Drill, baby, drill!
The US Coast Guard says five times as much oil as previously thought could be leaking from a well beneath where a rig sank in the Gulf of Mexico last week.
Rear Admiral Mary Landry said 5,000 barrels (210,000 gallons) a day were now thought to be gushing into the sea 50 miles (80km) off Louisiana's coast.
A third leak had also been discovered at the site, Adm Landry said.
One fire-fighting expert told the BBC the disaster might become the "biggest oil spill in the world".
. . .
"The Exxon Valdez [tanker disaster off Alaska in 1989] is going to pale [into insignificance] in comparison to this as it goes on."
BBC.
And Obama decided it was OK to drill off the Virginia coast? Why? Because it might get Republicans in the Senate to vote for some of his initiatives?
Not smart.
Labels: environment
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1 Comments:
Can't wait for Sarah Palin to claim that this is an example of why we need to drill more, instead of relying on foreign oil, since, after all, it's British Petroleum that caused the disaster.
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toastie, at 5:12 PM
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