Dead animals: 100,000 to as many as 250,000 seabirds, at least 2,800 sea otters, approximately 12 river otters, 300 harbor seals, 247 bald eagles, and 22 orcas, as well as the destruction of billions of salmon and herring eggs
Slow system recovery: Almost 20 years after the spill, a team of scientists at the University of North Carolina found that the effects are lasting far longer than expected.[20] The team estimates some shoreline Arctic habitats may take up to 30 years to recover.
21 years later: Incomplete oil removal & devastation of herring fish stock (previously an economic staple for the area)
Total Impact of Gulf Spill (both short term and long term) = TBD.
The little we do know can be seen in this underwater video from ABC’s Good Morning America
Quote from Repower America: ABC News went underwater in the Gulf with Philippe Cousteau Jr., grandson of famous explorer Jacques Cousteau, and he described what he saw as “one of the most horrible things I’ve ever seen underwater.”
We are resisting alternative energy sources and fuel efficiency mandates because….?????
Einstein’s definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results!
Here is a resource if you want to be pro-active about preventing such problems in the future: http://www.climateprotect.org/
RANT: Petroleum is Cheap???
May 27, 2010 by CeciliaWandiga
Scientists: Gulf spill now far bigger than Valdez (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gIXWYBTpLtSayJtg41LKXpxSxVPAD9FV8H980
Exxon Valdez impact
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exxon_Valdez_oil_spill#Cleanup_measures_and_environmental_consequences
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/04/eveningnews/main6461218.shtml
Dead animals: 100,000 to as many as 250,000 seabirds, at least 2,800 sea otters, approximately 12 river otters, 300 harbor seals, 247 bald eagles, and 22 orcas, as well as the destruction of billions of salmon and herring eggs
Slow system recovery: Almost 20 years after the spill, a team of scientists at the University of North Carolina found that the effects are lasting far longer than expected.[20] The team estimates some shoreline Arctic habitats may take up to 30 years to recover.
21 years later: Incomplete oil removal & devastation of herring fish stock (previously an economic staple for the area)
Total Impact of Gulf Spill (both short term and long term) = TBD.
The little we do know can be seen in this underwater video from ABC’s Good Morning America
Quote from Repower America: ABC News went underwater in the Gulf with Philippe Cousteau Jr., grandson of famous explorer Jacques Cousteau, and he described what he saw as “one of the most horrible things I’ve ever seen underwater.”
We are resisting alternative energy sources and fuel efficiency mandates because….?????
Einstein’s definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results!
Here is a resource if you want to be pro-active about preventing such problems in the future: http://www.climateprotect.org/
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