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Day 150 Unvanished, Unfinished

September 16, 2010

Untoward. But not unfathomable. We, in these here parts, are accustomed to years-long aftermaths and revelations, after all. WDSU.com | Government Accused Of Bungling Spill Evidence: Companies Say Failed Blowout Preventer Not Adequately Preserved al.com | Oil spill claims czar: “I over-promised and under-delivered” Meanwhile, back in the real world where people live and die [...]

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Narratives a.k.a. Of Happy Hive Minds And Prevailing Versions Of History

September 3, 2010

It appears America up and exploded in these past few weeks. Specifically in the last few days. But It’s All Under Control. As you were. On August 22nd, a 400-person riot broke out in the peaceful, hippie-beatnik town of Ft. Collins, Colorado. Irony: It happened right after Earth, Wind & Fire performed at something called [...]

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Day 121 Sophisticated Technology

August 18, 2010

NPR | Hungry For Oil: Feeding America’s Expensive Habit A nice quick look at America’s current hydrocarbon extraction technologies. But this: New technology has changed oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico too. As seen in the wake of BP’s blown-out well in the Gulf, companies have sophisticated technology like remote-controlled submarines. That means they can [...]

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Day 114 Science & Disgust

August 11, 2010

As I mentioned a couple of posts ago, an online hub which explains science news and implications to laypeople is in the works. And not a moment too soon. For the schist is up to here, folks (you can thank D for this one). While more of the same continues in Washington, the general public [...]

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Day 106 The Oil Hasn’t Vanished

August 3, 2010

The oil has not vanished. I repeat: The oil has not vanished. The Gulf of Mexico’s summertime dead zone is twice as big as last year’s. Think about it: How can 206 million gallons of crude vanish in 19 days? 205.8 million gallons of oil flowed into the Gulf of Mexico = 2.37 million gallons [...]

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Groundhog (Choking On Oil) Day

July 29, 2010

Oil-related catastrophes simply refuse to leave me alone. I mean, WHAT. 840,000 gallons of oil from a corroded Enbridge Energy pipeline have leaked into Michigan’s Kalamazoo River near Battle Creek this past week. More specifically, “The oil is moving from Talmadge Creek into the Kalamazoo River, which flows from near the city of Battle Creek into [...]

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Day 101

July 29, 2010

LiveScience | What Will Happen During the Next 100 Days of the Oil Spill? … scientists say it could take decades to comprehend the toll the last 100 days took on wildlife — from sea turtles to bacteria. Currently, oil covers approximately 638 miles (1,026 kilometers) of Gulf shoreline, according to the Deepwater Horizon Incident Joint [...]

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Day 100 Not Yet Dead

July 28, 2010

100 FRAKING DAYS. Christian Science Monitor | From ‘static kill’ to ‘bottom kill’: next steps in Gulf oil spill – best explanation of the Static Kill followed by Bottom Kill methodology I’ve seen yet. [Bottom kill] will come after “static kill,” which has a tentative start date of next Monday. Static kill would deposit the [...]

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