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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:01 PM Original message |
NOAA director: "The light crude oil is biodegrading quickly" |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. The question is not where is the oil. The question is where is the oxygen |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Do you have any further information on your "dead zone" claim? |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Think it through carefully |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Not necessarily |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I'll wait for a source other than the oil industry, thank you |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 09:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Not that simple, |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 09:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. anaerobic biodegration |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 01:22 AM Response to Reply #5 |
28. but beyond the usual oxygen depletion you've added something big to consume more of it |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Your most recent link was from almost a month ago.. anything more recent? |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Are you challenging the basic chemistry of biodegradation of oil? |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. If true then there should be easily detectable dead zones.. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Read the links, not just the dates n/t |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. All indications from recent observations by NOAA scientists are that the oil is being dissipated.. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Wallow in your deliberate ignorance then |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. ignorance?? just asking for some actual scientific observations.. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 01:25 AM Response to Reply #12 |
30. you are playing a game |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 04:28 AM Response to Reply #30 |
41. You are the one playng games. I quoted NOAA scientists.. some you dont like it. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 01:24 AM Response to Reply #10 |
29. only to the extent that dissolved oxygen is being monitored |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 01:40 AM Response to Reply #10 |
34. goalposts moving |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. Deleted message |
Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 04:35 AM Response to Reply #27 |
44. Deleted message |
izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Basic chemistry |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Where exactly is this "dead zone" now? |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. I gave you a link..... |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 09:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. That link was to some contact page at a university.. maybe you sent the wrong link.. |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 09:19 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. You left out an 'm' |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 09:21 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. ftxed. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 01:29 AM Response to Reply #20 |
32. you expect a study to be published immediately after data is collected? |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 04:34 AM Response to Reply #32 |
43. This must be the most analyzed and monitored body of water on earth.. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 01:28 AM Response to Reply #9 |
31. you are playing a game again...refusing to even discuss oxygen consumption by oil breakdown |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 04:42 AM Response to Reply #31 |
45. So you thnk its all a big conspiracy? NOAA, the media, me.. we are all in on it.. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 05:34 PM Response to Reply #45 |
57. no, i don't know why you did that, but it was misleading |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 08:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
63. (s)he's right. |
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Imajika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
14. So, not the Gulf killing disaster so many people predicted... |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Sounds like you are buying this media hype |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 09:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. So are the NOAA scientists also in on this "hype".. |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Yes, it does appear not to be the catastrophic disaster many were predicting.. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 01:32 AM Response to Reply #18 |
33. nobody should stand for being lectured by somebody who denies gulf hypoxia problems |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 04:24 AM Response to Reply #33 |
40. I never denied that.. some poster said this spill caused dead zones.. just asking for verification. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 01:59 PM Response to Reply #40 |
49. hasty conclusion |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 01:49 AM Response to Reply #18 |
36. since you like to quote NOAA so much |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 04:31 AM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Clearly it has been a disaster.. any idiot knows that.. but it appears to now be under control.. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 01:47 AM Response to Reply #14 |
35. FAIL |
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MikeW (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
16. the Gulf has always had a hypoxia problem |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 09:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. Great link |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 01:52 AM Response to Reply #16 |
37. DCbob suddenly went silent |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 04:16 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Its called going to sleep.. |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 04:22 AM Response to Reply #16 |
39. That map does not even correlate to the where the spill is.. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. I don't mean this in a nasty way at all |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 12:25 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Everything is NOT totally under control.. but the situation does appears to be improving greatly. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 12:59 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. How would you define overreacting? |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 02:40 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Nuking it would have been one massive over-reaction.. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 03:43 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Ok, I agree on nuking but that was very fringe |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 03:25 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. Seems to me you are blaming the messenger here. The OP posted comments of the NOAA director. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 03:34 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. read all the posts of the "messenger" |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 03:59 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Yes I hope yellowcanine does read all the posts of the "messenger".. |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 04:43 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. chew on this creekdog... |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 08:01 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. i wasn't disagreeing with you on this part |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 07:31 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. I have no dog in the fight. I called it as I saw it. It seems to me that we can |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 04:03 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Thanks for your input, I did read the thread Bob was asked because he posted and added his opinion |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
58. Cross my fingers I guess |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
61. Yeah, right it is all perfect now |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 08:28 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Who said its "perfect"?? and who is downgrading the impact?? |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #62 |
65. Hyperbole is what you guys do, and when in Rome... |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 11:46 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. The gusher is capped, the Gulf isnt dead, beaches arent ruined, there arent millions of dead animals... |
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Imajika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 01:47 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. The doom and gloomers don't want to hear that... |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 08:33 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. except that no one even remotely implied that... |
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