BP oil spill: Pictures from my brother.

2010-08-26 09:36:49

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Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5643|London, England

I said I'd post these a few weeks ago but he wasn't allowed to at the time. Enjoy!

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GPS map of site

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His boat, pic taken from top of crane

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Pic taken from helicopter

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And, my brother

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The fire seen in many of the pics is called a flare, it is meant to burn off the oil and natural gas as it arrives at the surface.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2010-08-26 09:38:43

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Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|6906|London, England

This is old news now, all the hubbub has died and the environment has probably gone back to normal now. Not that it was ever probably seriously threatened, maybe it'll take a few % points off the fishermen who were all earning 6-7 figure salaries anyway.

2010-08-26 09:41:26

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Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5643|London, England

Mekstizzle wrote:
This is old news now, all the hubbub has died and the environment has probably gone back to normal now. Not that it was ever probably seriously threatened, maybe it'll take a few % points off the fishermen who were all earning 6-7 figure salaries anyway.

Mosque is more important

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2010-08-26 09:44:30

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Phrozenbot: Member; +632|6900|do not disturb

All I can see is a giant oil slick that covers the entire gulf of Mexico. That region will never recover.

2010-08-26 09:47:10

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Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5643|London, England

Phrozenbot wrote:
All I can see is a giant oil slick that covers the entire gulf of Mexico. That region will never recover.

He never saw anything more than what you would see in your driveway after washing your car. A thin layer of multi-colored rainbow that dilutes quickly.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2010-08-26 09:47:38

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Graphic-J: The Artist formerly known as GraphicArtist-J; +196|6411|So Cal

All I see are boats. Where are the chocolate covered pelicans?

2010-08-26 10:32:03

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Turquoise: O Canada; +1,596|6690|North Carolina

JohnG@lt wrote:
Phrozenbot wrote:
All I can see is a giant oil slick that covers the entire gulf of Mexico. That region will never recover.
He never saw anything more than what you would see in your driveway after washing your car. A thin layer of multi-colored rainbow that dilutes quickly.

Besides, oil spills create jobs. Think of all the money that can be made through cleanup efforts.

Graphic-J wrote:
All I see are boats. Where are the chocolate covered pelicans?

Most likely on the beaches....

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2010-08-26 10:33:13

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Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6755

Turquoise wrote:
JohnG@lt wrote:
Phrozenbot wrote:
All I can see is a giant oil slick that covers the entire gulf of Mexico. That region will never recover.
He never saw anything more than what you would see in your driveway after washing your car. A thin layer of multi-colored rainbow that dilutes quickly.
Besides, oil spills create jobs. Think of all the money that can be made through cleanup efforts.

BP used free-labour from prison populations. after a media furore... they sourced the same labour but put them in plain-clothes.

so no, no money found in clean-ups. slave labour.

_{libertarian benefit collector - anti-academic super-intellectual}. _{http://mixlr.com/the-little-phrase/}

2010-08-26 10:35:30

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Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5643|London, England

Uzique wrote:
Turquoise wrote:
JohnG@lt wrote:

He never saw anything more than what you would see in your driveway after washing your car. A thin layer of multi-colored rainbow that dilutes quickly.
Besides, oil spills create jobs. Think of all the money that can be made through cleanup efforts.
BP used free-labour from prison populations. after a media furore... they sourced the same labour but put them in plain-clothes.

so no, no money found in clean-ups. slave labour.

Southern states use prison populations to clean up every day. They're called chain gangs and are usually used to keep the sides of interstates free from trash. They just redeployed them for use on the beaches.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2010-08-26 10:37:02

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Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6755

i know that. im not saying it's a scandalous, controversial thing to use prison populations for public service.

im just saying there is no 'reinvestment' or recirculation of money into the economy because of clean-up 'employment'.

_{libertarian benefit collector - anti-academic super-intellectual}. _{http://mixlr.com/the-little-phrase/}

2010-08-26 10:40:32

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Turquoise: O Canada; +1,596|6690|North Carolina

Uzique wrote:
Turquoise wrote:
JohnG@lt wrote:

He never saw anything more than what you would see in your driveway after washing your car. A thin layer of multi-colored rainbow that dilutes quickly.
Besides, oil spills create jobs. Think of all the money that can be made through cleanup efforts.
BP used free-labour from prison populations. after a media furore... they sourced the same labour but put them in plain-clothes.

so no, no money found in clean-ups. slave labour.

