Archive for the 'Energy' Category
Open Thread: Various BP Oil Spill Theories
May 25th, 2010Want to discuss BP oil spill theories that are percolating though the rumor sphere? Go for it here. I’ve seen all of the ones that you guys have submitted (and then some!), but I can’t find any sources that I feel are worth mentioning here. Oil Spill Card from Illuminati Role Playing Game This is […]
Live Video Link of Damaged BP Oil Riser
May 24th, 2010BP video link
BP Admits Underestimating Oil Leaking from Gulf of Mexico Well
May 21st, 2010Imagine our shock. Via: Telegraph: BP was on Thursday accused of seriously underestimating the flow of oil from its Gulf of Mexico well. In a further blow the beleaguered oil giant was also ordered to use less toxic chemicals to disperse its growing slick. It came as more damaging, heavy crude hit Louisiana’s coastal wetlands […]
U.S. COAST GUARD THREATENED CBS NEWS CREW WITH ARREST FOR FILMING OIL SPILL DISASTER; COAST GUARD SAID THAT THEY WERE ACTING UNDER AUTHORITY OF BRITISH PETROLEUM; “THIS IS BP RULES. IT’S NOT OURS.”
May 19th, 2010Via: CBS: Kelly Cobiella reports that a CBS News team was threatened with arrest by Coast Guard officials in the Gulf of Mexico who said they were acting under the authority of British Petroleum. Watch CBS News Videos Online
MIT-Led Team Designs Airplanes That Would Use 70 Percent Less Fuel Than Current Models
May 18th, 2010Via: MIT News: In what could set the stage for a fundamental shift in commercial aviation, an MIT-led team has designed a green airplane that is estimated to use 70 percent less fuel than current planes while also reducing noise and emission of nitrogen oxides (NOx). The design was one of two that the team, […]
Air Tests from the Louisiana Coast Reveal Human Health Threats from the Oil Disaster
May 17th, 2010Via: Institute for Southern Studies: The media coverage of the BP oil disaster to date has focused largely on the threats to wildlife, but the latest evaluation of air monitoring data shows a serious threat to human health from airborne chemicals emitted by the ongoing deepwater gusher. Today the Louisiana Environmental Action Network released its […]
16X Fewer Federal Safety Inspections on Deepwater Horizon Than Required
May 17th, 2010Via: AP: The federal agency responsible for ensuring that an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico was operating safely before it exploded last month fell well short of its own policy that the oil rig be inspected at least once per month, an Associated Press investigation shows. Since January 2005, the federal Minerals Management […]
Gulf of Mexico Underwater Oil Plumes 10 Miles Long, 3 Miles Wide and 300 Feet Thick in Spots
May 16th, 2010Via: New York Times: Scientists are finding enormous oil plumes in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, including one as large as 10 miles long, 3 miles wide and 300 feet thick in spots. The discovery is fresh evidence that the leak from the broken undersea well could be substantially worse than estimates […]
GULF OIL LEAK MAY BE 14X WORSE THAN OFFICIAL ESTIMATE
May 14th, 2010Via: Bloomberg: U.S. Representative Edward Markey said he is concerned BP Plc’s well in the Gulf of Mexico may be leaking as much as 70,000 barrels of oil a day, compared with previous estimates of 5,000 barrels. Underestimating the spill may hinder efforts to control it, the Massachusetts Democrat said in a statement yesterday. Markey […]
Big Picture Gallery: Disaster Unfolds Slowly in the Gulf of Mexico
May 13th, 2010Via: Boston Globe: In the three weeks since the April 20th explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, and the start of the subsequent massive (and ongoing) oil leak, many attempts have been made to contain and control the scale of the environmental disaster. Oil dispersants are being […]
