Bradford's post: Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:58:35 -0700 From: "Bradford R. Crain" <crainb_at_pdx.edu> Subject: [Paddlewise] Gulf of Mexico Incidentally, how concerned should we be about recent events off the Louisianna coast? Will coastal real estate values plummet? Will coastal economies and jobs disappear. Will fish, crabs, shrimp, oysters all die off? Can an oil well in 5000 feet of water be capped off? Brad Well, Brad... those of us who live near the Gulf Coast are wondering the same things, along with pondering a few more questions. They are attempting to light major parts of the oil spill as I write this. The theory is, that the major combustible parts of the oil will be removed, and the remaining part will ball up, and be easily removed from the water in nets. Those balls that remain, will not harm fish, birds, sea mammals, oysters, etc. - That's the theory, any way. Of course, there's going to be quite a bit of smoke from this operation, so there's that to deal with too. Can they cap the well? They say they can, but it'll take weeks, at the least. Another question that I have about all of this is... will all of those people that have been shouting, "DRILL BABY, DRILL!" be out there trying to help clean up this mess? Or is this simply their version of "the price of progress & a free economy"? They want the oil companies to be able to drill where they want, when they want. This is the result of going beyond present-day capabilities in a safe manner. Don (Woodkayaker_at_Yahoo.com) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Apr 28 2010 - 17:26:38 PDT
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