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From: Rick on 5 Jun 2010 11:05 Tom Potter wrote: > Mississippi River flow rate. > 1.6 million gallons of water every second. > Seconds per year = 365.25 * 24 * 60 * 60 = 31,557,600 > > Mississippi River flow in gallons this year = 31 557 600 * 1 600 000 = > 50492160000000 > > 100 million gallons maximum could be spilled. > > Maximum gulf dilution at the end of the year is about 50492160000000 / > 100,000,000 = 5049216 to one. > > Questions? > > Are their living things, plants or animals, that like oil? > > Will any set of living things become extinct? > > Are the populations of living things modulated by their environments? > > At the end of five years, what will be the net affect on the sets of > populations in the Gulf? > > At the end of 100 years, what will be the net affect on the sets of > populations in the Gulf? > > I might mention that I lived in New Orleans for one year, at which time > I went crab fishing in the Mississippi Sound, and was almost eaten alive > by mosquitoes. > > Considering that New Orleans spends millions of dollars trying to > control mosquitoes, I suggest that BP should charge them for speeding > oil on the mosquito breeding places. > You have some good ideas there! I suspect the "oil" was once organic sea-life!
From: Androcles on 5 Jun 2010 11:56 "Rick" <rick0.merrill(a)gmail.com.lessspam> wrote in message news:hudpap$ts9$3(a)news.eternal-september.org... | Tom Potter wrote: | > Considering that New Orleans spends millions of dollars trying to | > control mosquitoes, I suggest that BP should charge them for speeding | > oil on the mosquito breeding places. | > | | You have some good ideas there! | | I suspect the "oil" was once organic sea-life! | Organic life, yes. Sea-life, possibly, but the Himalayas are younger than the dinosaurs. The Earth's crust is constantly moving and renewing itself as new land forms and old land gets buried. The very thin layer you call "ocean" isn't enough water to cover the entire planet, the Gulf of Mexico was once dry land. There has been organic life on Earth for at least 3,000,000,000 years, 5000 years of written human history is nothing compared to that.
From: bert on 5 Jun 2010 15:40 On Jun 5, 11:56 am, "Androcles" <Headmas...(a)Hogwarts.physics_z> wrote: > "Rick" <rick0.merr...(a)gmail.com.lessspam> wrote in message > > news:hudpap$ts9$3(a)news.eternal-september.org...| Tom Potter wrote: > > | > Considering that New Orleans spends millions of dollars trying to > | > control mosquitoes, I suggest that BP should charge them for speeding > | > oil on the mosquito breeding places. > | > > | > | You have some good ideas there! > | > | I suspect the "oil" was once organic sea-life! > | > Organic life, yes. Sea-life, possibly, but the Himalayas are younger than > the dinosaurs. The Earth's crust is constantly moving and renewing itself > as new land forms and old land gets buried. > The very thin layer you call "ocean" isn't enough water to cover the entire > planet, the Gulf of Mexico was once dry land. There has been organic life > on Earth for at least 3,000,000,000 years, 5000 years of written human > history is nothing compared to that. Not just oil on the surface but easy prediction it will be found in tar balls on the ocean floor. That could be a kicker. I have a good idea how these tar balls can get to heavy to float. TreBert
From: Sue... on 5 Jun 2010 17:33 On Jun 5, 11:05 am, Rick <rick0.merr...(a)gmail.com.lessspam> wrote: > Tom Potter wrote: > > Mississippi River flow rate. > > 1.6 million gallons of water every second. > > Seconds per year = 365.25 * 24 * 60 * 60 = 31,557,600 > > > Mississippi River flow in gallons this year = 31 557 600 * 1 600 000 = > > 50492160000000 > > > 100 million gallons maximum could be spilled. > > > Maximum gulf dilution at the end of the year is about 50492160000000 / > > 100,000,000 = 5049216 to one. > > > Questions? > > > Are their living things, plants or animals, that like oil? > > > Will any set of living things become extinct? > > > Are the populations of living things modulated by their environments? > > > At the end of five years, what will be the net affect on the sets of > > populations in the Gulf? > > > At the end of 100 years, what will be the net affect on the sets of > > populations in the Gulf? > > > I might mention that I lived in New Orleans for one year, at which time > > I went crab fishing in the Mississippi Sound, and was almost eaten alive > > by mosquitoes. > > > Considering that New Orleans spends millions of dollars trying to > > control mosquitoes, I suggest that BP should charge them for speeding > > oil on the mosquito breeding places. ============ > > You have some good ideas there! Could I enlist your services in securing permission to grow a few small patches of sugar cane in a local farmers wheat field? He is overly concerned for his own crops because fire is used in harvesting the cane. > > I suspect the "oil" was once organic sea-life! Indeed. I have advanced exactly that argument to my farmer friend. Carbon in really the product of of his toil and he will have that whether my harvest fires get out of control or not. :-)) Sue...
From: bert on 6 Jun 2010 15:59
On Jun 5, 3:40 pm, bert <herbertglazie...(a)msn.com> wrote: > On Jun 5, 11:56 am, "Androcles" <Headmas...(a)Hogwarts.physics_z> wrote: > > > > > > > "Rick" <rick0.merr...(a)gmail.com.lessspam> wrote in message > > >news:hudpap$ts9$3(a)news.eternal-september.org...|Tom Potter wrote: > > > | > Considering that New Orleans spends millions of dollars trying to > > | > control mosquitoes, I suggest that BP should charge them for speeding > > | > oil on the mosquito breeding places. > > | > > > | > > | You have some good ideas there! > > | > > | I suspect the "oil" was once organic sea-life! > > | > > Organic life, yes. Sea-life, possibly, but the Himalayas are younger than > > the dinosaurs. The Earth's crust is constantly moving and renewing itself > > as new land forms and old land gets buried. > > The very thin layer you call "ocean" isn't enough water to cover the entire > > planet, the Gulf of Mexico was once dry land. There has been organic life > > on Earth for at least 3,000,000,000 years, 5000 years of written human > > history is nothing compared to that. > > Not just oil on the surface but easy prediction it will be found in > tar balls on the ocean floor. That could be a kicker. I have a good > idea how these tar balls can get to heavy to float. TreBert- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Rig oil workers are killed if a blowout happens. All the steel heavy casings shoot up and destroy the riig That begs the question will this take place if pipe is caped? If there is no pipe the oil is gushing out from,and just an open ground hole that makes matters worse than they are TreBert |