a spade a spade gets you, protected classes and double standards. Think about that next time you are gonna stand there and say racism is okay.
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