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Gulf Oil Spill Ruins Many Lives while Few See Profits
What has happened, and what can we do?
Saturday, June 05, 2010, Updated June 09, 2010
by Dr. Dennis Paul Knicely, Editor-in-Chief of HealingNews.com
When we look close at causes and effects of this spill it is obvious profit has displaced safety. How can the Gulf of Mexico, wildlife, humans and vital economies heal from this crisis? In my opinion common sense is the real answer.
We need to look from the top down for an answer to this question, and how we will remedy the situation. For too long politicians, President Obama included, have gotten away with saying one thing when in fact actions result in tainted legislation leading to disasters like this. Extremely unhealthy situations resulting from the “War for Oil” in the Middle East were exacerbated during the George W. Bush Administration, and continue with our present situation. In this article, we will look at circumstances leading to this tragedy, and explain why they exist.
Now let’s look at the causes first, then figure out the remedies. The main causes can be summed up in two words: Greed and Money. Lobbying efforts that have bought and sold too many politicians controlling legislation in DC [and other countries] has led to tainted situations that have trumped reason. Yet when confronted with a case allowing Lobbyists even more financial clout in our Government, even the Supreme Court voted to give lobbyists even more financial clout. Is anything new here? Is there really anyone out there that is willing put environmental and health concerns ahead of financial gain, and when they exist why aren’t they elected?
Next let’s look at the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, and events leading up to it. Shortly before the rig blew up, Barack Obama was calling for more off shore drilling. Many wondered why, yet few knew that he received more campaign contributions from BP [British Petroleum] operatives than they had ever given toward a political campaign. Once again, money talks, regardless of promises to get elected, like Obama suggesting he would fund clean green alternatives.
Earlier this year [2010] our President even suggested an estimated $54billion to help Illinois campaign contributors get contracts for more Nuclear Power Plants!!!??? …when we know what happened with 3 Mile Island and Chernobyl. Yet where is the funding for clean, green energy resources?
Many say solar, wind, and biofuel technologies are simply premature, need more research, or we need more time to implement them. Yet even in these cases, money talks. Funding for clean, viable resources will get the job done, while we know nuclear and fossil fuel technologies are very limited and sometimes result in tragedies or non-reversible injuries and illnesses. A saddening situation here is when viable alternatives are funded, price of oil goes down, leading to pressures or limited profit put ahead of what will really sustain us as a viable, economically independent society, by implementing change when we need it.
Shortly after this rig exploded, the Netherlands offered to assist, with needed technologies that could have averted lots of the oil, and saved doom created from many aspects. Yet documentation suggested that both the Obama Administration and BP turned them down, yet are finally asking for help over a month later.
What has BP done to stem effects of the oil run-off? Spray a dispersant manufactured by NALCO, that does nothing but challenge life as we know it, There are numerous financial, high level money flow ties to NALCO’s Corexit 9500, the chemical dispersant being used. High level corporate interests all the way to the White House are involved, and basically why this tragedy is getting worse by the day, while viable resources and technologies that could stop this are overlooked.
There are alternatives, like bioregeneration that simply dissolves the oil into nutrient that will not kill or poison living entities. Simple solutions like spreading hay or straw along our coasts will adequately soak up oil before it destroys estuaries, beaches, or other vital areas. Paul Stamets, a renowned specialist in mycelium / mushroom technologies has suggested mycoremediation as another viable alternative. Yet none of these clean green technologies have been utilized.
If this short discourse does not give you better understanding why this situation exists, look at the following links, research and articles for further evidence validating these words. While you are at it, pray for a safe and healthy recovery from this devastation, yet don’t hold your breath until it happens…
Do your part, and call your elected representatives to share your outrage or insight. Demand they do something before a severely bad situation gets worse.
About the author: Dennis Paul Knicely, Editor-in-Chief of HealingNews.com has a long term goal of changing the way we live and think, so we can overcome struggles and health issues that affect us. We all have relatives and friends that have become sick or diseased at times, yet many are not aware why they became this way. Supporting our cause, by joining this effort of correct information and education will change our society to a more humane and sustainable way to be. Please tell your friends about us, and always feel free to share your ideas how we can make this a more sane, conscientious society.
Acknowledgements and more information:
Obama Administration and BP Turned Down Dutch Oil Skimmers on Day 3 U.S. and BP slow to accept Dutch expertise / June 9, 2010 / LOREN STEFFY / Houston Chronicle / “If there’s a country that’s experienced with building dikes and managing water, it’s the Netherlands.” ...“If there’s a spill in the Netherlands, we give the oil companies 12 hours to react,” Read more...
