Offshore Drilling Ban to be Lifted by Bush - Page 15

Gemini Cricket · 08-05-2008, 09:04 PM

Enough politics! Let's dance!

BarTopDancer · 08-05-2008, 09:19 PM

Nature, when left alone, takes care of itself. Oil is under the ocean floor naturally. The seepage that is occurring is by design. Who are we to help it along?

Again, if the amount was enough to make a significant difference I'd have a slightly different opinion - but these arguments that drilling will help stave off seepage that is occurring by natures design are null in my mind.

Alex · 08-05-2008, 09:27 PM

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The seepage that is occurring is by design.

Oooh, a tangent!

scaeagles · 08-05-2008, 09:29 PM

Ummm....oil is oil no matter how it gets into the ocean, isn't it? Unless I'm missing something, which I could be.

BarTopDancer · 08-05-2008, 09:32 PM

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Ummm....oil is oil no matter how it gets into the ocean, isn't it? Unless I'm missing something, which I could be.

The difference is, the oil from seepage is how nature designed itself. Oil from leaks and disturbances caused by drilling is not.

alphabassettgrrl · 08-05-2008, 10:35 PM

The seeped oil is solid and doesn't kill birds. Spills kill birds. Different states of oil.

scaeagles · 08-06-2008, 05:11 AM

I'm not trying to sound stupid or be picky, but how does a solid seep?

Scrooge McSam · 08-06-2008, 06:13 AM

The same way glass flows.

scaeagles · 08-06-2008, 06:20 AM

So you're saying (and again, I'm not trying to be difficult here....for once

) that it becomes super heated under the ocean floor, melting it, it seeps, then reforms in a more solid form?

Scrooge McSam · 08-06-2008, 06:35 AM

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....for once

LOL What? You thought you've been flying under the radar or something? Haha

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that it becomes super heated under the ocean floor, melting it, it seeps, then reforms in a more solid form?

I don't have all the answers, but do know that changes in temperature produce changes in vicsosity. The bunker oil we burned on the Queen was so thick it had to be heated before we could use it in the boilers. Considering the colder temps of deep ocean...

I do know that oil seepage does not have the same effect on wildlife. Oil in a relatively viscous state at deep depth does not have the same effect as oil spread over miles of open water

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BarTopDancer Prepping... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Here, there, everywhere Posts: 11,405	Nature, when left alone, takes care of itself. Oil is under the ocean floor naturally. The seepage that is occurring is by design. Who are we to help it along? Again, if the amount was enough to make a significant difference I'd have a slightly different opinion - but these arguments that drilling will help stave off seepage that is occurring by natures design are null in my mind. __________________ Spork is the new MacGyver Postcards From My Edge
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scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	Ummm....oil is oil no matter how it gets into the ocean, isn't it? Unless I'm missing something, which I could be.
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alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	The seeped oil is solid and doesn't kill birds. Spills kill birds. Different states of oil. __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	I'm not trying to sound stupid or be picky, but how does a solid seep?
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08-06-2008, 06:13 AM	#148
Scrooge McSam What? Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,635	The same way glass flows.
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08-06-2008, 06:20 AM	#149
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	So you're saying (and again, I'm not trying to be difficult here....for once ) that it becomes super heated under the ocean floor, melting it, it seeps, then reforms in a more solid form?
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