I seem to recall a large “spill” in CA waters recently was traced back to natural sources offshore. They were ready to pin it on foreign flagged oil ships in the area.
There is so much oil out there that the seafloor just burbs it up on its own, in huge quantities at times.
FLOOD CONGRESS TUESDAY JULY 15th
Let them know enough is enough. Energy crisis is not a partisian issue, it’s an American issue.
We need to be more energy independent and stop funneling money to the terrorists.
Gov Palin is pleading to let Alaska do it’s part (yes even anwar)
Gov Palin has an 84% approval rating vs congress 9%
TELL YOUR FRIENDS FAMILY NEIGHBORS COWORKERS
CONTACT CONGRESS TUESDAY JULY 15th
DRILL HERE - DRILL NOW!!!
You see it all the time on beaches here in Texas.
Carpenteria is a little berg on the coast, about 15 miles south of Santa Barbara. Just to the south of it’s main beach, there is an asphalt presence oozing out of the side of a berm there.
It’s the most visible evidence of an asphalt presence that was tapped way back into the eary 1900s, as there became a need for regional and national highways.
Carpenteria’s asphalt was mined (dug up from the surface) and shipped all over the U.S.
The left ignores natural sites like this to demagogue the issue against oil wells off shore.
My thought is that indians frequenting wester beachers were cleaning oil off the bottom of their feet long before the white man reached the west coast of the United States.
Catheters for Mommy Earth!
Nice to have a confirmation of what I posted a couple days ago.
“I lived in Santa Barbara, oil would just bubble up out of cracks in the ocean floor. I would bet that natural releases of oil exceed that from oil spills, if you take into account all the oceans, not just local areas where man made influences may dominate.”
5 posted on Saturday July 12, 19:49:18 GMT-0700 2008 by Libertarianize the GOP
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2044645/posts?page=5#5
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This is completely false. There have been no oil leaks during any drilling in recent memory. The last blow out well that occurred in open US waters was nearly 20 years ago. Some ships use heavy oil as ballast and they were know to dump ballast when necessary outside US waters (and sometimes inside them at night). I don’t believe this practice is still occurring, but correct me if I’m wrong.
This gives me heart.
Let's slam the halls of Congress tomorrow with FAXes and emails. Scare the bejeebers out of them.
Ask them why they are still in favor of our being dependent on the sheiks for our energy needs when we could supply all we need, forever - and the sheiks can fill their swimming pools with their oil no one needs.
Why, dingy harry?