Posted on 04/30/2010 6:41:35 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3
BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - The Deepwater Horizon platform oil spill may turn out to be the second worst spill from an oil platform in the Gulf region because some say it will never touch what happened in 1979.
In the Bay of Campeche that year, an exploratory well operated by the Mexican National Oil Company blew up and leaked for a full year. It would take the Louisiana oil leak two years to send as much oil into the Gulf as the Mexican well "Ixtoc One" did.
Ixtoc was fouling sandy white beaches of Texas up to a year after the blowup in 1979. The state of Texas kept cleaning and footing the bill when the Mexican National Oil Company would not. This was the last really catastrophic leak of an oil platform in 31 years.
Have to go way back to ‘79 to find one worse. Makes it even more apparent that it is just such a very fortunate disaster for green energy.
I look at it this way. At least this time its in our back yard so we have control, and we have the best people on the Planet that can find a way to get this thing shut off at the quickest time possible, and then clean up the mess on the beaches.
Like all oil spills there will be environmental damage and cost, but like all the others it will be short lived and the area will return as it is. Travel to the same beaches two years after the clean-up and you will say “what oil spill”.
This is a list of some of the products made from oil. Nearly everything in our lives is made from oil, made by machinery and systems dependent on oil, and transported by oil as either gas or diesel fuel.
Ammonia, Anesthetics, Antihistamines, Artificial limbs, Artificial Turf, Antiseptics, Aspirin, Auto Parts, Awnings, Balloons, Ballpoint pens, Bandages, Beach Umbrellas, Boats, Cameras, Candles, Car Battery Cases, Carpets, Caulking, Combs, Cortisones, Cosmetics, Crayons, Credit Cards, Curtains, Deodorants, Detergents, Dice, Disposable Diapers, Dolls, Dyes, Eye Glasses, Electrical Wiring Insulation, Faucet Washers, Fishing Rods, Fishing Line, Fishing Lures, Food Preservatives, Food Packaging, Garden Hose, Glue, Hair Coloring, Hair Curlers, Hand Lotion, Hearing Aids, Heart Valves, Ink, Insect Repellant, Insecticides, Linoleum, Lip Stick, Milk Jugs, Nail Polish, Oil Filters, Panty Hose, Perfume, Petroleum Jelly, Rubber Cement, Rubbing Alcohol, Shampoo, Shaving Cream, Shoes, Toothpaste, Trash Bags, Upholstery, Vitamin Capsules, Water Pipes, Yarn
Products Made From Oil
Clothing Ink
Heart Valves
Crayons
Parachutes
Telephones
Enamel
Transparent tape
Antiseptics
Vacuum bottles
Deodorant
Pantyhose
Rubbing Alcohol
Carpets
Epoxy paint
Oil filters
Upholstery
Hearing Aids
Car sound insulation
Cassettes
Motorcycle helmets
Pillows
Shower doors
Shoes
Refrigerator linings
Electrical tape
Safety glass
Awnings
Salad bowl
Rubber cement
Nylon rope
Ice buckets
Fertilizers
Hair coloring
Toilet seats
Denture adhesive
Loudspeakers
Movie film
Fishing boots
Candles
Water pipes
Car enamel
Shower curtains
Credit cards
Aspirin
Golf balls
Detergents
Sunglasses
Glue
Fishing rods
Linoleum
Plastic wood
Soft contact lenses
Trash bags
Hand lotion
Shampoo
Shaving cream
Footballs
Paint brushes
Balloons
Fan belts
Umbrellas
Paint Rollers
Luggage
Antifreeze
Model cars
Floor wax
Sports car bodies
Tires
Dishwashing liquids
Unbreakable dishes
Toothbrushes
Toothpaste
Combs
Tents
Hair curlers
Lipstick
Ice cube trays
Electric blankets
Tennis rackets
Drinking cups
House paint
Rollerskates wheels
Guitar strings
Ammonia
Eyeglasses
Ice chests
Life jackets
TV cabinets
Car battery cases
Insect repellent
Refrigerants
Typewriter ribbons
Cold cream
Glycerin
Plywood adhesive
Cameras
Anesthetics
Artificial turf
Artificial Limbs
Bandages
Dentures
Mops
Beach Umbrellas
Ballpoint pens
Boats
Nail polish
Golf bags
Caulking
Tape recorders
Curtains
Vitamin capsules
Dashboards
Putty
Percolators
Skis
Insecticides
Fishing lures
Perfumes
Shoe polish
Petroleum jelly
Faucet washers
Food preservatives
Antihistamines
Cortisone
Dyes
LP records
Solvents
Roofing
Do you have any personally experience to back that claim?I remember the mess the Mexican blowout made on the Texan beaches SEVEN YEARS later(1986).
I was on vacation visiting friends at Lake Jackson and decided to have fun at the beaches on the Texas coast near Houston. On the surface, the sand looked fine but if you dug you toes inches below the surface your toes would come back spotted with tar balls and they were damned hard to wash off.The water had a brownish tinge and you felt filthy after you left the water.
There will be damage and it will take longer than “short time”
Then, after it’s in New Orleans, they can burn it and start all over
/sarc, not sarc?
// I just can’t tell anymore
Heck, the beaches down here (Galveston through Surfside) are still like that...
and worse, now, the beach was really eroded during the Hurricane
Agree completely.
The Houston area beaches aren’t covered in oil so much anymore, it’s seaweed, jelly fish, and erosion that’s doing them in now.
I heard somewhere that Jellyfish attacks are more common and a greater danger to swimmers than sharks. One reason is many attacks are assumed to be heart attacks or drownings.
Is it true? Can't say definitely but makes one think....
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