In Deep Water: Can we afford to spill any oil?

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1. KT
   Posted July 21, 2010 at 3:47 pm | Permalink

   I’m also going add my call for an update here. As of 07/21/10 the well is *almost* capped and still leaking at a diminished rate with some concern that the whole seafloor might be subsiding and the well could completely collapse now that enough pressure has leaked out.

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2. Alex
   Posted October 13, 2010 at 11:41 am | Permalink

   No, and the answer is not because, your question is actually rhetorical, but because we’re using up our natural resources on an outstanding rate. Malthusianism brings us closer to a not so pleasant picture.

   All these oil spills are devastating to our maritime life, to our fauna, to our ecosystem. The 1978 was especially bad.

   I honestly believe that with the treaty at Kyoto, the European Union and the rest of the nations will try long-term to better handle the situation under a more professional tone and with real measures for a more sustainable environment.

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3. Antonio Veiga
   Posted September 13, 2011 at 10:28 pm | Permalink

   29 more years of burning oil!
   Will life last that long?

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