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STUNNING NEW SATELLITE PICTURE SHOWS OIL SPILL ROCKETING TOWARD FLORIDA
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 937801:MV8xMDY4MzAxXzE2OTc2Nzk5XzlDQzI3RUQw] [quote:Anonymous Coward 660493] OK, that is enough for now. You get the picture. [b]Realize, it is wise not to take a stand on this issue, one way or the other. There are many valid an logical arguments either way and across the spectrum. In fact, we would be healthier without oil, both in the short run and in the longer run. [/b] But we would also be a lot less comfortable, at least for a while. Oh yeah, most heating and air conditioning would be gone too, both because of the functioning of these and for the various parts and components in the systems themselves. Sigh... :scratching: Plastics can be produced from vegetable oils and are then biodegradable and non-toxic. Alternative energy sources are available. The oil companies probably own the patents which they then suppress. These are most likely to be cleaner and infinite. These could power our transportation systems from personal cars, buses, trains, trucking, shipping and aircraft. Same with agriculture equipment. Pharmaceuticals were synthesized to replace the natural source such as opium. Traditional dyes from natural sources. Organic farming would become more viable with cheaper, cleaner energy sources powering the equipment to transport compost, etc. Who wants to eat food with artificial fertilizer (polonium?) pesticides and herbicides anyway? Some oil could be used to manufacture synthetic rubber or whatever natural vegetable sources could not supplant. [b]Get the picture? Maybe polluted air, water, earth and food make you more comfortable?[/b] [/quote] You forgot to read the last two paragraphs up above, especially the first one. Like most other major and complex issues, there is no definitive "right" or "wrong" on this one. The only clear-cut truth is that we would be healthier without oil, especially in the long run. In fact, the problem here started in the late 19th century, when certain very greedy and very powerful types deliberately set out to artificially engineer petroleum so deeply into all of our lives that we would become hopelessly addicted to it indefinitely. Now, just as with any addiction, it is going to hurt like hell to let go of it. In fact, we won't let go of it -- unless forced to as a result of a first magnitude act of nature -- a distinct possibility.... anytime soon, and for just that reason. Once this leak is capped, the spill is contained, or at least limited, and the oil is slowly cleaned up from places far and wide, this whole thing will be blissfully forgotten. And then it will be back to business as usual, without further ado. And no form of logic will dictate the circumstances.. just as with all of the other addictions. Most would rather not think of these things, however. Instead, they'd prefer to just say, "FUCK OIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!" It's OK. None of us will be here for very long anyway. That is how this experience works. We live and learn. [/quote]
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Look by yourself, here's an enhanced enlargment from today's NASA's Terra satellite:
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link to img188.imageshack.us
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Look at the usual convenient "black cloud" just at the end of spill "arm".
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