Shhhh... What are you? A commie?

2010-08-26 10:40:53

#12

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5643|London, England

Uzique wrote:
i know that. im not saying it's a scandalous, controversial thing to use prison populations for public service.

im just saying there is no 'reinvestment' or recirculation of money into the economy because of clean-up 'employment'.

How do you figure? BP paid out a lot of money to those involved in the cleanup. Indeed, they paid out a far higher daily wage than the fishing boats would receive on a normal basis from their own commercial activities. The spill pumped billions of dollars into the local economies at the expense of BP. I'd call that a recirculation of money...

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2010-08-26 10:42:16

#13

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5643|London, England

Turquoise wrote:
Uzique wrote:
Turquoise wrote:

Besides, oil spills create jobs. Think of all the money that can be made through cleanup efforts.
BP used free-labour from prison populations. after a media furore... they sourced the same labour but put them in plain-clothes.

so no, no money found in clean-ups. slave labour.
Shhhh... What are you? A commie?

Have you got something to add? No?

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2010-08-26 10:42:22

#14

Turquoise: O Canada; +1,596|6690|North Carolina

JohnG@lt wrote:
Uzique wrote:
i know that. im not saying it's a scandalous, controversial thing to use prison populations for public service.

im just saying there is no 'reinvestment' or recirculation of money into the economy because of clean-up 'employment'.
How do you figure? BP paid out a lot of money to those involved in the cleanup. Indeed, they paid out a far higher daily wage than the fishing boats would receive on a normal basis from their own commercial activities. The spill pumped billions of dollars into the local economies at the expense of BP. I'd call that a recirculation of money...

...and oil too. There was also a "stimulus" for cleaning products used.

2010-08-26 10:44:09

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Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5643|London, England

Turquoise wrote:
JohnG@lt wrote:
Uzique wrote:
i know that. im not saying it's a scandalous, controversial thing to use prison populations for public service.

im just saying there is no 'reinvestment' or recirculation of money into the economy because of clean-up 'employment'.
How do you figure? BP paid out a lot of money to those involved in the cleanup. Indeed, they paid out a far higher daily wage than the fishing boats would receive on a normal basis from their own commercial activities. The spill pumped billions of dollars into the local economies at the expense of BP. I'd call that a recirculation of money...
...and oil too. There was also a "stimulus" for cleaning products used.

You going to rejoin reality soon? You can't wish away oil, and you can't wish away the fact that all of the oil would've been burned anyway, leak or no.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2010-08-26 10:44:19

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Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6755

Turquoise wrote:
JohnG@lt wrote:
Uzique wrote:
i know that. im not saying it's a scandalous, controversial thing to use prison populations for public service.

im just saying there is no 'reinvestment' or recirculation of money into the economy because of clean-up 'employment'.
How do you figure? BP paid out a lot of money to those involved in the cleanup. Indeed, they paid out a far higher daily wage than the fishing boats would receive on a normal basis from their own commercial activities. The spill pumped billions of dollars into the local economies at the expense of BP. I'd call that a recirculation of money...
...and oil too. There was also a "stimulus" for cleaning products used.

im sure those short-term petty recirculations make up for the 80% loss of yields for the vietnamese shrimping industry... for the foreseeable future...

no, im not a commie. but im not in the PR-bag of BP, which you are, apparently.

_{libertarian benefit collector - anti-academic super-intellectual}. _{http://mixlr.com/the-little-phrase/}

2010-08-26 10:45:16

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Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5643|London, England

Uzique wrote:
Turquoise wrote:
JohnG@lt wrote:
How do you figure? BP paid out a lot of money to those involved in the cleanup. Indeed, they paid out a far higher daily wage than the fishing boats would receive on a normal basis from their own commercial activities. The spill pumped billions of dollars into the local economies at the expense of BP. I'd call that a recirculation of money...
...and oil too. There was also a "stimulus" for cleaning products used.
im sure those short-term petty recirculations make up for the 80% loss of yields for the vietnamese shrimping industry... for the foreseeable future...

no, im not a commie. but im not in the PR-bag of BP, which you are, apparently.

Fishermen in the Gulf are back at work and pulling in record hauls btw... IJS.

Like the mosque, this story was blown way out of proportion.

