Offshore Drilling Can Reduce Oil Pollution
Saturday, October 4, 2008 at 12:37 PM 
I follow a website that is fairly counter-cultural when it comes to Global Warming. Don't get me wrong, they are strong on protecting and preserving our environment. I would consider them VERY green. But they don't conform to the insane, idiotic thinking of our day. I like their thinking! Here is a short article they posted this week.
About 42,000 gallons of oil a day go into the ocean in the Santa Barbara channel off the California coast, often resulting in dirty, ugly globs of oil on the beaches.
Evidence that offshore drilling causes pollution? No. Not according to University of California geophysics Professor Bruce Luyendyk, who recently explained to Santa Barbara residents--many of whom remember the horrendous Union Oil rig spill in 1969 that spilled 100,000 barrels into the sea, provoking outrage that launched the first Earth Day--that the oil seeps up naturally through the floor of the ocean.
The seeps can't be stopped, but the rate of seepage could be slowed. How? By pumping the oil from the ocean floor, reducing pressure and thus slowing the seepage .
The same goes for natural gas, about 3 million cubic feet per day of which seep through the ocean floor--enough to serve 10,000 homes.
A new organization, SOS California (Stop Oil Seeps), is calling for more drilling to stop the waste and pollution from oil and gas seepage.
The same geological principles operate worldwide, though offshore seepage rates vary. That makes pollution prevention and resource waste reduction additional arguments--along with making energy more affordable--for increased offshore drilling.
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Reader Comments (2)
They have done the same thing with teaching Islam in Junior High School. It's already there. It included "prayer time" and worshipping Allah. It also included how the men treat the women over there. Not good! I kept my son out of that class for the two straight weeks it was taught. He was allowed to go to the library. They also taught "Christianity". It was a 4 day core. And they got it wrong. I'd much prefer to teach my children at home. We can't allow teachers, whom rarely have our moral standards at heart, to continually make parental decisions for our families. These are OUR families.
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Katie,
thanks for the email response. I am wondering if this comment was meant to go with the blog about Prop 8. In either case, I agree that what we teach our kids as parents has to come first. I have a lot of respect for teachers... they have a tough job. Fairly thankless job. But I agree with you that there seems to be an overwhelming amount (at least here in Cali) that don't have the same value system that Christians do. Keep loving your kids.
God bless.