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Cruzan (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-05-10 08:52 AM Original message |
Sorry, I haven't been following this BP thing too closely. How different is it from this? |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-05-10 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
1. It happened before the world began for many here at DU |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-05-10 08:56 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. The thing I don't understand is all the predictions of "world killer", wiping out all ocean life. |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-05-10 08:57 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Don't look for reason here |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-05-10 09:00 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Do you include yourself in that description? |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-05-10 09:04 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. One of a relative few |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-05-10 09:31 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. We are all the hero in our own story.. |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-05-10 09:53 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I never worked in the oil fields |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-05-10 10:23 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Have you? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-05-10 11:28 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Eh, I've seen a lot of posts gloating over the fact that the offshore oil industry is being closed.. |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-05-10 11:32 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Really? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-05-10 12:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. It's easier to see when you or someone you know is the target.. |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-05-10 12:19 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. No blame? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-05-10 06:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. They are no more to blame than any of us.. |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-06-10 08:41 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Yeah sorry 'bout that |
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MyNameGoesHere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-05-10 10:03 AM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Well if we haven't detroyed the ocean yet we need to do a better job. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-05-10 09:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Eucalyptus oil is easier |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-05-10 09:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. I never heard of Ixtoc before the BP leak, and I was born in 1957. |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-06-10 08:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
29. I've surfed Galveston every day at times and I hated those tar balls, even before 79. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-05-10 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
2. Very similar except much deeper water. |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-05-10 09:15 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Except |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-05-10 10:14 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. +1 |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-06-10 08:19 AM Response to Reply #10 |
26. Benzene, toluene and other organic compounds are not water soluable |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-06-10 08:34 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. so |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-06-10 06:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. 6 member carbon rings are relatively stable |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-05-10 11:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Now those are new numbers... |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-05-10 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
3. Ixtoc I was in 160 feet of water...DWH in 5,000. feet, making |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-05-10 08:59 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. The irony is the shallow water didn't help @ Ixtoc I or at Australian leak. |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-05-10 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
12. There are several major differences, reasons why this BP disaster is worse. |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-05-10 12:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Uh oh |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-05-10 12:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Location, location, location... timing |
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