Feds knew of Gulf spill risks in 2000, document shows / SHASHANK BENGALI / 06-08-2010 / MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS WASHINGTON -- A decade ago, U.S. government regulators warned that a major deepwater oil spill could start with a fire on a drilling rig, prove hard to stop and cause extensive damage to fish eggs and wetlands because there were few good ways to capture oil underwater. Read more...
Gulf spill workers complaining of flulike symptoms / NOAKI SCHWARTZ and MATTHEW BROWN, Associated Press - Yahoo / Jun 3, 2010 / Long-term exposure to dispersants, however, can cause central nervous system problems, or do damage to blood, kidneys or livers, according to the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention. Read more...
Oil spill creates huge undersea 'dead zones' Clouds of crude and chemical dispersants have formed in the Gulf of Mexico and oceanologists fear these could have devastating effects on the food chain / 30 May 2010 / Emily Dugan / Independent UK / The chemicals helped to keep the oil submerged and are toxic to marine life, resulting in unprecedented underwater damage to organisms in the Gulf. Read more...
Scientists warn of unseen deepwater oil disaster / MATTHEW BROWN / Associated Press - Yahoo / 05-31-2010 NEW ORLEANS – Independent scientists and government officials say there's a disaster we can't see in the Gulf of Mexico's mysterious depths, the ruin of a world inhabited by enormous sperm whales and tiny, invisible plankton. Read more...
Is BP trying to cap the Gulf oil well, or keep it flowing? (opinion) / May 31, 2010 / Mike Adams / NaturalNews - HealingNews / What they are trying to do, I was told, is SAVE the oil well so that they can capture the oil and sell it. Read more...
Gulf Oil Spill-Gutsy Solution Restores Environment in Just Six Weeks / The Texas Land Office and Texas Water Commission successfully used 'oil eating' microbes to clean up large oil spills in just weeks. Microbes hunt down and eat the toxic oil and leave only a biodegradable waste that is non-toxic to humans and marine life. Online video short...
Bioremediation allows natural processes to clean up harmful chemicals in the environment. / Microscopic "bugs" or microbes that live in soil and groundwater like to eat certain harmful chemicals, such as those found in gasoline and oil spills. Read more...
Paul Stamets’ Statement on Mycoremediation and its Applications to Oil Spills / Fungi / Here is what we know about mycoremediation, based on tests conducted by myself, my colleagues and other researchers who have published their results. Read more...
Oil spill should challenge Tech students / June 2, 2010 | by Ray Plaza / CollegiateTimes / While it is true that nature has a way of healing itself, the damage of this effort will be painful in many different levels, and will impact all of us on some level, whether now, in the near future, or beyond. Read more...
#2 Marine Biologist Carl Safina on the BP Ecological Impact - May 27, 2010 / Democracy NOW! - DN! 2/2 We continue our discussion on the BP oil spill, we turn to its long-term ecological impact. Online video link...
Oil Spill - CBS Threatened With Arrest For Filming The Oil Spill / As the Coast Guard is a branch of the Armed Forces, it brings into question how closely the government and BP are working together to keep details of the disaster in the dark. Online video report...
Oil Rig Disaster - Haliburton Sabotaged the Rig! Was the disaster on the BP rig off the coast of mexico actually an act of terrorism? Online video report...
BP top kill method fails as cleanup workers are hospitalized from vapors / May 30, 2010 / Mike Adams / NaturalNews - HealingNews / Now that the top kill effort has failed, it means oil will keep spewing into the Gulf of Mexico until at least August. Read more...
Toxic Oil Spill Rains Warned Could Destroy North America / Posted by Europe on May 24, 2010 / Russian scientists are basing their apocalyptic destruction assessment due to BP’s use of millions of gallons of the chemical dispersal agent known as Corexit 9500 which is being pumped directly into the leak of this wellhead over a mile under the Gulf of Mexico waters and designed, this report says, to keep hidden from the American public the full, and tragic, extent of this leak that is now estimated to be over 2.9 million gallons a day. Read more...
2 US Farmers Solve Gulf Oil Clean Up Crisis / Posted by Europe / May 15, 2010 | The Department of Energy employs more than 16,000 full time bureaucrats and 100,000 contractors. CW Roberts and his colleague show how to solve the oil spill problem. We can replace the entire Department of Energy with these two guys. They’ve produced more value in this video than 16,000 bureaucrats and 100,000 contractors. Read more...
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