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So you wouldn't mind if it got spilled in your local river?It's just a little muddy water
It can harm aquatic life to an extent. Essentially it has the potential to suffocate certain organisms due to the way it can suspend in the water. I agree with you that it's not good. But relatively speaking it's not that bad either. Drilling mud, and bentonite in general, is used in so many applications all around the world. It's mainly just clay and water. If it was a huge threat to aquatic ecosystems it likely wouldn't be the industry standard for it's many many uses.Jim, from what I've read on bentonite is that it is non toxic to humans but harms aquatic life.
My local river was the Mississippi growing up, my lake the gulf. You northernors allow so much fertilizer runoff that its created a 5,985 square mile low oxygen Dead Zone in the gulf. Yet i still see them being allowed to rip out fencerows and clean out ditches.So you wouldn't mind if it got spilled in your local river?
No doubt bud. I know it hits close to home but really its not going to do that much damage to the ecosystem. It will kill some aquatic plants and bottom dwelling creatures but they'll bounce back in short order. Its not like crude or a super harmful chemical, its mostly muddy water.Both are actions that could of been prevented.
Hmmm. Bentonite is a naturally occurring clay. Pollutant, sure... But is it truly hazardous? Hell, it's what's used to seal casing around private water wells. The spill is still a major fuck up though. Hate to see shit like this...
My local river was the Mississippi growing up, my lake the gulf. You northernors allow so much fertilizer runoff that its created a 5,985 square mile low oxygen Dead Zone in the gulf. Yet i still see them being allowed to rip out fencerows and clean out ditches.
A little drill mud in a swamp isn't going to hurt much bud. So what if it kills some clams and salamanders. They'll be back.
http://www.whbc.com/10231-2/No doubt bud. I know it hits close to home but really its not going to do that much damage to the ecosystem. It will kill some aquatic plants and bottom dwelling creatures but they'll bounce back in short order. Its not like crude or a super harmful chemical, its mostly muddy water.
Like i was saying earlier though the biggest issue will be the ammo it gives the tree hugging enviro jobs who want to stop all drilling and pipelines. They would rather keep selling our soul to Saudi Arabia than ever have some clams get suffocated once in a rare occurrence.
That has sabotage written all over it...it'll be interesting to see how that plays out.
So you think they snuck by all the workers and sabotaged them with the fuel?There is a well funded protest group targeting the Rover project. These are not the type that hold signs and chant,, they take action and look to get reactions and results
So you think they snuck by all the workers and sabotaged them with the fuel?
This is true, I've been watching it go through the fields a 1/4 mile south of my house for the past couple months. There are nights it's lit up like a Christmas tree and no body would get away with anything. On the other hand there's been many nights I could have went down there and explored and no body would have known.IDK.. was just sayin they're out there.. and crews are not on site 24/7
Oh I'm sure the sites have a few cell cams on it lol. There's no way they are going to leave it unattended without surveillance.This is true, I've been watching it go through the fields a 1/4 mile south of my house for the past couple months. There are nights it's lit up like a Christmas tree and no body would get away with anything. On the other hand there's been many nights I could have went down there and explored and no body would have known.
I haven't done any exploring due to I figure they have cameras set up, and it's always seems to be my luck to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.