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ORIGINAL: Marini

I decided at the beginning of this oil  spill, that now might be a great time to give up seafood.
 
Now, that is has gone on almost 40 days and I look at the devastation it has caused, I have
no doubt about not eating seafood.
Anyone else decided to stop eating seafood due to the oil spill?

Soon it will be easier to list what I will eat, rather than what I won't eat.
I just don't trust the government totally, never have.
At least if I stop eating seafood, I won't have to spend a long time trying to figure out
where it came from.
Understand, I had thought about giving up seafood for a few years, but now this oil spill is the icing on the "seafood" cake for me.
Who knows about what other toxins are being dumped in the ocean we are not even told about?
Anyone else craving a veggie burger?

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ORIGINAL: thompsonx

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ORIGINAL: ThatDamnedPanda

This spill only covers a fifth of a  percent or so of the total surface area of the Earth's oceans (just a quick calculation in my head, going from memory, and assuming a slick of 500x500 miles). In terms of volume, the total volume of the world's oceans is .3 billion cubic miles, and even in a worst case scenario, the total amount of oil leaked from this spill is the equivalent of only 60 Olympic-sized swimming pools. Granted, that's a lot of oil in one small area, but distributed among the world's oceans, it might as well be a few drops. This is a local catastrophe and a regional crisis, but globally, it's a total non-event. 

How long will the leak have to puke oil into the gulf before it becomes a global crissis? I do not need an exact figure ..."just a quick calculation in my head, going from memory, and assuming..." It does not have to even be in the ballpark I would settle for anything in the same zip code.

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ORIGINAL: thompsonx

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ORIGINAL: ThatDamnedPanda

This spill only covers a fifth of a  percent or so of the total surface area of the Earth's oceans (just a quick calculation in my head, going from memory, and assuming a slick of 500x500 miles). In terms of volume, the total volume of the world's oceans is .3 billion cubic miles, and even in a worst case scenario, the total amount of oil leaked from this spill is the equivalent of only 60 Olympic-sized swimming pools. Granted, that's a lot of oil in one small area, but distributed among the world's oceans, it might as well be a few drops. This is a local catastrophe and a regional crisis, but globally, it's a total non-event. 

How long will the leak have to puke oil into the gulf before it becomes a global crissis? I do not need an exact figure ..."just a quick calculation in my head, going from memory, and assuming..." It does not have to even be in the ballpark I would settle for anything in the same zip code.

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ORIGINAL: Marini

Seriously Panda, you really don't think that this oil spill will not have serious
long term effects on many "ecosystems"?
You sound like you think this devasation is confined to a certain "area", and that water is not
fluid, you sound like the contaiminated area is "confined", come on now.
 
Do you work for the government?
I sure as hell ain't buying it.

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ORIGINAL: Marini


Sorry PandaMan, this is one of the few times I agree with the tX man.
As I watch the news, and see this horrific oil spill "spreading" to Florida's beaches and wildlife, my thoughts return to "ecosystems".

I didn't elaborate as much as I should have with my OP:  my concern is not just the "oil spill", but the possible permanent damages to "ecosystems", there are ramifications that will not be known for years, if not decades.

Ecosystems involve the living things that interact with ALL elements of their environment.

I think many people can't even fathom the damages that are occuring.
Even when this oil spill is stopped, the oceans and sealife could be affected forever to a certain extent.
Many ecosystems will be damaged forever, what are the long term effects on the beaches, ocean and marine animals...{the ecosystems}?
 
I am not buying what you said Panda, sorry, we can agree to disagree this time.
I think it is going to be far more serious, and widespread than what you stated, especially
if the oil spill continues for a longer period of time.

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ORIGINAL: Marini

Seriously Panda, you really don't think that this oil spill will not have serious
long term effects on many "ecosystems"?
You sound like you think this devasation is confined to a certain "area", and that water is not
fluid, you sound like the contaiminated area is "confined", come on now.
 
Do you work for the government?
I sure as hell ain't buying it.