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Gulf Oil Spill 2010 Update May 5: BP Works to Contain Leak: Map
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by Amy Judd | May 5, 2010 at 10:58 am
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The Gulf Oil Spill Continues to Cause Problems Off Louisiana's Coast and BP is Still Working to Contain the Leak
BP has shipped a giant steel box in to the Gulf of Mexico and they are hoping to use it to contain a leak on the Deepwater Horizon rig. According to CNN they want to lower the container in to the water and use it like a funnel that would suck up the oil from the broken pipe.
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However, the container has left the port but it will be days before BP will be able to see if it works. Oil is still gushing out in to the ocean at a rate of 5,000 barrels a day.
The company capped the smallest of three leaks Wednesday morning, said John Curry, BP's director of external affairs.
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BP Plans to Burn Off Another Patch of Oil
BP has announced plans to burn off patch of oil after an attempt to burn a patch last week, but other attempts had to be put on hold because the weather was not cooperating. This time they will attempt a controlled burn to see if they can help eradicate the amount of water flowing in to the ocean.
Risk From Oil Spill Remains High
The risk to wildlife, fish, birds and humans along the coast of Louisiana is still very high, and it has been almost two weeks since the Deepwater Horizon rig sunk off the coast of Louisiana. BP has even stated that the oil leaking and the damage could get even worse.
Speaking on CNN's "American Morning," Doug Suttles, BP's chief operating officer, acknowledged Wednesday that the well could -- under certain conditions -- spew up to 60,000 barrels a day of oil.
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at 14:47 on May 5th, 2010
What has happened here is solely cause by the select few in the name of GREED, MONEY AND POWER.Oil exploation and drilling should be have never been allowed WORLD WIDE in our oceans and water systems anywhere in the world.It's bad enough these Money hungry, Greedy Power hungry individuals contaminate our water land and air we breath. All for their own gain no matter what the sacrifice, including human, animal or even the destruction of the entire planet if need be. JUST TO FILL THEIR POCKETS.It seems that no one can stop these EVIL BASTARDS!!!!! no sense turning to the governments of the world for help, they are just as hungry for power and money and are run by the very people that are destroying this planet.Corruption runs rampant throughtout the worlds governments, it seems it will only come to an end with the destruction of this planet. Maybe Mother Nature herself will put an end to all this with the months leading up to 2012 and kill off these bastards and start over.Maybe nature has a way of cleansing the earth of this EVIL that has NO CONSCIENTS or MORALS!!! Maybe then we the people of this earth can finally claim what is rightfully ours as a population instead of GREEDY and POWER HUNGRY BASTARDS claiming title to this planet without asking as if it where there right.STOP RAPING THIS PLANET OF IT'S RESOURSES IN THE NAME OF GREED, MONEY AND POWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
at 20:08 on May 17th, 2010
If you're willing to park your car, then your right. otherwise....don't cast the first stone
at 08:32 on May 7th, 2010
That's right, I forgot our country doesn't need oil for everyday life. Idiot!
at 06:20 on May 9th, 2010
No, this country wouldn't need this oil if the arrogant and greedy would have listened decades ago that energy independence from oil is a huge priority for the for so many reasons....idiot!
at 07:51 on May 9th, 2010
We wouldn't need all this oil and destruction of our planet, if we used Magnetic Power Generation. MAGNETS will run for 400 years without being replaced. Magnetic drives could be purchased and set up right on your own property, powering a 20-30kw generator. You would never buy heat or hydro again (which is probably as much as your mortgage). But then again the greedy powers that be would pass laws that would outlaw YOU going off the grid and shut you down. Even worse if you try to manufacture these products for the good of man kind the GREEDY POWER HUNGRY would shut you down or KILL you for even trying to cut into their profits.Whatever happened to free enterprise and the inventions of man to the betterment of our society? Well it was lost along time ago when the GREEDY, THE POWER HUNGER FOR MONEY GREW TO THIS UNCONTROLABLE MONSTER WE HAVE NOW.All we can do is either have someone make the unit for you or do it yourself, go on you tube or search the web look for yourself. We all could turn this power hungry monster into nothing more then a smoldering pile green sludge, by people generating your own power. People need to stick together. Since when did we start living under a DICTATORSHIP they are our representatives not our controllers. Somewhere along this trail they have switched their role from our servants to our masters, it's time to stand up and let them know and put a stop to this madness.........Brownie
at 09:27 on May 9th, 2010
What no one ever mentions: how much oil are 'we' using to conduct these senseless, endless wars for profit? All those planes, helicopters, ships, humvees, tanks...and on and on and on...do not run on orange juice. Wars travel on their slick oil bellies and make the oiligarchs very rich. They make the rest of us, and the planet, very poor. Quite possibly dead. Stop wasting our money, President Obama. Use the money to create alternative sources of energy. Photo voltaics. Windmills. Hydro electric plants. Whatever. Make sources of alternative energy affordable to everyone. We need more public transportation. Get us out of the cars and into up dated buses and trollies. Put people to work building these things. Turn off the killing machine. Bettejo
at 19:49 on May 12th, 2010
The End is NEAR!!!! REPENT!!!! if 2012 is true, i do not want to be one of the ppl on the Ark, i'll opt out and gracefully bow out of this world of greed and racism, hatred and disposal ways of livinng. i heart u Charlie!!! thats where i heard it first...
at 04:31 on May 13th, 2010
2012 will be the hight of it all, it's the time line leading up to 2012. What we see now is the begining wait and watch what goes on this year and next. As each month passes it will worsen look at what's happening around the world now.I believe this year could be the year for the Super Storms high winds (gail force) and dangerous lightning storms and no telling what the winter will bring as these planets are lining up.Be prepared!!!
at 20:14 on May 17th, 2010
God is in control. There will be wars, earthquakes and pestilence as well as rumors of wars. Father shall turn against son and Mother against daughters. Sound reasoning does not exist.
But don't be fearful, this is the beginning of the end. This too shall pass. Don't take the mark of the beast
at 17:41 on May 22nd, 2010
I am sorry but you all sound beyond crazy - on both sides! I recycle, conserve and watch Micheal Moore movies! I believe we need to find alternate energy sources. I also get very frustrated by the slow movement of government on this issue and by the (chosen) ignorance of people who don't think we need to protect our environment or just really don't care as long as their car still runs! All that being said I don't think it does the cause any good to sound like some crazy who lives in a bunker built into a mountain stocked will 100 years worth of canned goods! It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that anyone who sounds like a crazed fanatic won't be taken seriously! What good does it do to point fingers and call people names? How bout we do a little less of that and a little more constructive problem solving? Forward progress doesn't happen quickly just look at slavery, equality, child labor, medical science and the list goes on and on. I don't believe the world ends in 2012 but if I am wrong and it does then this is all a moot point anyway! If I am right then I really hope we can get our shit together and quit sounding like a bunch of 3 year olds fighting about a toy! Even people who don't think we are damaging our environment in any permanent way can surely see that we can live a more healthy way and that would be beneficial to everyone. Surely all the right wing bible beaters can find some passages in the good book to that effect! I know I've read a few!