Panel Says U.S. Not Ready For Inevitable Arctic Oil Spill 95
sciencehabit (1205606) writes "As eagerness to explore the Arctic's oil and gas resources grows, the threat of a major Arctic oil spill looms ever larger—and the United States has a lot of work to do to prepare for that inevitability, a panel convened by the National Research Council (NRC) declares in a report released yesterday. The committee, made up of members of academia and industry, recommended beefing up forecasting systems for ocean and ice conditions, infrastructure for supply chains for people and equipment to respond, field research on the behavior of oil in the Arctic environment, and other strategies to prepare for a significant spill in the harsh conditions of the Arctic."
Shortest version: no one has any idea how any spill cleanup techniques would work in the arctic environment.
Re:So? (Score:1, Insightful)
Who is "no-one"?
There is a lot of life in the arctic. I expect it likes living in sea water with out s thick film of decaying oil on top.
Golly....
Re:Same old cause (Score:4, Insightful)
Am I correct in assuming that you do not believe that YOU are part of the 5-6 billion that should be eliminated?
Re: So? (Score:4, Insightful)
Canadian here. Keep your donation.
Unpleasantly enough, gathering crude oil from floating slicks and contaminated beaches might actually be less destructive than extracting it from tar sands... Luckily, with the Harper Regime's war on science going better than most wars on abstract concepts, we should be spared the knowledge of whether or not that's true.
Re:Same old cause (Score:4, Insightful)
figure out a way to make it socially acceptable for women to attend school and work outside of the home -- 99% of the problem solved right there. :(