On 27/04/2010 3:00 PM, Frogwatch wrote:
On Apr 27, 1:52 pm, wrote:
On Apr 27, 1:46 pm, wrote:



On 4/27/10 4:43 PM, Frogwatch wrote:

On Apr 27, 1:37 pm, wrote:
40,000 gallons of oil/day would fit into a cube 17.5 feet on a side,
not exactly a major spill. Consider that 75% of such oil is typically
volatile and will readily evaporate, that goes down to about 11 feet
on a side, a tiny amount.

Besides, if you're so worried about it, set fire to the spill.

Apparently the correct answer in approximately 42,000 gallons a day.
That's 1000 barrels. Perhaps it could be arranged to have 1000 gallons
of oil spilled into your boat, onto your lawn, or into your living room.

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The Tea Party's teabaggers are just the Republican base by another name.

Let's consider how much oil is leaked by 2 cycle
outboards............yes, it really is a small spill. Not worth
worrying about since nature spills far more from natural seeps in the
Gulf. OF course, nature has spilled huge amounts off of Santa
Barbara, CA in building the "Asphalt Mountains" that have just been
discovered ibn the deep water off Santa Barbara.

OMG, 40,000 gallons, that is over 151400000 mL. Why, that could fill
up 1000 of those stupid Cadillac SUVs.

Obama's Auto One only gets 8 mpg highway as has 2 tanks.

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Socialism and statism are great as long as someone else pays for it.

On Apr 27, 4:39*pm, Canuck57 wrote:
On 27/04/2010 3:00 PM, Frogwatch wrote:



On Apr 27, 1:52 pm, *wrote:
On Apr 27, 1:46 pm, *wrote:

On 4/27/10 4:43 PM, Frogwatch wrote:

On Apr 27, 1:37 pm, * *wrote:
40,000 gallons of oil/day would fit into a cube 17.5 feet on a side,
not exactly a major spill. *Consider that 75% of such oil is typically
volatile and will readily evaporate, that goes down to about 11 feet
on a side, a tiny amount.

Besides, if you're so worried about it, set fire to the spill.

Apparently the correct answer in approximately 42,000 gallons a day.
That's 1000 barrels. Perhaps it could be arranged to have 1000 gallons
of oil spilled into your boat, onto your lawn, or into your living room.

--
The Tea Party's teabaggers are just the Republican base by another name.

Let's consider how much oil is leaked by 2 cycle
outboards............yes, it really is *a small spill. *Not worth
worrying about since nature spills far more from natural seeps in the
Gulf. *OF course, nature has spilled huge amounts off of Santa
Barbara, CA in building the "Asphalt Mountains" that have just been
discovered ibn the deep water off Santa Barbara.

OMG, 40,000 gallons, that is over 151400000 mL. *Why, that could fill
up 1000 of those stupid Cadillac SUVs.

Obama's Auto One only gets 8 mpg highway as has 2 tanks.

--
Socialism and statism are great as long as someone else pays for it.

A truly insignificant amount of oil compared to the amount that
naturally leaks into the Gulf from natural seeps. BY the time this
reaches land,(if it ever does), it will have evaporated all the
volatiles and will be little blobs most of which will sink.
Let us consider who is the biggest hypocrite here. Do you have a two
cycle outboard? Each two cycle motor puts a phenomenal amount of oil
into the water. Even a well tuned 4 cycle engine puts some oil into
the water if it uses thru the hub exhaust. What sort of fuel economy
does your boat get? If it is worse then 2 mpg, then you are far worse
a pollutter than this rig is.
This is also about 30 degrees latitude, not like the Exxon Valdez
where the amount of UV from sunlight is low. Here, the UV index is
high enough to break down he heavy hydrocarbons very rapidly.
Styrofoam does not last very long and neither does oil with its long
chains of hydrocarbons, the UV breaks it down rapidly.

"hk" wrote in message
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On 4/27/10 6:27 PM, hk wrote:
On 4/27/10 6:20 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:52:30 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch
wrote:

Let's consider how much oil is leaked by 2 cycle
outboards............yes, it really is a small spill. Not worth
worrying about since nature spills far more from natural seeps in the
Gulf. OF course, nature has spilled huge amounts off of Santa
Barbara, CA in building the "Asphalt Mountains" that have just been
discovered ibn the deep water off Santa Barbara.

