AP NewsWire
Gulf oil full of methane, adding new concerns
The oil emanating from the seafloor contains about 40 percent methane, compared with about 5 percent found in typical oil deposits, said John Kessler, a Texas A&M University oceanographer who is studying the impact of methane from the spill. That means huge quantities of methane have entered the Gulf, scientists say, potentially suffocating marine life and creating "dead zones" where oxygen is so depleted that nothing lives.
And BP's response?
BP spokesman Mark Proegler disputed Joye's suggestion that the Gulf's deep waters contain large amounts of methane, noting that water samples taken by BP and federal agencies have shown minimal underwater oil outside the spill's vicinity.
"The gas that escapes, what we don't flare, goes up to the surface and is gone," he said.
oh really????
here: Let me google that for you
Methane: Solubility in water 35 Mg/L
Methane: Solubility in water (1.013 bar and 2 °C (35.6 °F)) : 0.054 vol/vol
Methane: For seawater of salinity 34% the Bunsen Solubility Coefficient ranged from .04489 at 0'C to .02368 at 30'C.
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you know. . .it is like BP is just sticking its fingers in its ears and screaming at the top of its lungs. . ."I can't hear you!!!"
The massive random denial of all potentially negative scientific findings regarding environmental damage indicates a propensity for suppression of evidence and, by M.O. characterization, guilt.
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When is the federal government going to remove BP from all crime-scene control?
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