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| By Steve Balogh in Climate Change, Energy, Pollution | May 2, 2010 | ||
Oil is spilling at a rate of 5,000 barrels a day into the Gulf of Mexico. The oil slick covers an area of nearly 4,000 sq. miles and growing. It is shaping up to be one of the worst man-made disasters to ever strike the planet. To put the leak in perspective, 5,000 barrels a day is 0.00026% of the U.S.’s daily oil consumption. We “spill” the remaining 99.99974% of that oil into the atmosphere each day.
Going Green said,
Yes, a truly disastrous result for our environment, and to think that the corporate companies involved are now passing the buck! We must hold them accountable. Being the devil’s advocate, I guess they’re only supplying the market with a demand. So it’s all up to us to change our ways individually to find alternatives to our oil dependency.
Glass Bottles said,
Wow that is a whole lot of oil being lost and hurting the environment. I will pass along these stats!
Connor said,
It is really hard for citizens to sit back and watch all this oil destroy so much life and not be able to do a thing about it. If this doesnt make more interest in alternative feuls, i dont know what will!
casey@ecoenglishexperience.com said,
I just heard a story on NPR this morning that President Oboma has not done enough to capitalize on this event and urge Americans to get off carbon-based fuels. What does everybody think?
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Terry said,
Thanks for properly putting into perspective the demand for oil and the need for alternative energy sources. If this doesn’t open eyes, what will?
Edina said,
You could argue about how much methane leaks from frozen permafrost on a warm year – it doesn’t stop those pictures of the birds being heartbreaking.
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Watching news regarding the oil spill really saddens me especially when you hear people talking about their lost livelihoods or upon seeing birds die because of the pollution. An oil spill happened in an ocean near our place and what they did is throw styrofoams on it and voila, the oil spills transferred to the foams in just a minute. But I don’t think this will be a good idea for what’s happening in Florida. I hope this gets “treated” soon.
Boston Solar Installer said,
I think the President is in a difficult situation. Opponents of Obama have speculated that he would use the crisis to push his own agenda. It does seem like an opportune time to advocate the move off of fossil fuels, but I think the President doesn’t want to minimize the negative effects the oil disaster has had to the people in the Gulf. I hope people can draw their own conclusions that we need to move off carbon-based fuels, and find more sustainable technologies like solar to fill the gap for energy.
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Dave from Solar Power said,
It is sad when something of this magnitude is what it takes to open more eyes. Long before the Exxon Valdez we neede to be thinking about clean energy like Solar, Wind and Hydro ,as well as Geothermal.