Natural seepage notwithstanding, oil is still bad to leak. What's different to note is the location, quantity released and the time in which said quantity is released. It's like the difference between dropping say 0.0001ml of car oil in your tank versus a full quart. I'd bet the smaller drop could be skimmed out before it caused any harm but the larger volume dumped in is surely instant death.
But, nevertheless, this is terrible. I just don't understand how in 2010 a ship of that magnitude can be sailing 9 miles outside the designated shipping lane. A $100 GPS handheld could have prevented this. And you know they have way more sophisticated equipment aboard than that. Thus, it's pure negligence.
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-- Tony
My next hobby will be flooding my basement while repeatedly banging my head against a brick wall and tearing up $100 bills. Whee!
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