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"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2010-08-26 10:46:30

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Turquoise: O Canada; +1,596|6690|North Carolina

JohnG@lt wrote:
Turquoise wrote:
JohnG@lt wrote:

How do you figure? BP paid out a lot of money to those involved in the cleanup. Indeed, they paid out a far higher daily wage than the fishing boats would receive on a normal basis from their own commercial activities. The spill pumped billions of dollars into the local economies at the expense of BP. I'd call that a recirculation of money...
...and oil too. There was also a "stimulus" for cleaning products used.
You going to rejoin reality soon? You can't wish away oil, and you can't wish away the fact that all of the oil would've been burned anyway, leak or no.

Why would I want to wish away oil? I actually work for a cleaning chemical company -- it works out pretty well for me actually.

2010-08-26 10:47:22

#19

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5643|London, England

Turquoise wrote:
JohnG@lt wrote:
Turquoise wrote:

...and oil too. There was also a "stimulus" for cleaning products used.
You going to rejoin reality soon? You can't wish away oil, and you can't wish away the fact that all of the oil would've been burned anyway, leak or no.
Why would I want to wish away oil? I actually work for a cleaning chemical company -- it works out pretty well for me actually.

Because it's been part of your MO here?

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2010-08-26 10:53:19

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Turquoise: O Canada; +1,596|6690|North Carolina

Uzique wrote:
Turquoise wrote:
JohnG@lt wrote:

How do you figure? BP paid out a lot of money to those involved in the cleanup. Indeed, they paid out a far higher daily wage than the fishing boats would receive on a normal basis from their own commercial activities. The spill pumped billions of dollars into the local economies at the expense of BP. I'd call that a recirculation of money...
...and oil too. There was also a "stimulus" for cleaning products used.
im sure those short-term petty recirculations make up for the 80% loss of yields for the vietnamese shrimping industry... for the foreseeable future...

no, im not a commie. but im not in the PR-bag of BP, which you are, apparently.

Nonsense... Those Vietnamese shrimpers should've been prepared for what the market had in store for them...

The good people of BP just made a slight mistake along with Transocean and Halliburton. It was the government's fault for setting safety standards and not consistently enforcing them. This just tricked these poor CEOs into thinking safety standards weren't needed.

It's always the government's fault...

2010-08-26 10:54:39

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Turquoise: O Canada; +1,596|6690|North Carolina

JohnG@lt wrote:
Turquoise wrote:
JohnG@lt wrote:

You going to rejoin reality soon? You can't wish away oil, and you can't wish away the fact that all of the oil would've been burned anyway, leak or no.
Why would I want to wish away oil? I actually work for a cleaning chemical company -- it works out pretty well for me actually.
Because it's been part of your MO here?

No seriously... I do actually work for a cleaning chemical company... that's the funny part... lol

2010-08-27 20:22:10

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Stingray24: Proud member of the vast right-wing conspiracy; +1,060|6730|The Land of Scott Walker

Actually, nature has a way to counter a natural substance leaking into the water ...

http://www.roadandtrack.com/auto-news/t … n-gulf-oil

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2010-08-28 03:27:39

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Varegg: Support fanatic :-); +2,206|7095|Nårvei

Like all news it gets blown out of proportion ... not so much in the BP oilspill though, they have removed much of the surface oil ... but how did they do that? ... oh yeah, they used a chemical that made the oil sink into the ocean and now it will continue to polute for eons ... good job ...

pictures John

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2010-08-28 12:51:51

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LividBovine: The Year of the Cow!; +175|6664|MN

Varegg wrote:
Like all news it gets blown out of proportion ... not so much in the BP oilspill though, they have removed much of the surface oil ... but how did they do that? ... oh yeah, they used a chemical that made the oil sink into the ocean and now it will continue to polute for eons...)

That's a new one chief...haven't heard about that. You fur real?

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2010-08-28 20:29:19

#25

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6959|Canberra, AUS

LividBovine wrote:
Varegg wrote:
Like all news it gets blown out of proportion ... not so much in the BP oilspill though, they have removed much of the surface oil ... but how did they do that? ... oh yeah, they used a chemical that made the oil sink into the ocean and now it will continue to polute for eons...)
That's a new one chief...haven't heard about that. You fur real?

you didn't hear about the dispersant they used? that shit is nasty.

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

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