a pic of our latest Gulf gusher

[ensho]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38429966/ns/us_news-environment/?om_rid=DXn0aN&om_mid=_BMTznUB8QPZ03i&


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The oil and gas is shooting up 100 feet into the air, officials said, as a private contractor was called in to try to cap the well.

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[SoCalDem]

1. Yeh, they'll get right on that

:cry:

[Enrique]

2. i hear offshore drilling is very safe these days

with all the modern safety equipment and whatnot.

[Fleshdancer]

3. How difficult is it to keep the well lit so boats can see it and not run into it?

From the article:

"The tugboat captain told investigators the well was not lit as required, Coast Guard Capt. John Arenstam said."

:banghead:

[Leopolds Ghost]

9. Well, there's thousands of them. And each one requires saltwater canal cutting into freshwater marsh

to maintain and access.

That's why the Mississippi delta, one of the greatest ecological niches in the Americas, is being systematically destroyed. If this were happening on any other continent, people would be sending checks and writing letters to the world wildlife federation.

[itsrobert]

4. whoops, I guess this throws out the theory we should drill closer to shore

Because it's safer.

[ensho]

5. kick

nt

[Leopolds Ghost]

10. It's also more destructive to the marsh. Cajun country's being literally dug out by oil canals.

[gristy]

6. WIth all the heightened sensitivity to things like this, I'm sure they'll have

the spill expertly boomed off in no time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UFNjJzHuX0

[Altoid_Cyclist]

7. Meanwhile, PA continues to have natural gas "accidents" at an increasing rate.

Two workers killed last week and two more gas lines hit accidentally yesterday. This is just in the Pittsburgh area.

What the hell is it going to be like once they really start to ramp up the Marcellus Destruction oh.... I mean Exploration.

[Raschel]

8. Drill baby drill!

[L0oniX]

11. Also a oil pipe leak in Michigan ...killing off the Kalamazoo river.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hbazNv8HPBELUpCXxcRQmCxaO3DgD9H83N700

[ensho]

12. yes, that's awful what's happening there

nt