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| I have been watching this unfold for the past month along with everyone else and I have to say it is absolutely shocking. How can this be? How can it still be leaking? How will all of those people survive this environmental disaster? I feel helpless and wish there was a way to help. Any thoughts?
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I don't believe they're really trying that hard to plug it up. They supposedly couldn't attatch a new hose to it either. They don't have any trouble hooking up hoses to brand new wells. They probably think that this particular well is small and insignificant in their daily business so doing anything for it is just a waste of their time and money. Meanwhile, not only is the entire Gulf of Mexico getting polluted, but all of that crap is going to go right into the gulf stream and pollute the entire Atlantic Ocean and all of the European Coastline. This mess is the whole world's problem and BP is just sitting around digging for nose-gold. this should be a wake up call to the whole world to start using alternative energy.
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| I couldn't agree more, this tragedy makes the Valdez look like a walk in the park. Those poor people in the Gulf have now had their entire fishing industry taken from them all in the name of oil, it's a travesty. I do hope this will prompt us to take another look at alternative fuel sources and self sustainability.
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| I finally got my tomato plants started. Growing them myself inside will eliminate the need to use any fossil fuel to transport them and I won't need to have any cultivating tools manufactured. Every little bit helps.
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My father always worked on drilling rigs, so I know a little about how when a rig blows out, it is not not always an easy to plug, although doing it on land is realitively quick, but when yu are drilling in water and at the dept they were drilling this rig. This rig was being drilled below a safe level for divers to dive, which all shallow off shore rigs have divers, it is going to be a learning experence for everyone, for us, how to use less, for others, how to fix a leak at the bottom and why do we need to drill that deep? Should we be drilling? and what other energy we can use to not leave a carbon print.
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If all those political idiots with all their millions and billions in oil would be willing to invest a couple billion in green energy instead, we wouldn't be having this kind of trouble! They've had solar batteries since the 70's and we've still gone nowhere with the technology in THIRTY YEARS why has this not been advanced? THIRTY YEARS of not developing a technology that could save the world! Because you can't put sunshine in a barrel and sell it by the gallon. THAT'S why! If all those oil barrons would only see dollar signs in their eyes at the idea of developing green technology instead of seeing it as taking away their oil prifits we'd be in Utopia already!! 
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Did it seriously just take them THREE months to clean up that mess? I came to check up on the thread and noticed the date on your post! THREE months!!!! 
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Yes, it did take three months to plug the oil spew. Now after months of saying that the entire gulf will be ruined forever, three fourths of the oil is gone. They can't find it to clean up. Where oh where did it go. The fish and shrimp have been declared safe to eat by the EPA. The earth is more resilient than we give credit. Granted I think we should be more prone to other energy sources, but until people quit buying oil in mass it won't happen. It's such a world wide billion dollar industry that I'm not sure how we could wean ourselves off of the oil energy. It would take decades to ease back without causes tremendous ripples in the world economy. I'm just as concerned as everyone else and hope that this incident will cause the big monster energy ship to turn in a more earth friendly direction.
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| The oil isn't gone, it's got to be somewhere. Stay tuned
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Well, I live on the Gulf, in Mobile, Alabama, and I wanted to comment on this thread. Thank you everyone for your concern on the Gulf area, not just in Alabama but also in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Florida. I hope you are all continuing to think about us. The local economies are still trying to recover from this disaster and everyones continued support is VERY appreciated.
Growth Zone 8B
Mobile, AL
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