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Ganja Ninja

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98. I'm being a realist and USF's findings are real.

Tue Apr 9, 2013, 03:26 PM

Apr 2013

They're sampling the sea floor. I don't have to give merit where none is due. One study finds oil the other study, coincidentally by a researcher with ties to BP does not. Somebody's lying and my guess is it's the guy that was in on a half a billion in funding.

Believe what you want to believe.

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An explosion in oil-munching bacteria made fast work of BP oil spill, scientist says [View all] Sgent Apr 2013 OP

LMAO Esse Quam Videri Apr 2013 #1

Why are you laughing your ass off? n/t LTX Apr 2013 #39

because it's preposterous---anyone who followed this knows the oil sank to bottom wordpix Apr 2013 #75

I'm not following. What's preposterous? LTX Apr 2013 #86

Let's See Some Peer Review bucolic_frolic Apr 2013 #2

I checked out the guy's bio ..... Botany Apr 2013 #6

U Tenn Knoxville? NYC_SKP Apr 2013 #8

He is legit Botany Apr 2013 #10

Right. Because them so-called science people at UT are so fucking dumb. LTX Apr 2013 #40

Knoxville is the flagship campus for the University of Tennessee alcibiades_mystery Apr 2013 #103

regardless of whether or not it's legit, how much oxygen is being consumed by the process? CreekDog Apr 2013 #74

Not necessarily any. Bacteria come in millions of species. Not all need oxygen. kestrel91316 Apr 2013 #81

is this an anaerobic process or not? CreekDog Apr 2013 #82

I have no idea. It certainly could be anaerobic, and it makes more kestrel91316 Apr 2013 #117

Here's a second opinion from a slightly more objective source. Ganja Ninja Apr 2013 #31

And how does that source conflict with the findings by Hazen? LTX Apr 2013 #44

Clearly you don't know your ass from your elbow. Ganja Ninja Apr 2013 #52

As I said, you clearly haven't gleaned anything meaningful from either article. LTX Apr 2013 #55

How Objective? demwing Apr 2013 #90

It's objective enough to be believable if you didn't just fall off a turnip truck. Ganja Ninja Apr 2013 #92

Are you always so strident? demwing Apr 2013 #101

Oh yeah you forgot your link for that $11 million claim. Ganja Ninja Apr 2013 #93

My bad, here ya go. demwing Apr 2013 #100

i am skeptical of some of this .... Botany Apr 2013 #3

tars a bit different though PatrynXX Apr 2013 #14

You can still find small tarballs from a 1969 oil spill on the beaches of Southern California slackmaster Apr 2013 #38

I remember that! demwing Apr 2013 #58

Same here. The drill before re-entering the house included hosing off sand, using lighter fluid... slackmaster Apr 2013 #84

What SoCal beach? demwing Apr 2013 #88

It might suggest the dispersants were an awful bad idea. AtheistCrusader Apr 2013 #20

the dispersant had one purpose and that was to hide as much oil as possible from .... Botany Apr 2013 #32

And from the government. AtheistCrusader Apr 2013 #36

Well, at least they have their priorities straight. Dark n Stormy Knight Apr 2013 #104

Not one species named. Occulus Apr 2013 #4

And because the species are not named in this newspaper article, LTX Apr 2013 #43

And here's an article linking Hazen to $500 million in funding by BP while at berkley labs Ganja Ninja Apr 2013 #67

Oh, well. Then Hazen and all of his collaborators must be lying in their research and articles. LTX Apr 2013 #71

Well I see the first 5 are Co-Authored by Hazen. Ganja Ninja Apr 2013 #73

Um, the grant money went to U.C. Berkeley. Not Hazen individually. LTX Apr 2013 #76

haha, good catch. Methinks your antagonist works for BP, sure sounds like it wordpix Apr 2013 #77

The shills are all out in force on a Kamikaze mission. Ganja Ninja Apr 2013 #85

Please identify the "research that contradicts the BP funded studies," LTX Apr 2013 #109

No, I'm just disgusted by the science denial demonstrated in this thread. LTX Apr 2013 #110

THIS was part of what Justice Powell was after when he proposed the Powell Manifesto loudsue Apr 2013 #5

That's exactly what the Koch's are doing. Giving to schools so they can dictate who gets hired. judesedit Apr 2013 #13

And NPR. Anything not neoliberal tblue Apr 2013 #24

Forgive me, but what on earth are you talking about? LTX Apr 2013 #45

I know exactly what the research being discussed is about. loudsue Apr 2013 #99

Actually, your post reveals that you know nothing about the research being discussed. LTX Apr 2013 #107

So only one of us....you and me.....has an agenda?? loudsue Apr 2013 #118

And so the question is - LTX Apr 2013 #119

Maybe some Nuke Eating Bacteria are at work on the Fukashima KoKo Apr 2013 #7

Not yet, but they're working on it. Comrade_McKenzie Apr 2013 #11

Further down the article he said this: Harmony Blue Apr 2013 #9

BINGO! That's all three flavors in a bullshit banana split. Poll_Blind Apr 2013 #12

What, precisely, is "bullshit" about it? n/t LTX Apr 2013 #50

Are they expecting us to fall for this? nt brush Apr 2013 #15

Fall for what? Be specific. n/t LTX Apr 2013 #51

fall for your crap, Hazen or BP exec, whoever you are wordpix Apr 2013 #78

Amazing. LTX Apr 2013 #89

Still waiting for you or any of the other BP defenders to refute the USF study. Ganja Ninja Apr 2013 #95

