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The Gulf
- fucked already
The food chain is hurt - bad
Excerpt:
Globules of oil are already falling to the bottom
of the sea, where they threaten virtually every link
in the ocean food chain, from plankton to fish
that are on dinner tables everywhere.
"The threat to the deep-sea habitat is already a done deal — it is happening now," said Paul Montagna, a marine scientist at Texas A&Mi.
Hail-size gobs of oil the consistency of tar or
asphalt will roll around the bottom, while other bits will get trapped
hundreds of feet below the surface and move with
the current.
Scientists say bacteria, plankton and other tiny,
bottom-feeding creatures will consume oil, and will then be eaten by small
fish,
crabs and shrimp. They, in turn, will be eaten
by bigger fish, such as red snapper, and marine mammals like dolphins.
The petroleum substances that concentrate in the sea creatures could kill them or render them unsafe for eating, scientists say.
"If the oil settles on the bottom, it will kill
the smaller organisms like the copepods and small worms," Montagna said.
"When we lose the forage, then you have an impact
on the larger fish."
Somebody needs to do life in prison over this.
Somebody, they say Cheney,
made the decision to save a few bucks and gamble
with the entire Gulf of Mexico.
THIS is what I've been saying for years - the
greed of those oil bastards is insatiable.
This is also why we can't rely on the market to police itself.
They're too greedy!
It wasn't enough that they were making $10M a day - they want MORE and the MORE!
But, I'm sure meek Obama wants to "look
forward" and not blame anybody - which
is going to piss me off.