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Perhaps he committed suicide? How about some old whale removal?
Seriously… How many whales does Japan kill every year?
Forget crude! Whale oil is the new thing!
It’s non-toxic, biodegradable, and a renewable resource!
Perfect!!
Most oil spills are natural.
Exxon? Valdez? sounds familiar
However cruel and inhuman this may be – I don’t think i need to remind anyone that a 200000-400000 ton 300meter vessel cannot stop or turn on a dime. if something like that surfaces that close to ship – there isn’t much they can do about it.
According to the news article i read they were not even sure 1)that that tanker hit it – and 2) that it was even alive when it was struck – assuming that said tanker even hit it.
#3..
?????? Ummmm, NO!
Natural as in, the BOAT SANK?
Natural as in, the Storm destroyed the ship?
Natural as in, the pressure head BLEW OFF?
Natural as in, THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES??
Natural as in, the ship is 40-60 years old and has RUST and LEAKS??
Nature has a way to letting it pour out, NOT SUCKING IT OUT by the SHIP LOAD.
#3 That’s a pretty extraordinary claim.
Dr. Carl Sagan: “Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence”
Do you have the extraordinary evidence to back it up? or are you just bullshitting us?
It happens a lot. I saw a coastal bulk carrier entering our harbor with a dead Minke whale wedged under the bow.
where is the blog entry? the content part?
#3 MikeN isn’t too far off. Here is the rundown.
http://oils.gpa.unep.org/facts/sources.htm
Full of fun facts.
#9 – it was a test of the intelligence of the average DU reader. Smart ones would do a Google search to discover the content. Users of average intelligence might go to Bing or Yahoo. You, uhmm, fall into a third group. But here’s a link to an article for you.
http://scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=dead-whale-found-on-bow-o
Arn’t you supposed to nuke the whales?
#11 You seriously believe that only smart people use google? Google’s search has become so utterly useless recently and most of its results just dump you sites trying to sell you crap, I rarely use it any more.
Bing actually seems to give me the results I want, and yahoo? Whats that.
#11, and Fusion would demand that you provide him with a link.
#6, natural as in
SEEPING up from the ocean fLOOr.
Drilling actually reduces this amount of natural oil spill by relieving pressure.
#12, Hugh Ripper, according to the bumper sticker, it’s
“Nuke A Gay Whale For Christ”
so the answer is “maybe.”
#16, Lyin’ Mike,
While I don’t doubt oil seepage happens, you have still not given any links as asked by ArianeB in #7.
#10, Ah Yea,
It appears from your link that most oil / petroleum entering the seas are man made.
The headline was total Crap. We have no way to know how this thing died based on what was reported! It may have been dead when it was hit or not. Most whales are alert enough not to let anything large near them because killer whales do eat them. The ones that aren’t may not be all that healthy.
yes yes.. those poor poor oil companies, it would be faaaar too expensive to investigate, it might very well bankrupt them.
best to just sink the damn thing instead! -shh
This is an interesting take on the concept. I never thought of it that way. I came across this site recently which I think will be of great use http://www.whales.org.za . Check it out!
Big thanks for keeping me entertained.