Re: Oil spill
Well, again, define serious. These are abstract terms you are using, direct from your media coverage.
Will there be a temporary rise in the price of seafood? Probably, but that's due to the gov't shutting down all these areas to fishing without proof that there is contaminated fish coming out of those areas. I'm already hearing reports that without the commercial fishing, the recreational fishing will be unbelievable next year.
Will there be some short term inconveniences? Sure, I'm not saying life will be dandy. But I'm sure as hell going to say that this isn't nearly as bad as Valdez as far as wildlife is concerned. Think about it for a minute, an estimated 50 MILLION gallons of oil went into the gulf. For that, we saw what, maybe a dozen dead birds and turtles? Ok.....50 million gallons of oil and a dozen dead birds....either we don't have many birds down here or we don't have much oil down here. The truth is.....the oil sunk so fast on its own that it didn't effect the wildlife that much. It also, for the most part, stayed offshore. The reports you hear from Florida and their "pristine" beaches isn't even a measurable percent of what went in the gulf. By far, most stayed harmlessly offshore, be to broken down into its natural substances by naturally occurring bacteria. Notice I didn't say "at all" as of course there is SOME effect. It's just not as bad as the media wants you to believe.
And to establish my credentials of credibility: my father works for the MMS and has worked for almost 40 years for the MMS. He has inspected many platforms offshore and was one of the handful of guys that did the "walkaround" inspection on the vessel BP used to capture the oil whenever they started to actually recover some. There were a half dozen or so MMS engineers inspecting that boat, my dad being one of them. He was CHOSEN to do it because of his incredible knowledge of the oil and gas industry.
Last Saturday he personally met the deputy undersecretary of the interior, the guy right under Salazar. Like I said, I know my ****, I've been living it since I was born and I constantly ask questions.
