Problems have also developed in some land areas. It is called "subsistence". As the oil is removed, the land sinks. Water has to be pumped in the prevent generating mini-earthquakes that may lead to large ones.
----- Original Message ----- From: "john harvey" <[email protected]> To: "'ProFox Email List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 11:24 AM Subject: RE: [OT] Oil well is still spewing >I think we need to drill, but we shouldn't be drilling in 1 mile deep >water. > Forcing the oil companies that far off shore has helped create this > problem. > We should be able to drill on our own land. The alternative is we keep > funding terrorism. I think it would be wonderful if we didn't need oil at > all, but I'm afraid we do have to deal with reality. > > > John Harvey > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Nicholas Geti > Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 9:41 AM > To: ProFox Email List > Subject: Re: [OT] Oil well is still spewing > > Just a couple of weeks ago weren't you the one who said we need to drill > as > much as we can and that people were raising false alarms about the > environment? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Madigan" <[email protected]> > To: <undisclosed recipients:> > Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 4:12 PM > Subject: [OT] Oil well is still spewing > > >> Doesn't look like they stopped it much >> >> > http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english/homepa > ge/STAGING/local_assets/bp_homepage/html/rov_stream.html >> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/b680809e98ad43d68d38369bb410a...@dual ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.

