Comments on: So, this oil leak might become an extinction level event? That sucks?

By: Mr Hammock

Mr Hammock — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:56:53 +0000

I am a realist. I look at the good as well as the bad.This is bad. And the mockingly complacent attitude that people are showing is typical of society. No one wants to believe we could be wiped out but it CAN happen. There are no easy answers but to yawn and go back to business as usual is naive and foolish.The oceans are our life.If they die,we die It is a known fact that a tiny disruption in just the right place can wipe an entire ecosystem out.This is far from over.

By: spark

spark — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:00:21 +0000

I don’t think this commentary is too far off base. First of all, drilling at those depths is new technology. I mean, there are so many things that can go wrong. Who knows what magnitude of reserves that exist at 18,000+ feet below the water’s surface? No one knows – exactly my point. I was just commenting to somebody the other day – “What if there is more oil and gas in that reserve than there is water in all of the earth’s oceans?” I don’t think anyone has any real scientific evidence otherwise, but it’s a sobering thought.

By: Fang

Fang — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 15:32:30 +0000

Well… I’ve been looking for an excuse to get drunk for years.
Just let me know when it’s most assuredly ‘game over’ so I can go buy out the local liquor store.

By: Proud Texan

Proud Texan — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 15:32:30 +0000

It very well could lead to the extinction of the republican party.

By: Allota Diccs

Allota Diccs — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 15:32:30 +0000

Matters, nothing you can do about it. Also, TLDR