Gulf Oil Spill Disaster

[aheart]

How badly do you think the latest oil spill disaster will eventually effect us at the gas pumps?

[margypops]

Shame also not getting the fire booms out in time before the oil reached the coastline.as per se the 1994 plan for such an emergency .....

[aheart]

Even as we speak its spilling out 13000 gallons of crude oil into the sea every hour. Shame on you BP.

[margypops]

I cannot get the wildlife out of my mind , the dolphins and whales I hope will have moved way out to sea ,but the turtlesnad pelicans, Seals, all the other creatures that live in and around the oceans ..Yes I do also feel concerned for the business affected ..I still want more answers about this from ALL  involved .how this could happen .how come the fire booms didnt get put in place .before it reached the coast line ...

[Brenndy]

I can empathize the posts with regard to what the spill has and will continue to do to our wildlife.  However, more importantly, consider all the men and women who are, or should i say were, employed in the fishing industry.

Moreover, this occurrence is a precursor to what the Mayan Calendar countdown: 12.21.12.

[aheart]

This will effect alot of things we can't even imagine yet, just catastrophic in size. So many jobs, livleyhoods will be ruined, jobs lost, but when I think about all the birds, fish, geese, ducks, etc that's what makes me the saddest.

[teko]

If the oil spill makes it down on the coast where I live, the little town will cease to exist. It is nesting season for the turtles and to think the dolphens will no longer jump off the coast and the brown pelicans, oh its just a disaster. Of course we will foot the bill at the gas pump and I am guessing 5-6 dollar a gallon in the next couple of months. And seafood has already skyrocketed here.

[sstitanic2]

The price will high at the pumps for sure. $5 to $6 dollars. What I worry about more is the damage it will cause to the delicate eco balance to the shores and marine life and birds. What will be the cost to the recovering economy. I think it is about time for us to ask how high of a price are we really willing to pay for our precious oil. The price we will pay is more than just at the pumps. If the sea dies, so will we. We all really need to think about what we are doing and what we are leaving for our kids.

[margypops]

Maybe go to $5..... if cap and trade takes off $10.....like Europe