News on the oil disaster.

I'm starting to see more accurate information coming from independent media regarding the oil spill and the impact it is having in the Gulf. What I don't understand is our governments need for secrecy. This environmental catastrophe could escalate even more if we refuse to acknowledge the magnitude in puncturing a hole 5,000 ft below the ocean into a pressurized container of oil. The U.N. or any other world institution should start pushing for support to stop this thing since it will impact a variety of countries in it's path. What are they waiting for? a message from earth stating it's been stabbed in the heart and will die unless we get it some help. I'm at a loss on the lack of action, resources, and media attention this deserves.

Oh well, we are only human and humans can be a little fickle at times.

Update on Oil Spill from Russia Today:




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Oil Spill

BP / Gulf Oil Spill - How Big Is It?
Quite a lot bigger than the estimate being uncritically quoted throughout the media of 210,000 gallons (5,000 barrels) per day. That was the last "official" estimate made by NOAA and accepted by the Coast Guard back on April 29 (see timeline below). Before that, the Coast Guard estimates ranged from 336,000 gallons (8,000 barrels) per day, to zero, to 42,000 gallons (1,000 barrels) per day. None of these estimates has been publicly explained or substantiated. And on May 1, the Coast Guard and NOAA stopped trying to estimate the spill rate, with Admiral Thad Allen saying, "Any exact estimate is probably impossible at this time."

But the media continues to report that oil is leaking into the Gulf at 5,000 barrels per day. At SkyTruth we estimate the spill rate is closer to 1.1 million gallons (26,500 barrels) per day, based on the size of the slick on satellite images and Coast Guard maps, and thickness estimates derived from visual descriptions of the slick. That puts us at a total spill of 21 million gallons so far.

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