The huge oil slick in the Gulf Of Mexico, as seen from space

[n2doc]

The size of New Orleans, now...

[ShortnFiery]

1. But just three short days ago, both the experts and many folks at DU said, "Everything is Fine"

"NO! There are NO LEAKS from the sunken oil rig. Lookie here, it says so in these articles!?!"

Wow! In less than 72 hours, our REALITY has changed?

Methinks the M$M may have slanted their reporting somewhat, i.e., lied to us.

Unfortunately myself and a couple of other brave souls were shouted down here as perennial nay-sayers.

When will we ever learn that the M$M always distorts and lies for the benefit of the moneyed ruling elites? :shrug:

[WeDidIt]

4. The Coast Guard reported emphatically that the well head was not leaking.

They were wrong and those of us who believed them were wrong to believe them.

[Rockholm]

31. Curious wasn't it?

And I remember the tee vee talking head saying that thousands of gallons had leaked. Honey, it was hundreds of thousands. Corporate propaganda is alive and well.

[Greyhound]

14. Yeah well, us "perennial nay-sayers" seem to have a genetic deficiency,

that being the lack of blinders and inability to cheer for disaster.

So once again, "We told you so".
:kick: & R

[WheelWalker]

2. Thanks for that perspective. Very grim, indeed.

[WeDidIt]

3. This is an ecological disaster of EPIC proportions.

:cry:

[no limit]

5. So all those people that supported Obama when he said lets drill offcoast. How do you feel now?

[NM_hemilover]

6. Like it's still George Bush's fault

Everything bad = George Bushs fault
Everything good = Obama's doing


it makes life so simple

[Moochy]

7. Some don't connect the dots

Some say they think it is just political gambit and something that won't ever come to fruition, and others just wave their pennants and do a backflip.

[The Doctor.]

8. This was caused by drilling offcoast?

Damn... that sucks.

[no limit]

10. Umm...yeah. No shit sherlock. What exactly are you trying to say?

[The Doctor.]

36. Ummm.... exactly what I did say;

"Damn... that sucks".

I had thought this was just another tanker spill. This was the first I've heard of any of the details. It tells me that we're quite literally out of our depth (well... big oil is) on this sort of project.

Thank you for addressing my consternation over this tragedy with such grace and decorum.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

15. All those people who use gasoline and oil-based products...

how do you feel now?

[Forkboy]

16. Glad we didn't support even more of the same.

Thanks for asking! :hi:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

18. Or at least you say you don't.

Yet you'll continue to buy gas and oil products.

:hi:

[no limit]

19. Well I do have a job to get to.

[Forkboy]

20. Would you have us live in caves? Wait, you would.

Care to compare carbon footprints, oh syrupy one? I live in one room, in Mass. I have no heat (and wouldn't use it if I did). My electric is under $20/month in the winter, and usually around $35 in the summer (attic rooms get hot...need a constant fan, Mr. Wasteful that I am lol). I don't have a vehicle and walk or use public transportation to get most everywhere.

Your turn lol. :hi:

And nothing like being lectured by the guy who can usually only muster up the energy to defend porn, rape and video games. :rofl:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

21. "Your turn lol."

I don't live in an attic with no heat.

lol.

[Forkboy]

27. Predictable dodge...er, answer.

Thanks for playing, Chumley. :rofl:

[Liberation Angel]

29. & Death by Nuclear power

lectured by a pronuker?

Funny

[Sgent]

25. No different than before

any type of drilling has potential consequences (just like coal, etc.). That being said, its better to be doing it here than in Iran, and why should this be heaped upon the poor people of Louisiana and Texas while the much wealthier states get a pass?

[ProdigalJunkMail]

26. why don't you answer that question as YOU do... n/t

[girl gone mad]

28. Ready for some real leadership..

and some of that "change" we were promised.

[tbyg52]

34. Terrible. I felft terrible before. I want alternatives. nt

[Fleshdancer]

9. the oil is expected to hit shore this Saturday.

:grr:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704471204575209843425073402.html?mod=WSJ_earnings_LEFTTopHeadlines

Despite these efforts, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration official told The Wall Street Journal late Monday that oil is expected to hit shore Saturday. If that occurs, it could create an environmental disaster, harming local businesses and further incensing opponents to the Obama administration's plan to let the oil industry drill in new offshore areas.

The sheer scale and complexity of the operation highlights the titanic struggles faced by the modern oil industry. Locked out of easier-to-exploit oil reservoirs by national governments in developing countries, international oil companies such as BP, Chevron Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell PLC each invest billions of dollars every year in scouring the depths of the sea for hydrocarbons and building massive high-tech platforms. But when problems arise, they're equally difficult to conquer.

[lonestarnot]

11. Fucking A.

[greencharlie]

12. sickening...

imagine what will happen to all the coastal wildlife when that crap hits the shore...

So frustrating...

[Uncle Joe]

13. Fossil fuel is a dead end, it either kills a few of us when we pump/mine it or it will kill many if

not all of us should we keep burning it.

Thanks for the thread, n2doc.

[Subdivisions]

17. As long as there's still gas at the pump, who cares? n/t

[Shell Beau]

22. Boo!!!

x(

[Xenotime]

23. STOP FUCKING USING OIL!!!!! THIS IS THE WORLD WE WANT!?!?! ARGH!!

[ProdigalJunkMail]

24. stop using your computer then...

all of those plastic components...
the power to drive it...
the PVC jackets on those wires on the interTubes...
the people needed to support the interTubes and all the stuff they use...

sorry...oil is here until we run out (however soon that may be).

sP

[Subdivisions]

32. New World Oil Production chart is out today:

Production has remained flat for the past six years. We are current at the production levels we were at in 2004 at about 73 million barrels per day. And this is despite high prices per barrel since 2005 relative to the price average previous to that year.

[uppityperson]

30. Thanks for the picture, I love space photos. ewwww.

[Better Believe It]

33. Drill, baby, drill ! Just what we need on the east coast.

[laughingliberal]

35. K & R nt