Oil Slick In The Gulf

[Bryan]

Can anyone explain why gas prices have dropped?  While millions of gallons of oil is just pouring into the ocean? 

[Zach]

Can anyone explain why gas prices have dropped?  While millions of gallons of oil is just pouring into the ocean? 

Diesel has dropped but not crude oil, here at least.

[phw115wvwx]

Can anyone explain why gas prices have dropped?  While millions of gallons of oil is just pouring into the ocean? 

The markets are all down due to the huge debt crisis in Greece.  That makes everyone else worry that we could get part of their financial problems, which pushes the projections of oil demand downward.  As a results, prices are falling.  So much about oil prices is driven by speculation anyway.

[The Weather Guy]

True

[jtmal0723]

True

We tend to steer away from one word posts such as these around these parts. Please keep this in mind for the future 

[The Weather Guy]

Oh... Sorry. I'll remember next time.

[TWCToday]

Can anyone explain why gas prices have dropped?  While millions of gallons of oil is just pouring into the ocean? 

Its 1 oil rig. If we were talking about hundreds or thousands of oil rigs and refineries then it would be a different story.

Government at its finest:
"Another Jindal complaint: a slow government response to his state's proposal to build a 94-mile-long string of sand berms across Louisiana's coast to keep the oil at bay.

The $350 million barrier plan was hatched by Plaquemines Parish officials shortly after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 as a way to keep out future storm surges and could work equally well to block out the oil, says P.J. Hahn, director of coastal management for the parish.

The plan would take four to six months to complete, but 12 dredges working simultaneously on the project would bring relief to coastal marshes almost immediately, says Nungesser, the Plaquemines president.

On May 11, Louisiana requested an emergency permit for the plan from the Army Corps of Engineers that would bypass lengthy environmental impact reviews. Corps and Coast Guard officials have voiced concerns, and the matter is still under review."
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2010-05-27-Spill-poll_N.htm

[Pop Light Brown]

Billy Nungesser is a soldier for the Louisiana coast. He's basically calling the feds and BP out because they aren't doing anything while more oil hits the coast, killing the seafood and wildlife.

God forbid if the brown pelican goes back on the endangered species list...or disappear altogether.

[gt1racerlHDl]

New 6 mile wide oil plume found 3,300 ft below sea level

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OIL_SPILL_NEW_PLUME?SITE=PAYOK&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

[wxntrafficfan]

I've heard talk about the possibility of this oil getting caught in the Gulf Stream, though things are up for change at any moment. Creating blocks at the shore is not an effective shore-up. It's wasting valuable time, and not to mention money, that could be used to make the capping of the oil pipe itself go much faster.

[TWCToday]

I've heard talk about the possibility of this oil getting caught in the Gulf Stream, though things are up for change at any moment. Creating blocks at the shore is not an effective shore-up. It's wasting valuable time, and not to mention money, that could be used to make the capping of the oil pipe itself go much faster.

how will that help? They already have people working on it and throwing money at the issue wont help. Its not money that was causing the problem trying to figure out how to stop the leak. 

In any case looks like things are looking better:
'Top kill' stops gulf oil leak for now
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-oil-spill-top-kill-20100528,0,5782115.story?track=rss

[wxntrafficfan]

I wasn't talking about throwing more money than is currently being used on the process altogether. I meant that the money that is being wasted on stopping the oil at the shore can be spent for developing solutions for more effectively stopping the oil at the source much sooner. Stopping it at the shore and cleaning it up does not mean it can't keep coming or go elsewhere.

[Mike M]

My question is, when will the oil spill end? I'm getting tired of hearing about it...

[TWCToday]

I wasn't talking about throwing more money than is currently being used on the process altogether. I meant that the money that is being wasted on stopping the oil at the shore can be spent for developing solutions for more effectively stopping the oil at the source much sooner. Stopping it at the shore and cleaning it up does not mean it can't keep coming or go elsewhere.

They have hundred of scientists and people a hundreds time smarter then any of us working on it. Its not a matter of finding more people to work on it. This isn't one of those cases where more people working on a solution will produce faster results. Skipping trying to prevent the spread of oil and just focus on the source  will destroy local economies and ecosystems.

[P71nnacle]

It's a double edged sword IMO. If there's a hurricane that comes through, then there's a possibility that some of the vapors that might be in solution in the water will evaporate and cause acid rain further in. No oil will come in rain because it has a different evaporation temperature and water and oil don't mix, so I wouldn't worry about it raining sweet crude in Atlanta. But in some sense, having a little bit of oil in the water might reduce evaporation and hinder hurricane development (highly unlikely, but possible).

 My biggest worry is that tropical activity will carry oil to the Gulf Stream, and then you'll have a BIG problem. (And it might be @ Key West right now, but a tropical system stirs up the waters even more.