RIP Wetlands of Louisiana

[Snaz]

http://www.google.ca/search?q=louisi...ed=0CBIQsQQwAA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetlands_of_Louisiana

[hillegom]

Unfortunately, we are too dependent on oil to stop all the drilling/transport of oil in the world. This is not the first "spill" nor the last.
No matter where the contamination, all living creatures are adversely affected.
I have read previously that those swamplands were in trouble before this latest worse problem
I hope they get most of the oil cleaned up before it hits shore.

[4lti7ude]

Holy ****.
Thats gonna mess up some life out there for sure.

How are they going to clean all this up??
I dont think the way they do it in the oceans is gonna work this time.

[belzebuth]

This is terrible. The eco system in this area will probably never recover.

[Zoaelite]

President Obama said Friday that responsibility for the cleanup rests with BP, the owner of the lease, but that the government would assist communities affected.

Another reason I don't like Obama, stop pointing fingers and get it fixed. The US government makes billions of dollars on oil per year and they have problems spending a fraction of that to fixing "the oil company's" problems.

6. U.S. crude oil production in March 2010: 5,532,000 b/d (of which 688,000 b/d was
Alaskan) (March 2009: 5,472,000 b/d). U.S. production of natural gas liquids in March
2010: 1,849,000 b/d (March 2009: 1,850,000 b/d). [API]
7. U.S. marketed natural gas production in January 2010: 61.0 billion cubic feet per day
(January 2009: 60.4 billion cf/d). [DOE]-http://www.api.org/statistics

Now considering that, this is what states pay per gallon in cents on gas products. We are not talking about any small amount of money.



It's this type of destruction based on the dollar that's ruining our planet, government has far to much investment to be a true representation of our needs and we are definably not the only thing on the Earth with needs.

En-light of sounding like Cornelius Cardew from the Shooting Party I will stop my rant now... lol

[intarsiabox]

The US government would only hire the same private outfits that the oil company would. The oil company makes billions in profits, the US government is trillions in debt. They don't have any money to fix anything, they spent it all bailing out greedy banks and securing their oil supply in Iraq (oh, meant to say saving the people of Iraq not oil).

[hillbillyreefer]

Only about 35% of the crude is turned into motor fuels. US production does not meet demand, and much of their crude is imported. In case people didn't know natural gas and gasoline are not even close to being the same thing. Just to help clarify an above post.

This accident could lead to widespread damage in the ecosystem. It's going to cost BP billions to clean this one up. They need to make big profits because there is big risk involved in their business. The chance of a blowout is one of those risks.

Why is it I've heard far more reports about the ecosystem, and costs of this accident, than the 11 souls that were lost in the accident. RIP.

Everyone of us is partly responsible for this accident. We ALL use fossil fuels.

[Diana]

Yes we all do. 100%. But what we need to realize is we don't HAVE to. We don't HAVE to live in cities. We can grow our own food and use alternative fuels & methods to produce energy. We can all together avoid plastics and other products that use fuels. There are people that do it:

http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/

If we continue to live in our modern day society, which most of us will, then we need to take our usage waaaayyyy back. It is possible- quit waiting for the future. If we don't do it now then we might as well enjoy our environment while it lasts, because we will be the last generation to experience it. We are poisoning our planet and ourselves.


-Diana

[FitoPharmer]

So sad.
http://www.businessinsider.com/who-d...-mexico-2010-6