Fwd: Truth about BP spill and methane leaks out

That means huge quantities of methane have entered the Gulf, scientists say, potentially suffocating marine life and creating “dead zones” where oxygen is so depleted that nothing lives.

They fail to mention in this article, Overlooked danger in Gulf oil spill: Methane, that methane/natural gas is the most potent GHG gas, 25 times more potent at warming our atmosphere than CO2. It’s also highly explosive and an asphyxiate.

BP spokesman Mark Proegler disputed Joye’s suggestion that the Gulf’s deep waters contain large amounts of methane, noting that water samples taken by BP and federal agencies have shown minimal underwater oil outside the spill’s vicinity.

“The gas that escapes, what we don’t flare, goes up to the surface and is gone,” he said.

Wow! Just wow! It’s no wonder industry has made such a mess of this planet. Could it be any clearer that they do not know what they are doing? The gas that escapes is not “gone” nor does it “go up to heaven” like industry told Calvin Tillman. The gas that escapes, along with all the toxics it carries with it, remains in our freaking, fracking atmosphere!!!

And another scary piece of information about this disaster in the Gulf of Mexico: The only way to stop the leak is to shove a nuclear bomb down there and detonate it. LINK

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Sharon Wilson is considered a leading citizen expert on the impacts of shale oil and gas extraction. She is the go-to person whether it’s top EPA officials from D.C., national and international news networks, or residents facing the shock of eminent domain and the devastating environmental effects of natural gas development in their backyards.