• NegativeInf@lemmy.world
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      100,000 tons of crude. Who’s responsible for mopping this around for PR before it finally sinks to the bottom?

      • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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        I wouldn’t hold your breath. “People waiting to be saved in the Middle East” is a long list, and I assume the seabirds are low down.

        What is a typical rate of actual recovery after an oil spill?

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          There’s an even longer list of “people not waiting anymore to be saved in the Middle East”, where entries are usually permanent.

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        I don’t think it sinks. I think it floats until it ends up on a coast somewhere.

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          I was just thinking of all the tar balls and tar logs and polluted animal life sinking into the abyss, but generally, yea, I think it does just wash up places.

      • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world
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        If it’s like oil spills in the U.S., volunteers with Dawn soap and maybe some of the costs will be felt by the oil company after 25 years of litigation.

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            I’m sorry. We’re sorry for the massive disruption it’s caused their lives. There’s no one who wants this over more than I do. I’d like my life back.