Let's not forget that we are talking about crude oil here, not a
refined product like gasoline or diesel. Crude does not evaporate
nearly as much, and when it does, it tends to form tar balls which
float on the surface and eventually wash up on shore somewhere. The
island of Bermuda has some of the most beautiful beaches in the world
but all of them on the south shore are littered with tar balls hidden
in the sand. You can not walk on the beach without stepping in them.
Most of the resorts provide "wet nap" dispensrs so you can clean your
feet off when leaving the beach area. The thought of our Gulf Coast
Florida beaches ending up that way is totally revolting.


At this very moment, Froggy is thinking up ways to make a device that
cleans feet.



Oh, and a massive oil slick bigger than the state of Delaware, is heading
towards the shores of mississippi.




Can not be a problem. Could not have had an explosion. Was unionized
workers. Only non unionized oilrigs and mines blow up according to HK.

On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 01:50:04 GMT, "A.Boater"
wrote:

Are you really THAT friggin' stupid? Well of course you are!

Your little cube is now covering an area only 45 miles wide by 100 miles
long.... and is growing in size with every passing second.

http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2...ulf_may_n.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/28/us/28spill.html

While threatening two wildlife sanctuaries.

On Apr 27, 4:43*pm, Frogwatch wrote:
On Apr 27, 1:37*pm, Frogwatch wrote:

40,000 gallons of oil/day would fit into a cube 17.5 feet on a side,
not exactly a major spill. *Consider that 75% of such oil is typically
volatile and will readily evaporate, that goes down to about 11 feet
on a side, a tiny amount.

Besides, if you're so worried about it, set fire to the spill.

The slick is so large and potentially harming that they are now
considering setting the gulf on fire to get rid of it. Isn't that just
a great environmental thing?

Bill McKee wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
...
On 4/27/10 6:27 PM, hk wrote:
On 4/27/10 6:20 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:52:30 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch
wrote:

Let's consider how much oil is leaked by 2 cycle
outboards............yes, it really is a small spill. Not worth
worrying about since nature spills far more from natural seeps in the
Gulf. OF course, nature has spilled huge amounts off of Santa
Barbara, CA in building the "Asphalt Mountains" that have just been
discovered ibn the deep water off Santa Barbara.
Let's not forget that we are talking about crude oil here, not a
refined product like gasoline or diesel. Crude does not evaporate
nearly as much, and when it does, it tends to form tar balls which
float on the surface and eventually wash up on shore somewhere. The
island of Bermuda has some of the most beautiful beaches in the world
but all of them on the south shore are littered with tar balls hidden
in the sand. You can not walk on the beach without stepping in them.
Most of the resorts provide "wet nap" dispensrs so you can clean your
feet off when leaving the beach area. The thought of our Gulf Coast
Florida beaches ending up that way is totally revolting.

At this very moment, Froggy is thinking up ways to make a device that
cleans feet.


Oh, and a massive oil slick bigger than the state of Delaware, is heading
towards the shores of mississippi.




Can not be a problem. Could not have had an explosion. Was unionized
workers. Only non unionized oilrigs and mines blow up according to HK.



Yup. It's the unions' fault.

Jim - Libs never see the real causes.

Frogwatch wrote:
On Apr 27, 4:39 pm, Canuck57 wrote:
On 27/04/2010 3:00 PM, Frogwatch wrote:



On Apr 27, 1:52 pm, wrote:
On Apr 27, 1:46 pm, wrote:
On 4/27/10 4:43 PM, Frogwatch wrote:
On Apr 27, 1:37 pm, wrote:
40,000 gallons of oil/day would fit into a cube 17.5 feet on a side,
not exactly a major spill. Consider that 75% of such oil is typically
volatile and will readily evaporate, that goes down to about 11 feet
on a side, a tiny amount.
Besides, if you're so worried about it, set fire to the spill.
Apparently the correct answer in approximately 42,000 gallons a day.
That's 1000 barrels. Perhaps it could be arranged to have 1000 gallons
of oil spilled into your boat, onto your lawn, or into your living room.
--
The Tea Party's teabaggers are just the Republican base by another name.
Let's consider how much oil is leaked by 2 cycle
outboards............yes, it really is a small spill. Not worth
worrying about since nature spills far more from natural seeps in the
Gulf. OF course, nature has spilled huge amounts off of Santa
Barbara, CA in building the "Asphalt Mountains" that have just been
discovered ibn the deep water off Santa Barbara.
OMG, 40,000 gallons, that is over 151400000 mL. Why, that could fill
up 1000 of those stupid Cadillac SUVs.
Obama's Auto One only gets 8 mpg highway as has 2 tanks.

