Sorry it’s been so long in between rants, but I’ve had rare moments to actually get any of this kind of fun stuff out of my head and onto paper… or screens for that matter.
The one thing I try and do everyday along with daily habits is read the news. Sometimes I can’t dig too terribly deep, but at a minimum I catch the headlines. That being said, I’m rather shocked and appalled at how little media coverage the gulf spill is getting.
Some of the people I’ve talked to about it just think that it was like any regular spill and that a boat crashed/sunk. It’s far worse than that. For those of you not in the know, the premiere revolutionary drilling rig, Deepwater Horizon, suffered an explosion that caused the disappearance of 11 crew members and the start of oil leaking in the Gulf of Mexico.
The problem is, that despite the advance technologies of the rig, BP officials can’t close off the pipes gushing out oil at an alarming pace. Initial reports stated the estimate to be 5,000 barrels a day, however, that sum is now being at closer to 70,000. Ten times more.
The scary thing is that the only other thing that this can be compared to is the Valden/Exxon spill in Alaska that spilled 11 million gallons across the Prince William Sound.
Keep in mind that’s 11 million gallons compared to 70,000 barrels a day. A barrel is 42 gallons. That’s 2.9 million gallons a day and has been going strong for 20 days with BP officials saying they have no end result estimate in sight. That brings the total to almost 59 million gallons so far.
In Team America terms, that’s 9/11 times 2356.
It’s frightening how devastating these kind of numbers can be and yet very few people realize the implications.
On a completely different note, this whole scenario feels like a conspiracy theory to the max. Because of this whole incident, off-shore drilling and installation has been suspended pending a comprehensive investigation.
Three crucial energy bills have also been put on hiatus setting us back as an economic power that will still be dependent on foreign countries and trade to sustain our own needs?
Am I crazy, or does this not smell of some black op from the powers that be?
I need to find Mel Gibson stat.
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