The USF "study" is not in contradiction to the findings discussed in the o/p LTX Apr 2013 #106

really?! frylock Apr 2013 #16

Well.. OK then.... defacto7 Apr 2013 #17

It's magic! tavalon Apr 2013 #18

No, it's science. There's a difference. n/t LTX Apr 2013 #53

just like WMD in Iraq, "we know it's true b/c we cherry picked the evidence & left out the caveats" wordpix Apr 2013 #79

Oh for crying out loud. LTX Apr 2013 #87

What's all that greasy black stuff washing up on the beach? Fearless Apr 2013 #19

That would be the stuff that surfaced and photo-degraded. TheMadMonk Apr 2013 #23

There's huge money being invested in this being true regardless if it is actually true. Selatius Apr 2013 #21

Riiight. DeSwiss Apr 2013 #22

Umm, you do know the ACS sir pball Apr 2013 #60

Not impressed. n/t DeSwiss Apr 2013 #61

Wear that badge of ignorance proudly! sir pball Apr 2013 #122

Your point? n/t LTX Apr 2013 #64

And then....... Rain Mcloud Apr 2013 #25

They're mutating alright..... DeSwiss Apr 2013 #27

Petroleum causes Cancer and Birth Defects? Who Knew? Rain Mcloud Apr 2013 #29

Mother of god. You really need to learn some rudiments about the topic before you post. n/t LTX Apr 2013 #66

I learned that BP is trying to spin the gulf spill into a positive for the industry. Rain Mcloud Apr 2013 #113

It's ok. You stay calm now. Just pinch your nose . . . and tilt your head back. LTX Apr 2013 #115

We need bacteria that would cosmicone Apr 2013 #26

Even the effin BLOB could not have eaten all that oil, especially that fast! colorado_ufo Apr 2013 #28

I beg to differ. Ganja Ninja Apr 2013 #30

Terry Hazen, hmmm, where have I heard that name before. Oh that's right! Javaman Apr 2013 #33

Oh brother. You live in a world of hazy knowledge and equally hazy conspiracies. LTX Apr 2013 #47

you got that from that? ` Javaman Apr 2013 #48

Oh, of course. He's just a shill spinning a tale for the government. LTX Apr 2013 #49

That's all real nice, but it still doesn't distract from the fact that he said what he said during Javaman Apr 2013 #54

So what precisely did Hazen say that was wrong? n/t LTX Apr 2013 #56

I guess you didn't read what I posted. Javaman Apr 2013 #57

I did. Now, what was wrong about it? LTX Apr 2013 #63

Terry Hazen - BP shill Ganja Ninja Apr 2013 #69

I work full time on the BP oil spill case. The amount of propaganda they spew is huge! Dustlawyer Apr 2013 #34

I agree: NOLA justice sucks! In_The_Wind Apr 2013 #121

Wow - reading the comments here makes me sad jpak Apr 2013 #35

I posted a link to and his bio and that was not good enough ..... Botany Apr 2013 #37

The deeper waters are the GOM are not that cold and there is plenty of DO there. jpak Apr 2013 #41

thanx I am more familiar with surface dwelling critters ...... Botany Apr 2013 #42

Marine prokaryotes (bacteria and archaea) rule the waves jpak Apr 2013 #70

Temperature at the bottom is a few degrees above freezing. dipsydoodle Apr 2013 #114

The plume stabilized and spread out at ~1,100 m jpak Apr 2013 #116

It's amazing, isn't it? LTX Apr 2013 #46

Many here on DU are distressed this oil spill didnt turn out to be the catastrophy they wanted. DCBob Apr 2013 #59

It was a disaster - and we do not know the full extent of the damage jpak Apr 2013 #65

Nobody is saying this was not a major disaster. LTX Apr 2013 #68

of course it was.. DCBob Apr 2013 #72

yes nature has a way - it only took 15,000 years after the last Ice Age to bring the ecosystem back wordpix Apr 2013 #80

ok the crack about DUers wanting a catastrophy was a bit over the top.. DCBob Apr 2013 #83

and then the bacteria were eaten by the next stop on the food chain RedstDem Apr 2013 #62

^^ This. n/t winter is coming Apr 2013 #97

Wow, I love how so many in this thread sound like creationists and other dismissive teabaggers. phleshdef Apr 2013 #91

Really? Give this research a chance. Ganja Ninja Apr 2013 #94

I think BP funding it is definately worth noting, but its doesn't discredit it or give merit phleshdef Apr 2013 #96

I'm being a realist and USF's findings are real. Ganja Ninja Apr 2013 #98

+ about a million. It would be extremely naive to fail to suspect and look for oil industry Dark n Stormy Knight Apr 2013 #108

USF research on the gulf oil spill is directly funded by BP, LTX Apr 2013 #120

Once again, please describe in detail what is contradictory between the USF "study" and the LTX Apr 2013 #111

I think few would dispute there was a massive die off of creatures wherever the oil plume went. DCBob Apr 2013 #112

I've heard of flesh-eating bacteria but never oil-eating bacteria. Is oil the first course asjr Apr 2013 #102

good paper and sure bacteria that consume oil must have increased, there was oil there for them. Sunlei Apr 2013 #105