The Gushing Oil Leak Disaster

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Originally Posted by anthonyvop

We are talking underwater radioactive fallout. Try to stick to the subject.

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Yes but Bikini atoll is in the middle of nowhere figuratively speaking and the oil well in question is in the middle of the gulf of mexico? Oh and how many years since the tests at Bikini atoll? I guess my example wasn't the best though

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operati...ter_Crossroads

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Sport divers who visit Bikini to dive on the shipwrecks must eat imported food. The lagoon is teeming with fish, but none of it is safe to eat.

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Now some sites seem to say that the fish are safe to eat, but equally a lot of others say they're not safe to eat.

As you well know the gulf of mexico is a fishing ground, I really don't think it's all that intelligent to detonate a nuclear device to seal the well unless it's the very last resort.

It should also be mentioned that the tests on the Atoll took place about 50 years ago, so while in 50 years time the gulf of mexico would most likely be safe, it woudn't necessarily be fine now.

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Originally Posted by 555-04Q2

Like I said, until people are preparted to give up the use of fossils fuels, there is no use in crying over spilt milk. There are going to be accidents and environmental "distasters" such as the one we are seeing now.

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I tend to agree. All this anger directed towards BP is bs unless it's proven that BP's practices directly caused this accident. This could have potentially happened to any other company anywhere else in the world

In fact it happened in Australia not long ago.

http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=e...atlas&gs_rfai=

If someone sits behind their keyboard and criticises Obama and BP then they sure as hell better not go outside and fire up their car and burn petrol.......

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Originally Posted by Bob Riebe

They are of the Negro race gomer, look it up, before you take you afternoon nap.

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Gomer :confused:
Check it out bro.
I lived in the Jim Crow South. I remember the black and white handled water fountains and "Colored Use Back Door" signs on restaurants.
I don't use the term "negro" or "negroid". I'm also of the belief that those who do are racist! And yes there are Black Racists!

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Originally Posted by Tazio

Gomer :confused:
Check it out bro.
I lived in the Jim Crow South. I remember the black and white handled water fountains and "Colored Use Back Door" signs on restaurants.
I don't use the term "negro" or "negroid". I'm also of the belief that those who do are racist! And yes there are Black Racists!

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As an aside, the father of three of my nephews and nieces, who is a person of color, when I was questioning him about how his hood- views other ethnic groups, he pointed out some very dark Negroes and said, "...those, the blue-black ones, we call them Africans. They have the big lips and flat noses."

That was prejudice, when it got to the Latinos, it turned to hate.

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Originally Posted by Tazio

Gomer :confused:
Check it out bro.
I lived in the Jim Crow South. I remember the black and white handled water fountains and "Colored Use Back Door" signs on restaurants.

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How old are you?

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Yes but Bikini atoll is in the middle of nowhere figuratively speaking and the oil well in question is in the middle of the gulf of mexico? Oh and how many years since the tests at Bikini atoll? I guess my example wasn't the best though

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operati...ter_Crossroads




Now some sites seem to say that the fish are safe to eat, but equally a lot of others say they're not safe to eat.

As you well know the gulf of mexico is a fishing ground, I really don't think it's all that intelligent to detonate a nuclear device to seal the well unless it's the very last resort.

It should also be mentioned that the tests on the Atoll took place about 50 years ago, so while in 50 years time the gulf of mexico would most likely be safe, it woudn't necessarily be fine now.

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First off don't use Wikipedia if you expect anybody to take you seriously.

2nd In the Gulf a Mexico there is a Huge Dead zone that just so happens to be in the same area of the spill. So to use the excuse that it would kill marine life is moot.

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Originally Posted by Bob Riebe

They are of the Negro race gomer, look it up, before you take you afternoon nap.

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There are two ways to use this term...one is very racist

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Originally Posted by Bob Riebe

As an aside, the father of three of my nephews and nieces, who is a person of color, when I was questioning him about how his hood- views other ethnic groups, he pointed out some very dark Negroes and said, "...those, the blue-black ones, we call them Africans. They have the big lips and flat noses."

That was prejudice, when it got to the Latinos, it turned to hate.

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more racist

i have known people like you.....i had some relatives who believed in seperate but equal.. ..the equal part was what brought them misery from certain folks, as people like you believed in making distinctions based solely on race, because black was not equal, but a sign of an inferior race in their eyes

and I also had relatives who strongly beleived in seperate but unequal.....

and as a child, saw the front room of the cafe for whites, served only by whites, and the backroom was for blacks served by blacks, with a backdoor to keep them out....

indeed. it is easy to spot this with you, because all they do is base stuff on race--and unlike religion, sexual preferences, politics and all the rest...race is something one is born into and can not escape as long as people like you keep remembering to remind them of such

and another sign, is the old "i ain't racist, because i got a freind/relative who is black, and he is more racist than me...

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Originally Posted by Bob Riebe

As an aside, the father of three of my nephews and nieces, who is a person of color, when I was questioning him about how his hood- views other ethnic groups, he pointed out some very dark Negroes and said, "...those, the blue-black ones, we call them Africans. They have the big lips and flat noses."

That was prejudice, when it got to the Latinos, it turned to hate.

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I fail to see a problem with the statement Blue Blacks are from Africa. It seems to be a fact not a prejudice. Certainly can be ascertained from facts.
I personally don't like thin lipped females from any country. With a preference for thicker lipped Latinas. Now I come from heavy influence from sweden. So these are just facts and preferences.

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Originally Posted by anthonyvop

First off don't use Wikipedia if you expect anybody to take you seriously.

2nd In the Gulf a Mexico there is a Huge Dead zone that just so happens to be in the same area of the spill. .

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Yep, one big KABOOM, and that dead zone will be more deader and bigger :rolleyes:

The deal with russia nukes was above ground, a succes rate that depended upon the rock formation as well as the known above seas level effects of a nuke blast.

Even then, it was only 80% successful....

Underwater, the factors are far more complicated, and there is the unknown concussion effect of the water ,assuming they can drill the hole one mile or so into the ground to avoid some of this effect, and a great risk that the leak would end up more massive