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I know this. Doesn't mean they weren't effected in some way. This thing was soooooo bad that we haven't even touched the surface of the damage it has caused. The damage don't to the fragile ego-system in the gulf is gonna be mind boggling. Just think about how much oil came from that well and into the water. Where did it all go????? There is still oil out there.

Hey dukke, you do realize natural oil seeps occur daily? And the amount released can make the DWH or the Exxon-Valdez spill seem pedestrian? If you care to get out of your own misguided way, please feel free to read a link or two provided. Or all of them.

Natural Seeps 80 Times More Than Valdez

Millions of Gallons Naturally Seep

DWH Oil at Bottom of Ocean

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Posted by bmy

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Posted on 4/20/16 at 10:31 am to mkibod1

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Hey dukke, you do realize natural oil seeps occur daily? And the amount released can make the DWH or the Exxon-Valdez spill seem pedestrian? If you care to get out of your own misguided way, please feel free to read a link or two provided. Or all of them.

To be fair you're not evaluating it from an ecological standpoint.

Millions of gallons of animal waste enter reservoirs every year. That's not the same thing as the addition of millions more in a short time frame. A reservoir could support X gallons/week of waste.. but add X gallons/week + Y (additional waste from new source).. and presto you have one hell of an algal bloom. Then fish die.. taking up available oxygen during decomposition. Then due to a low DO% more fish start to die.. and you end up losing 30-40% of the fish population because of the feedback loop.

The reality is that the impact (like always) is somewhere between where the alarmists say it is and where the deniers say it is