--
Socialism and statism are great as long as someone else pays for it.

A truly insignificant amount of oil compared to the amount that
naturally leaks into the Gulf from natural seeps.

Yup. Think I recall seeing seeing satellite pics of big slicks from
that before. I'll see if I can find them.


BY the time this
reaches land,(if it ever does), it will have evaporated all the
volatiles and will be little blobs most of which will sink.
Let us consider who is the biggest hypocrite here. Do you have a two
cycle outboard? Each two cycle motor puts a phenomenal amount of oil
into the water. Even a well tuned 4 cycle engine puts some oil into
the water if it uses thru the hub exhaust. What sort of fuel economy
does your boat get? If it is worse then 2 mpg, then you are far worse
a pollutter than this rig is.
This is also about 30 degrees latitude, not like the Exxon Valdez
where the amount of UV from sunlight is low. Here, the UV index is
high enough to break down he heavy hydrocarbons very rapidly.
Styrofoam does not last very long and neither does oil with its long
chains of hydrocarbons, the UV breaks it down rapidly.

Yup. Nature plays a bigger part in cleaning things up than most of the
eco-freaks realize. Lots of hang-wringing here for nothing.

Jim - Drill baby, drill.

On Apr 27, 4:37*pm, Frogwatch wrote:
40,000 gallons of oil/day would fit into a cube 17.5 feet on a side,
not exactly a major spill. *Consider that 75% of such oil is typically
volatile and will readily evaporate, that goes down to about 11 feet
on a side, a tiny amount.

Just a tiny amount.......

http://blog.beliefnet.com/roddreher/...lite-view.html

Jim wrote:
Frogwatch wrote:
On Apr 27, 4:39 pm, Canuck57 wrote:
On 27/04/2010 3:00 PM, Frogwatch wrote:



On Apr 27, 1:52 pm, wrote:
On Apr 27, 1:46 pm, wrote:
On 4/27/10 4:43 PM, Frogwatch wrote:
On Apr 27, 1:37 pm, wrote:
40,000 gallons of oil/day would fit into a cube 17.5 feet on a
side,
not exactly a major spill. Consider that 75% of such oil is
typically
volatile and will readily evaporate, that goes down to about 11
feet
on a side, a tiny amount.
Besides, if you're so worried about it, set fire to the spill.
Apparently the correct answer in approximately 42,000 gallons a day.
That's 1000 barrels. Perhaps it could be arranged to have 1000
gallons
of oil spilled into your boat, onto your lawn, or into your living
room.
--
The Tea Party's teabaggers are just the Republican base by another
name.
Let's consider how much oil is leaked by 2 cycle
outboards............yes, it really is a small spill. Not worth
worrying about since nature spills far more from natural seeps in the
Gulf. OF course, nature has spilled huge amounts off of Santa
Barbara, CA in building the "Asphalt Mountains" that have just been
discovered ibn the deep water off Santa Barbara.
OMG, 40,000 gallons, that is over 151400000 mL. Why, that could fill
up 1000 of those stupid Cadillac SUVs.
Obama's Auto One only gets 8 mpg highway as has 2 tanks.

--
Socialism and statism are great as long as someone else pays for it.

A truly insignificant amount of oil compared to the amount that
naturally leaks into the Gulf from natural seeps.

Yup. Think I recall seeing seeing satellite pics of big slicks from
that before. I'll see if I can find them.


http://geology.com/nasa/oil-seeps/

Look worse than what's going on now.


Jim - Keeping a cool head.

wrote in message
...
On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:37:50 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch
wrote:

40,000 gallons of oil/day would fit into a cube 17.5 feet on a side,
not exactly a major spill. Consider that 75% of such oil is typically
volatile and will readily evaporate, that goes down to about 11 feet
on a side, a tiny amount.

They also say 1 gallon of oil will pollute a million gallons of water

The real question is what this does to the estuary of South Louisiana
and by default the whole Gulf coast.
Will you lose your oyster harvest up in your neck of the woods?
Will tar balls be washing up on the beach in Naples?

This is bad, there is no way to polish that turd.


Given the industry claims of how "safe" oil drilling off the coasts have
become, perhaps Obama should rethink his modified "Drill baby drill"
approach that he recently announced.

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