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re: Louisiana Coastal Erosion.
Posted on 5/28/14 at 7:04 pm to VernonPLSUfan
Posted on 5/28/14 at 7:04 pm to VernonPLSUfan
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Oil companies are saying its the corps of engineers fault, not theirs. Yeah, right.
how exactly would it be the fault of the oil companies?
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Posted on 5/28/14 at 7:05 pm to TH03
Intrusion man.
Posted on 5/28/14 at 7:13 pm to TH03
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how exactly would it be the fault of the oil companies?
you can quantify the effect in 2 ways: direct removal which would be direct digging of channels and intrusion/erosion/habitat loss that was precipitated by the construction of those channels. the Houma Navigation Canal, Calcasieu Ship Channel, and MRGO are all large scale examples of what thousands of small oilfield canals have done to ecosystems. they create direct pathways for saltwater to kill off brackish and freshwater plant species, which held together the soil...they also introduce much higher energy (waves) and velocities (currents) of water to areas which used to be 'calm.' since those areas now have nothing holding their soil together, they erode and disappear. the low end of estimates from several studies of land loss caused by oil companies are in the range 10% of all land loss since 1930s or so. thats what is easily directly provable. high end estimates are up to several times larger.
This post was edited on 5/28/14 at 7:15 pm
Posted on 5/28/14 at 7:13 pm to TH03
Someone can correctly if i'm wrong, but in a nutshell, the lawsuit against the oil companies is regarding, in large part, the canals they created that criss-cross the wetlands (can be seen clearly on a New Orleans to Houston flight) that have increased in size over several decades due to wake, resulting in salt water intrusion. Broadly, oil companies are mandated by law to environmentally fix what they destroy. I don't think anyone can argue that these wetlands canals have contributed to coastal erosion. The murky part is putting a price tag on what oil companies' environmental responsibility is, since there are a multitude of factors contributing. The lawsuit basically says, "You owe us SOMETHING. We're not sure what yet you owe. But we need to get to the table because as of now, you're getting off scott-free."
ETA: post above mine probably says what i'm trying to say a little bit better.
ETA: post above mine probably says what i'm trying to say a little bit better.
This post was edited on 5/28/14 at 7:16 pm
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