My interest is repair of the Gulf. I do not believe that the organism is an alien present, but the morphing cousin of Synthia. And, that the calibrators don't always work for control because Synthia's cousin, "Augie" morphs faster than the equipment can be re-calibrated. Now, Synthia and all its cousins have have spread.
The following is c/p from another glp thread with no link:
"A nurse who works in medical research said, "It's so simple. I don't know why I never thought of it before. When we're working with cell cultures in the lab, if we want the cells to mutate, we turn down the oxygen, to stop them, we turn the oxygen back up."
Every year we lose more oxygen from our atmosphere to depletion of the ozone, and every year the incidence of Cancer increases. In the beginning, the earth's atmosphere was 37% oxygen. Now the atmosphere is 20% oxygen. Oxygen is essential to metabolize food and create high energy, and it is also impossible for cancer to exist in an alkaline oxygen-rich environment. ..."
There is good cause to think that BP's and NALCO's Corexit is reducing the oxygen content of the Gulf water. Admittedly, we don't have the recipe for Corexit to determine whether the BP cocktail is pulling oxygen out of the water, but Corexit and low oxygen appear related.
If the quoted statement above is true, that low oxygen causes cells to mutate, then we may have an explanation for the imploding mutation of Synthia to AU to Augie ...
How can we re-oxygenate the Gulf waters, much like a fish aquarium has oxygen pumped into the water?
There is a lake in the Southeast USA where this is being done by the US Corps of Engineers, but first we need recognition of the problem in order to get attention to a process for repair of the Gulf. It is not be helpful to be talking about "aliens" [with no proof] in order to get something worked out.
Does anyone have proof of low oxygen content of the Gulf water around the D E E P incident?
Quoting: AC/SC 1355744Okay, this makes a whole lot more sense to me than 'the aliens done it'.
Re O2 content: here's a link that expressed concern about the low content back in Aug '10.
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link to e360.yale.edu]
And here, from Mar. 2011: O2 levels almost 0% at Redondo Beach:
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link to latimesblogs.latimes.com]
Jun. 2010: low O2 in GoM:
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link to www.nola.com]
It's probably been posted here before, but here are the (major) ingredients of Corexit:
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link to www.ufppc.org]
The components of COREXIT 9500 and 9527 are:
CAS Registry Number Chemical Name
57-55-6 1,2-Propanediol
111-76-2 Ethanol, 2-butoxy-*
577-11-7 Butanedioic acid, 2-sulfo-, 1,4-bis(2-ethylhexyl) ester, sodium salt (1:1)
1338-43-8 Sorbitan, mono-(9Z)-9-octadecenoate
9005-65-6 Sorbitan, mono-(9Z)-9-octadecenoate, poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl) derivs.
9005-70-3 Sorbitan, tri-(9Z)-9-octadecenoate, poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl) derivs
29911-28-2 2-Propanol, 1-(2-butoxy-1-methylethoxy)-
64742-47-8 Distillates (petroleum), hydrotreated light
*Note: This chemical component (Ethanol, 2-butoxy-) is not included in the composition of Corexit 9500.
One note about the oil industry that I've learned from work (we sometimes test chemicals for efficacy, usually corrosion inhibitors and the like) -- even if you can prove to the oil producers that the chemicals they're using in any particular section of pipeline facility don't work under the prevailing conditions, they likely won't change to another chemical producer's product even if it means that their pipeline will likely develop leaks (which means down production time and possibly costs for replacing corroded pipe sections).
Why?
Well, my boss told me that back in the 60s and 70s, it was commonplace for the chemical vendors to supply hookers and other recreational perks to the oilfield staff making the purchasing decisions. Built a lot of loyalty to their brand that way.
Supposedly those practices were stopped.
Supposedly...
Also, it's been our experience that often within the oil companies, people are promoted into positions for which they have no real practical or educational experience and don't really understand the finer details of their jobs. Hence, bad decisions are made not because the people are evil but because they simply don't know any better.
The Peter Principle ... alive and well in the oil industry.
