Water is water is water. Until you mix it with oil. Water and oil do not mix, and that’s a lesson we are learning again and again… and again.
The 10-million gallon Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska 21 years ago isn’t even in the top 30 oil spills of all time. Remember when Iraq opened the spigots on several Kuwaiti oil tankers in 1991? That spill topped 520 million gallons. A rig in Mexico collapsed in 1980 and spilled 30,000 gallons of oil into the ocean every day for a year. Bigger oil spills have occurred in France, Russia, Angola, Canada, Italy and in the Persian Gulf.
The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill on America’s Gulf coast is “officially” leaking 5,000 gallons a day, but “Steven Wereley, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Perdue University, told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that by his calculations… the spill appears to be closer to 72,000 barrels per day–or more than 3 million gallons” of oil per day.
Tomorrow, the Deepwater Horizon will become the second worst oil spill in history. There is no good news in this.
My wish is that we could turn oil into water and let fishes be fishes.
The world’s five largest publicly traded oil companies [are] on track to earn more than $100 billion before year’s end. Yet, at the same time that Big Oil’s bottom line is going up, so are Americans’ energy costs.
Quotation from Allyson Schwartz
I hear one message- don’t blame me.
Quotation from Sen. John Barrasso, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. (BP blames Transocean Ltd. and Transocean Ltd. blames BP… or maybe it was Halliburton Inc. Some blame the Republicans while others blame President Barack Obama)
Like with the Deepwater Horizon, looks like our hero is blowing some mud. Yep, that’s gonna stop ‘er up.
yeah this oil spill is scaring the crap outta me, when’s it gonna stop?? it’s horrific! but thanks for making me laugh on my blog, my husband’s breath is vile effluvium lol the dog and i don’t smoke and he does, so it’s all the worse for us lol
yes we would all be bald
i need my husband to kiss my legs for me!!!
yeast and butter, even without yeast is good, my husband laughs at me for eating the left over pie dough…. it reminds me of my childhood when MOMMY would bake
That door in the photograph is amazing. I love the textures from the paint. And as for the oil, I’m pretty sure the whole explosion was rigged by a cartel that cornered the market on shrimp farms in Kansas, they just needed to eliminate the competition in the Gulf of Mexico.
actually you are right, hubby’s smoke breath doesn’t bother the dogs we have, he opens his mouth and they kiss inside of it, coz he’s got diabetes and they taste the sugar lol… but yeah, i smoked since i was 14 and i can’t STAND the smell of smoke breath, even worse is that old ashtray smell from people that wear the same coat and smoke in it all the time without washing it, ugh… coco was pretty vice free, tho she did lick around the tops of booze bottles
you are right, left over dough is an oxymoron haha…. especially if we are pms’ing
ssshhhh did i say thaaaaat?
is that your house you’ve got a picture of up there? coz wow, will you come decorate mine?
yeah, you scared me when you mentioned the finale, we’re just about to watch it too, i’m trying to steer clear of anything that will blow it for me, turning off the computer now lolol
The whole dang thing is so sickening, Seraphine, I don’t even know what to think anymore! We have GOT to lose our dependence on oil. Maybe this will spur more engineers on to figure out how we can do it. Man! What a waste. In the meantime, there’s you to give us a smile. THANK YOU!
perhaps ..changes real changes will come into action now and new & alternate ways to gather energy are found!
your artwork is fantastic!!
A FABULOUS post Sera!!!! You brought in the point so beautifully!!! Btw, most folks do make a wish on the pot…a wish for a good DUMP:) Cheers, Sera!
Ah, another great post! There is enough blame to go around the Moon and back. But we have to get very aggressive about mud and cement while horizontal drilling a diversion route to cap this spill. I am hopeful that we have advanced in technologies superior to what we had with the Exxon Valdez disaster. Quite a waste, indeed. A shame and very sad.
love the cartoon sera, classic. i just hope the no oil spills happen again. it’s like scooping fat from a stew.
The toilet analogy works perfectly. Very much to the point
Well done Sera, heart-breaking….
Yes, we are learning the lesson over and over again but keep failing the test.
Loved your cartoon. LOVED IT.
The oil spill in the Gulf Coast? … *sigh* … that just depresses me.
Europe had the Amoco Cadiz (spell.?) and the Erica.
I’m not an environmentalist, I’m more into social politics and people. But when I went by the seaside in December 2000 and saw the sea and the sand balck with oil, I cried. It’s ugly, really.
that’s a pretty serious commentary for the funny comic you have up here today.. but yeah, i feel for the environment and the people that are affected by this screw up.. at least it looks like they capped it already..
So- if I throw a quarter in my toilet, will it clog? and if I graduate to doing a half dollar or even the dollar coin will my wish come true???
callie
BP is dedicated to helping the wildlife in the gulf. Any birds who need cleaning must report to 287 Quartemain St, Baton Rouge, LA 70801.
The truth will surface like oil in the sea.
The thing that angers me the most is this spill isn’t “human error”, or an accident. It the result of pure ignorant greed. “Gee, lets use sea water instead of our normal material to try and keep pressure down.” “Have we any reliable data that says this will work?” “Uh, no, but it will save us a few bucks.” “Great, lets do it.” WTF!! Its ridiculous crap like this that really pisses me off.
Soon to be the biggest in history no doubt. And they’re giving exploration rights to the Beaufort Sea on Canada’s arctic coast. We are working to stop that. The only silver lining in this horror has to be outrage and demand for control (and weaning from fossil fuels).
the oil spill is horrific. heres some links i found, thinks bp dont want you to know about.
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/06/caught_in_the_oil.html
http://thinkprogress.org/2010/06/03/bp-contract-media/