How Far Can You See at Sea?( offshore oil drilling )

http://www.dublerfamily.com/Activity3.html ^ | November 26th | Me

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

This gives a brief explanation of how far the human eye can see at sea. It gives a table of relation between height of object vs nautical miles.

Why this is important is because the oil drilling debate will be back, and it's an important thing to know.

Which means that an offshore oil drilling ban any further than somewhere around 25 miles is lunacy. Sure, higher height rigs would be visible around this distance, but you have to keep in mind the context. It would be a small black dot on the horizon.

This is hardly a problem for tourism.

Especially if these rigs are painted sea blue. Then you wouldn't see them at all.

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

Hey, take a look at this. If you would; if you think it applies, you should ping your global warming peeps to this.

Considering how eeeeeeeeeeeeeevil oil drilling has been tied to the global warming debate, knowing how far the human eye can see is a good thing to know when this comes back. At least I think.

[Damifino]

I think 25 miles is the perfect distance. Grouper and Snapper fishing would be even better than it is now if we had platform foundations to fish around.

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

Yeah, I know a few people who scuba dive and they all say the same thing about that; that these rigs make good artificial reefs after a while.

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

Here is the numbers.

Height (feet)	Distance (nm)
5	2.6
10	3.7
15	4.5
20	5.2
25	5.9
30	6.4
35	6.9
40	7.4
45	7.8
50	8.3
55	8.7
60	9.1
65	9.4
70	9.8
75	10.1
80	10.5
85	10.8
90	11.1
95	11.4
100	11.7
120	12.8
150	14.3
200	16.5
250	18.5
300	20.3

[garykfd]

From the bridge of a US Navy deystrouer you can see from 7-10 miles depending on swells

[bitterohiogunclinger]

The perfect distance is where the oil is, not where you can’t see the oil rigs. If there was any “Constitutional Right to an unobstructed Scenic View” we should be tearing down those ugly skyscrapers and all the ugly billboards and business signage.

[Damifino]

It doesn't take any time for fish to congregate on it. The pelagics, Dolphin (Mahi), Wahoo and Tuna would be there in a matter of a few days.

[cripplecreek]

When I was in the upper penninsula back in July, we spent half a day sitting on a bluff at Grand Marais watching for ore carriers. We only saw one and it was little more than a speck on the horizon even with good binoculars.

[Damifino]

The 25 mile number had nothing to do with the view. it was solely based on optimal fishing benefits.

[Williams]

The facts show how nonsensical and uninformed the public is about nonexistent environmental issues.

I doubt a single human being on Earth, other than oil workers, can see oil drilling on the Alaskan shelf.

Just madness, and I guarantee OPEC pays off our politicians.

[bitterohiogunclinger]

“Just madness, and I guarantee OPEC pays off our politicians.”
Without a doubt. DemonRATs collect double from the environmentalnuts and the Foreign Enemies of America. Does anyone other than me find the whole incredible run up of the price of energy followed by the all too convenient economic disaster a little too conveniently timed to favor DemonRATs to be just coincidental?

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^The perfect distance is where the oil is, not where you can’t see the oil rigs.^^^^^^^^^^^

That’s not necessarily true anymore with the invention of slant drilling.

^^^^^^^^^^^If there was any “Constitutional Right to an unobstructed Scenic View” we should be tearing down those ugly skyscrapers and all the ugly billboards and business signage.^^^^^^^^^^^

Agreed.

However, I’m sure we could all agree on a reasonable expectation. I actually would think it’d be kind of cool if some beaches had rigs right there that you could see. But I marvel at all things. Human inventions such as skyscrapers, bridges, and earthmovers are fantastic. So are big trees, waterfalls, and things you see out in nature. I’d love to go see a rainforest one day.

But others aren’t like me who can see something good in just about everything.

Even the Kennedys pushed wind away from their shores because they were eyesores.

But with everything said, I’m sure you can agree with me that this is important to know. I’m surprised someone else hasn’t tied these two together.

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^The facts show how nonsensical and uninformed the public is about nonexistent environmental issues.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Which is why I hope in the coming minutes, hours, and days you’ll be emailing this information to as many people as you can.

:-)

You know as well as I do that the media isn’t gonna educate them. So it’s up to us.

[DustyMoment]

Does anyone other than me find the whole incredible run up of the price of energy followed by the all too convenient economic disaster a little too conveniently timed to favor DemonRATs to be just coincidental?

Nope. And, once he is inaugurated, the price will start to skyrocket again and, this time, it will hit astronomical levels. Whoever is manipulating the oil market knows that the Obamessiah will do nothing towards American energy independence.

[Boonie]

IMO, whoever is manipulating the oil market (and the economy) is also manipulting Obama...He is a puppet on strings....

[steelyourfaith]

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[Ditter]

ALL fishing is better around oil platforms. The bigger varieties come to feast upon the smaller varieties. When we had our boat we always headed straight to the rings off Freeport and Galveston and I have the pictures to prove it!

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

Thanks!

[steelyourfaith]

Thank you!!! That was very interesting.

The spill issue with regard to off-shore drilling is another ruse, yet ...

• (1) There was virtually no oil rig leakage when Katrina rolled through the Gulf of Mexico.
• (2) Crude oil leaks are naturally abundant in the ocean, but it is rendered harmless by natural chemical and physical processes.
• (3) After the Exxon Valdez spilled oiled in Prince William Sound the ecotards made a great show of scrubbing the rocks with detergent, making a dent in the clean-up. After the photo-op they split and nature finished the job it could easily have handled on its own.