Offshore Drilling Ban to be Lifted by Bush - Page 13

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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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 · 08-06-2008, 06:43 AM

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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.

Scrooge McSam · 08-06-2008, 06:46 AM

Absolutely... and demonstrates how well nature copes with one type of spill and not so well with the other.

Kevy Baby · 08-06-2008, 07:05 AM

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Spills kill birds.

And causes pregnancy

JWBear · 08-06-2008, 10:47 AM

Why can't the oil companies drill on the 68 million acres they already lease for drilling, but sit idle?

Kevy Baby · 08-06-2008, 12:27 PM

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Why can't the oil companies drill on the 68 million acres they already lease for drilling, but sit idle?

Don't really have a factual answer, but my initial guess would be because there isn't a sufficient supply of oil to make money by drilling there.

JWBear · 08-06-2008, 01:47 PM

Then why did they spend the money to lease them?

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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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Scrooge McSam What? Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,635	Absolutely... and demonstrates how well nature copes with one type of spill and not so well with the other.
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