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August 30, 2005
Katrina and Gulf Oil Operations
By: Rowan Wolf
Hog On Ice has an excellent discussion of the oil operations in the Gulf of Mexico. The piece has some great pieces of information to put a frame on the potential impacts of Katrina. The author notes that 1/4 of the domestic gas and oil supply is produced and refined in the Gulf. Port Fourchon also handles about 13% of imported oil, and has massive pumps that move oil from the LOOP (Louisiana Offshore Oil Port).
Posted by Rowan at August 30, 2005 6:25 AM Category: Peak Oil
Comments
Thinking about these issues just makes me sad. The infrastructure needed to make the biggest changes are not even in the governmental thought processes. Governments are still hung up on building that oil empire they know is going to fall before it is finished.
And at this point, any ingenious invention that can "save the world" will not be affordable by the greatest share of the population- not in just the United States, but in the rest of the world as well.
I am sure by now that half of the earth's "blood" is gone, and we already know that the earth is getting weaker by the year. If we equate the oil of the earth with the blood of a human being, and knowing that a person who loses half of their blood supply is in danger of death, how much of the earth's oil has to be gone before the earth dies? How much time does life have on earth if the earth is dead and unable to give life?
I think we are headed for more than just an ice age. I think we are headed for global extinction.
Posted by: Shawna at August 30, 2005 3:33 PM