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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:45 AM Original message |
The BP oil spill scares me silly. Look a few years down the road (worst case scenario--or not?) |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
1. It IS very scary, my dear DFW... |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 01:14 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Peggy--I got the barest hint of what might happen from the Canadian gov't 15 years ago |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 08:24 AM Response to Reply #4 |
19. The irony of that is that Basque fishermen have fished on the Grand Banks for centuries. |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 09:21 AM Response to Reply #19 |
32. A few Basque fishermen in small boats wouldn't have bothered the Canadians |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 04:01 PM Response to Reply #32 |
47. Oh, or course, I just thought it was ironic, that's all. |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 04:24 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. That it is |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
2. Endless red tides, dead zones, fish, bird, turtle and mammal kills |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
3. Humans scare me |
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Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 08:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
29. Me, too. |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 02:23 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. Corporations scare me more than even the worst human who ever lived. |
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jotsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
5. Don't let fear freeze the faith. Fortitude is what we need to try finding now. |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
6. There deeper wells out there, that is the most scary thing to me. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
7. The gulf will recover |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 02:06 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Not entirely reassuring, even if you are 100% correct |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 02:09 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Yeah I mean US Consumption |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 03:33 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I still want to know how much of that oil is used up because of our |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 08:37 AM Response to Reply #11 |
26. 350,000 barrels a day. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #26 |
42. That could well be the case. I will ahve to do some calculating. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 08:50 AM Response to Reply #11 |
28. "huge Naval carriers" |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 02:17 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. Thank you for the correction. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 03:27 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. Agreed the military (Navy especially) is far to big. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
36. Here is a beter question |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 02:07 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. The issue of whether the bio-fuels will up our food prices exists |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 02:36 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Google bolivia |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 03:04 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. The thing you are taking out of the equation is that when I buy food |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 03:13 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. As I pointed out yesterday |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 04:03 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. I understand that my food uses oil. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 04:17 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Do you use any |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 02:58 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. Here is the info that catherina -- DU Member -- provided last week |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 02:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
40. I feel a lot better now. Thanks... |
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Kalun D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 02:07 AM Response to Original message |
9. It's Worse |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 07:27 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. yes, decades of negative effect |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 09:43 AM Response to Reply #9 |
33. You're right on all counts. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 03:47 AM Response to Original message |
12. You are making a compelling case |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 06:19 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I'm trying to think of reasons why I'm all wrong |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 06:18 AM Response to Original message |
13. My feeling as a consumer is you'll always wonder if the fish and seafood are 100% petroleum-free. |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 08:10 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. That scares the hell out of me |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 08:53 AM Response to Reply #17 |
30. Agreed. One can possibly make a small garden for local produce, but what about |
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carlyhippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 06:46 AM Response to Original message |
15. I was just watching cnn, a reporter took a boat out into the slick |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 08:34 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. It can't be "cleaned up".. It settles and it sticks to everything |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 08:49 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. In warm waters there are micro-organisms that eat oil. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
18. K&R |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
20. Ixtoc I didn't wipe out all life on the planet. |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 09:00 AM Response to Reply #20 |
31. True, but there differences here |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
21. Fish move, and take the toxins within them. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 08:32 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. So you haven't eaten anything from the Gulf since 1979? n/t |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 08:35 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. I don;t eat fish, so probably not |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 08:36 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Well ok. |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
34. There will be more blowouts to consider |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
35. This isn't going to cause any wars |
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