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Comment on The significance of the BP oil spill by Wanda

Wanda — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:22:02 +0000

It seems like there is finally some good news with the spill. The Houston Chronicle reports, U.S. ships were being outfitted earlier this month with four pairs of skimming booms airlifted from the Netherlands and should be deployed within days.” I hope this is a sign of things to come. For all those feeling pretty gloomy about this situation, I recommend a good laugh… Here’s a funny joke, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd0svVWfFbo

Comment on Can the Gulf Coast situation get any worse? Significance of the oil spill, part II by Tabula rasta

Tabula rasta — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:38:35 +0000

Those fissures surrounding the well head appeared after the TopKill procedure,
they are not natural seeps. Matt Simmons, a well known oilman has surmised that
the intense pressure that was required by the tri-plex mudpumps to deadhead the
flow, caused the casing to burst & being under the intense pressure of the
blowout, caused the live crude to hydraulically fracture the formation surrounding
the well.
Scientists have been aware of natural seeps for many years, these are not located
where natural seeps have been noted.

Could it be that you have selective amnesia, as to what occurred while Bu$hCo &
Cheney were in office.
I suppose you don’t remember the TopSecret task force that Cheney convened to create
a national energy policy. In essence, it was the multinational BigOil cartel that
met to write the rules they would abide. That included the deletion of the remote
acoustically actuated trigger to close-in the well w/ the BOP to prevent a blowout.

It was the Bu$hCo political appointments to key regulatory agencies that screwed
the pooch. The CFTC & the SEC allowed the worldwide economic meltdown because they
were doing drugs, downloading porn & having sex w/ the people they are supposed to
be watching. The Dept. of the Interior,/BLM & the MMS were thick as thieves w/
the oil company representatives. The MMS simply had their clients fill out the
necessary forms in pencil & the MMS would complete them in ink.

MSHA was the same, hence the spate of coalmine “accidents” & OSHA was so underfunded
& shorthanded they were useless, yet a hiring freeze existed Bu$hCo’s entire term in
office.
Bu$h ran every oil related business he owned into the ground. His Daddy’s buddies
were always bailing him out by buying his business. Bu$hCo couldn’t even hit oil in
Texas. Cheney never worked a day of his life in the oilpatch, w/ the exception of
his time @ Halliburton. While @ Halliburton he purchased the W.R. Grace company
w/o doing his due diligence. W.R. Grace was lousy w/ asbestos lawsuits against it
so Halliburton had to buy KBR to offset the bad debt of Grace.

They aren’t businessmen or oilmen, but they are charlatans. But they fooled you.

Comment on How do women respond to household chemical exposure? by Common_Cents

Common_Cents — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:02:34 +0000

Since we are bombarded by millions of chemicals, synthetic and natural; we should focus on how our body deals with them and how we can strengthen our bodies ability to render them harmless or isolate them in FAT.

Women and men store toxics in their fat cells; losing weight often releases he toxics.

Enhancing ones immunological responses may be a far better tact then trying to develop the perfect ‘RISK ASSESSMENT’ tool!

Few of you even know what’s in a fat cell; do you?

Isn’t it time you understand the role of various fat cells in protecting the body?

Comment on Can the Gulf Coast situation get any worse? Significance of the oil spill, part II by Common_Cents

Common_Cents — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:55:34 +0000

It was ‘discovered’ recently that there have been oil plumes in the area immediate to broken well head; and the researchers
surmised that the floor of the Gulf has long released oil & gas through fissures…..and in turn the ecology has adapted to
them. It was also revealed that oil spills were a lot worse in the 80’s and tapered off considerably during the Bush era
in Govt. Could it be that a Conservative president with an oil industry background is far more sensitive to the waste and lost revenue than someone whose background is law and community organizing?

Which approach is ultimately better for the environment…a jack boot on the neck of a large corporation followed by a criminal investigations; or an understanding of the difficulties of deep well drilling and a partnership with the lessee when something goes terribly wrong? Or worse, why hasn’t the political appointee who was running the key INterior Dept. agency suddenly ‘thrown under the bus’ and made to disapear? Why should she escape a ‘criminal investigation’?

Comment on Pesticide link to child behavior? by Pesticides in produce gaining attention « Global Change

Pesticides in produce gaining attention « Global Change — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:02:13 +0000

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Comment on Can the Gulf Coast situation get any worse? Significance of the oil spill, part II by Will the BP Oil Spill Move America Closer to Clean Energy? Don’t Hold Your Breath (Global Change) « Bowdoin Daily Sun

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:32:38 +0000

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Comment on City dwellers of the future: Urban heat island warming may be as large as doubling CO2 by Dr.S.Prokop

Dr.S.Prokop — Mon, 31 May 2010 07:09:55 +0000

I wonder If you have studied the effects of traffic derived ozone in very high
temeperatures on mortality.This may be of more relevenace to urban dwellers,who
are surrounded by daytime air pollution.They die within the next seven days of a
peak.The effects are very geographical (city local topography has profound effects
on concentrating or diluting ozone..eg. Bordeaux low,Toulouse high),and mortality
rises with temeperature at any given ozone level, and with ozone levels at any
given temperature.

Comment on Why don’t people engage climate change? Problem 4: Political-economic context by Can the Gulf Coast situation get any worse? Significance of the oil spill, part II « Global Change

Mon, 31 May 2010 03:40:24 +0000

[...] I’m pretty pessimistic these days. I’m not sure if anything short of a severe economic energy shock that hits ordinary people hard—similar to what we saw in 2006-2007—will bring us to a tipping point. If the U.S. returns to $4-5/gallon gasoline and home heating oil, we will start seeing environmentalists, security hawks, the energy independence crowd, green jobs advocates, and everyday citizens realign once again. Only then will there be a coalition large and loud enough to force Washington take on the political-economic might of the fossil fuel industry and their lobbyists. [...]

Comment on Gearing up for summer: New caution urged for many popular sunscreens by Phil Camill: New Caution Urged for Many Popular Sunscreens (Global Change) « Bowdoin Daily Sun

Tue, 25 May 2010 13:32:52 +0000

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Comment on Do our daily routines put our health at risk? by Pesticide link to child behavior? « Global Change

Pesticide link to child behavior? « Global Change — Mon, 17 May 2010 15:45:48 +0000

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