Offshore Drilling Ban to be Lifted by Bush

[Scrooge McSam]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

....for once

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

Originally Posted by scaeagles

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

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by Scrooge McSam

Oil in a relatively viscous state at deep depth does not have the same effect as oil spread over miles of open water

I don't think anyone is arguing that it does. I think this is simply an issue of percentages, and maybe that amazing difference in those percentages is what makes an impact. 67% of ocean oil from seepage vs 1% from drilling leaks is pretty dramatic.