Moreover, scientists also claim that they’ve found an enormous plume of oil floating just under the surface of the ocean measuring approximately 10 miles long, 3 miles wide and 300 feet thick. (I’m no math genius, but I bet one of you reading this could figure out just how many barrels of oil that is…)

There are new estimates that the amount of oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico is anywhere from 50,000 to 100,000 barrels of oil a day: that’s a far cry from BP’s estimated 5,000 barrels a day. If BP’s estimates are correct, the total amount of oil now in the Gulf would be approximately 150,000 barrels (or 6,300,000 gallons). That’s barely enough to fill 286 swimming pools: sixteen feet, by thirty-two feet, by eight and a half feet deep. That wouldn’t cover an area the size of New York City, let alone an area the size of Delaware. Obviously, the spill is much larger than we are being led to believe. If the leak can’t be stopped, in a year’s time, we’ll have roughly 18,250,000 barrels of oil (or 766,500,000 gallons) in our oceans, killing our marine and animal wildlife. Such a calamity would be environmentally and economically disastrous. I’m not a religious man, but I pray that BP and our government work fast to end this catastrophe.

http://www.calculateme.com/Volume/Barrels(Petroleum)/ToGallons.htm

http://blogs.howstuffworks.com/2010/05/17/latest-news-from-the-oil-spill-in-the-gulf-of-mexico-is-grim/

http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2010/05/20/scientist-says-oil-spill-is-leaking-100000-barrels-of-oil-a-day-not-bps-estimate-of-5000/

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THERE IS A MUSHROOM THAT EATS OIL AND CREATES FUNGAL SUGARS HEALTHY FOR ENVIRONMENTS.

THIS cleaning method IS NOT CURRENTLY BEING UTILIZED IN THIS CLEAN UP AND I AM DEDICATING MY TIME TO SPREADING THE WORD AS FAR AS I CAN. BE BOLD. BE EPIC. HERE IS SUFFICIENT PROOF.

-simple floating islands like pallets could grow mushrooms in the surface of the water. wicks could carry oil up into floating columns that increase the surface area for these mushrooms to grow on.
-mushroom growths on the beaches.

BP and government NON REGULATORS are responsible for this environmental catastrophe, which has no end in sight. BP must pay ALL damages, including the ongoing economic losses.

I suggest that the USELESS CORPORATE SHILLS aka CONGRESS, suspend their taxpayer funded salaries including all the LIFETIME benefits they enjoy at the expense of the American taxpayer, and instead, for starters, funnel that money to the 27,000 people in New Orleans, who have lost their source of income and whose future incomes have been destroyed by this irreparable ecological meltdown.

This tragedy is so painful, so sickening. The only hope I have is that it will continue to break the hearts of humans wide open so that we can move together toward better ways of living, in relation to the Earth and to one another. Thanks for daring to expose your vulnerable heart, Brinkley.

I was sadder than I had already been (which was VERY sad), and read the piece and watched the video with tears running down my face. I was sad for the Earth, the wildlife, the ocean and all her creatures. I was sad for the people of the area who will lose their beautiful surroundings and many jobs. I was most empathetically sad for this family of environmentalists, who obviously were already trying to take good care of their world, to have to face this enormous devastation right in their own region. The helplessness and hopelessness is almost too much to bear!

The next feeling (as is usually the case with me) was one of renewed commitment. This is why I write to you. I felt glad that I was not alone — nor are you. We are all on this journey together. Hard as it might seem to believe right now, the shock and grief will calm to a manageable level, but the fire to do something will remain at a stronger level.

May you feel the energy of the untold millions of people who are understanding and sharing in your grief and all finding the things they, too, can do to help clean up this mess and work hard to see it never happens again. It won’t be easy, but it is too necessary to ignore!!

I was also heartened to read the words of a young person who has made such a strong commitment to care for her world. It brings hope to us older folks to know there are young people who ‘get’ that we have to pitch-in together to affect a change in how things are done. I applaud you, and hope, if you ever feel you are alone in caring, you will remember I wrote to you.

I will now go to share this link with others in my networks on fb. It is a good thing you have done!

Gratitude,
Mary