Friday, June 18, 2010

The Gusher in the Gulf "contains about 40 percent methane, compared with about 5 percent found in typical oil deposits" which will likely contribute to even further environmental damage. Currently microbes and other organisms are hard at work breaking down the oil, but, at the same time, consume oxygen. "When oxygen levels drop low enough, the breakdown of oil grinds to a halt; and as it is depleted in the water, most life can't be sustained" creating major dead zones. There are reports of depletion of up to "30 percent in waters 1,000 feet deep" where usual depletion is found in shallow waters. (
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/18/gulf-oil-full-of-methane_n_616963.html )

Imagine, the entire Gulf of Mexico a dead zone. Way to go BP.

This is killing the Gulf of Mexico.

BP is guilty of ecocide.



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