FINALLY: The TRUTH About Chronic Oil Spillage DWARFS Deepwater Horizon, page 1

Beyond the BP Spill, a Case of Chronic Oil Pollution

Beyond the BP Spill, a Case of Chronic Oil Pollution

According to government estimates, as of yesterday anywhere from 39 million to 111 million gallons of crude oil has gushed into the Gulf of Mexico [from the Deepwater Horizon leak]...

Yet, while this oil spill and others before it have dominated the news, according to a National Research Council (NRC) report, at least 375 million gallons of oil end up in the world's oceans virtually unnoticed every year from natural sources and from human activities associated with the extraction, transportation and use of oil. Should the current rate of uncaptured oil discharged from the BP well continue, the spill will equal the yearly amount of oil entering the world's oceans sometime in August. Which is just about the time relief wells will, supposedly, completely plug the Deepwater Horizon gusher.

Unfortunately, no such end is in sight for the apparently massive background level of oil pollution.

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Ahem...

In May, I started the thread Gulf Oil Spill: Another Extinction Level Hoax?, which enjoyed a pretty good run. In that thread, I opened with an anecdotal background of my life on the Gulf Coast for some 30 years, and my observations that oil rigs in the Gulf have been leaking nonstop for over half a century.

I even supplied a little visual aid (this is a satellite view of the Gulf off the Texas/Louisiana coast)...



Each trail you see is a crude oil slick emanating from an offshore oil rig. Some of these individual slicks are up to 70 miles long EACH. The photo demonstrates that the Gulf is full of crude oil slicks all the time — this oil pollution simply IS NOT REPORTED and so GOES UNNOTICED by the public, because crude degrades naturally in seawater over time.

Of course, the flaming, foaming catastrophe fanatics out there jumped all over my claims, attempting to shoot them down. I was in a bit of a fix to back up my claims with documented info, because there's not a lot of published material that exposes the TRUTH of ongoing oil pollution the world over.

That's why I was fairly astonished to see this article hidden in the Washington Post yesterday, citing the FACT that some 375 MILLION GALLONS of oil enters the world's oceans every year. Check out the 2003 National Research Council (NRC) Report.

And this has been going on for as long as we've been drilling offshore oil rigs and transporting the stuff in tankers — that's over a half century.

The story goes on to say that there is no end in sight for this spillage. NEVERMIND the BP oil leak — when the Deepwater Horizon is finally capped (probably in August), there will still be 714 oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico that go right on leaking. Unreported.

People, as I've said repeatedly, the oceans can handle crude oil — the stuff leaks into the water column naturally from the sea floor in some areas, in addition to leakage resulting from our drilling and transporting the stuff.

Hundreds of millions of gallons of oil end up in the Gulf and the world's oceans EVERY YEAR and have done so for as long as I've been alive. It degrades in seawater, is eaten by microbes, is passed through the food chain. You swim in it. You eat it. You live with it, and without any apparent harmful side effects.

And you can BET that BP and the Federal Government and the enviro-stooges in the MSM know all this. Yet, they're ramping up Deepwater Horizon as the be-all and end-all disaster that is going to change environmental policy worldwide and screw YOU to death with higher taxes, higher fuel and higher food prices.

Deepwater Horizon is simply a "crisis of opportunity" which TPTB are going to USE to leverage the Green Agenda, Cap & Trade, Carbon Taxes and every goddamn thing else. In other words, it's a HOAX.

Thanks to the Washington Post for FINALLY exposing the Truth. Come to think of it, it's possible the WP took a cue from my rants here on ATS over the last month. So, thanks to ME.

— Doc Velocity






[edit on 6/26/2010 by Doc Velocity]

reply to post by Doc Velocity

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[Just noticed, Ceriddwen essentially said the same thing in his post]

While what you're saying is, of course, true, it completely ignores some simple facts:

- the amount of oil being gushed as a result of the Deepwater Horizon is all at once, not over time, and not over the world's oceans. In a very concentrated manner. So ONE THIRD of the TOTAL amount in the WORLD's oceans (per your reported figures), has been released in a TINY area in a matter of 2 months. Rethink what you are saying.

