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Mon, May 31 2010 at 1:39 PM
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I've been a little overwhelmed at all the news coming out of the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, nearly all of it bad. My browser is piled high with stories that you should read and raising questions that we should all be asking.
British Petroleum will start to drill for oil in the Arctic this summer. Why should that freak out anyone paying attention?
Why did BP keep using Corexit, their in-house oil dispersant, after being ordered by the EPA to switch to a more effective, less toxic alternative? Could that dispersant actually be making the oil MORE toxic?
Colin Powell wants the U.S. military to take over the oil spill; shouldn't someone know how to shut down deepwater spills?
What does it look like deep down in the Gulf?
Why should we believe anything said by BP or the government?
Why did BP bus in an army of volunteers ahead of a visit by President Barack Obama, only to bus them out right after the president left?
And to get big picture about this, why are we still burning gas to get around in the first place? It has made biking more harmful to our health than driving in some cities. Thanks internal combustion. Thanks a lot.
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I've been seeing similar blogs about the oil spill.. I'm not sure how grave the situation is but people are actually worried it's gonna affect a lot of lives and there seems to be a notion of cover up.
The Texas Land Office tested oil eating microbes on several oil spills and there had great success in transforming the oil into a natural biodegradable waste product.
Please find the video under "Oil Eating Microbes" on Youtube.
Thanks for shedding some light on such critical questions. I find myself asking the very same thing, but the argument seems completely one-sided. Isn't there two sides to every story?