NOW, nevermind the fact that THIS particular situation offers up some completely different challenges:
- Lethal levels of gas being released: methane, hydrogen sulfide, benzyne, plus others
- The fact that we have penetrated this oil deposit (the 3rd largest on the planet) like we have never done before - down to the abiotic oil, where unimaginable pressures provide new challenges not seen before, and that certainly aren't "normal"
- we're talking possible tsunami and volcanic eruption problems
- the impact on wildlife, already, should tell you this is not 'acceptible leakage'

This whole argument that 'we've been leaking oil into our oceans for 50 years so everyone needs to just relax' is #ing stupid. Period.

This is a SERIOUS situation. No two ways about it.

Again - per your own references: in just two months we've 'leaked' one third of the annual total (for ALL of the world's oceans) into one tiny area. And, in another 2 months, the amount will exceed you precious 375Million gallon figure the way this thing is INcreasing.

NOW... couple that information with the supposition that this tragedy was perhaps allowed to happen so that other agendas could be advanced (green, carbon-tax, etc), nd you've really got a situation on your hands.



[edit on 6/26/2010 by SquirrelNutz]

Quick question Doc Velocity: If a major hurricane hits the Gulf area soon and completely destroys the Gulf Coast by covering it in oil and Corexit 9500, will you take back your statements on this being an "extinction level event"? I mean technically, humans, fish, birds, etc., will still exist around the world, but all of the Gulf Coast's heritage, livelihood, etc., will be extinct.

reply to post by soleprobe

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We don't need statements like this that attack a user's avatar and try to connect it with his comments. Everybody here can respond to the argument made without resorting to such a petty tactic.

[edit on 6/26/2010 by SonicInfinity]

"It is not a surprise. Some fisherman who are working to clean up the oil spill along the Gulf Coast are becoming ill:"

"... Some Louisiana fishermen affected by the massive oil spill in the Gulf — including some hired by BP to help in the cleanup — are reporting cases of debilitating headaches, burning eyes and nausea, and some industry and public officials are pointing the finger at chemical dispersants as the cause."
link: Louisiana Fishermen Helping in Spill Cleanup Report Getting Sick

"They told us we could eat that stuff on our pancakes," said Ron Smith of Soldotna, who blames his headaches, nausea and memory loss on work he did that summer. He just had a pre-cancerous tumor removed from his lower intestine.
When Exxon was pressed by lawsuits to be responsible for the health of the workers on the Alaskan oil spill, their response was clear. ""There is nothing in these claims to suggest that the cleanup systematically produced any illnesses or injuries," the company said."

open.salon.com...

Originally posted by Doc Velocity

Yet, you can't SHOW ME any precedent for that statement. Point me to an instance of a crude oil spill killing "countless numbers of birds and aquatic plants and animals"... You've seen a few photos and videos depicting a couple of dozen dead fish, a handful of oil-stained Pelicans (who walked away just fine), and you've read these anecdotal stories of threatened marshes — "Tonight, everything in that marsh is dead."

Except that there's no proof to back it up.

I thought the same thing last time you posted your little tale of watching crabs inhale crude oil... only about your theory, Doc. Those who say crude is harmfull have a world of evidence demonstrating just that... photos, videos, carcasses, genetic tests, fish caught in long contaminated water with open cancers on their lips and heads from the oil... I could go on. Exxon Valdez, 1989. Well over 100,000 seabirds: DEAD, An entire year's worth (IR: BILLIONS) of salmon and herring spawned eggs along with the previous season's fry: DEAD, 3,000 otters: DEAD, Nearly 300 Eagles: DEAD... 21 years later the populations of the local eagles and mammals STILL haven't fully recovered due to a generation of animals with effected birth rates and high mortallity caused by ingenstion of oil. The Chugach Native Corporation: BANRUPTCY thanks to the destruction of the clam beds, salmon, and herring fisheries in Prince William Sound which accounted for much of their finances. www.scientificamerican.com...

You've got your little crab anecdotes... whoppity doo! I work with at least 2 people who worked the Valdez cleanup up here. One of them has a photo collage of 2 dozen photos of dead shorebirds... no, not "a handfull of oil stained pelicans (who walked away fine)", I'm talking about 5, 10, 20 oil soaked, dead birds in each photo. It doesn't pain me in the least to tell you that, when placed on a balance scale, the anecdotes, science, and facts of the toxic property of oil to wildlife and people is resting comfortably upon the floor while the weight of your oil breathing crabs fable hasn't even budged your side of the scale from it's precarious heights.

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