BP Oil Spill No Big Deal After All?

Boortz said on the radio today that the spill in the Gulf of Mexico is (so far) about 1/3 to 1/4 the size of the annual cumulative leaks into the world's ecosystems via leaking or wrecked pipelines, tankers, and other oil recovery, shipment, and refinery operations. And somehow the world has continued, year after year.

A caller pointed out that a Mexican company had a bigger spill in the same Gulf of Mexico when I was a baby, and the fisheries are intact.

The oil will eventually dissipate and break down, to the point of harmlessness.

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In related news, the big surprising news this week is that the BP oil spill oil is going to work its way up the East coast of the USA killing sea life as it goes. I am a little astonished to think that not everyone already understands that this oil is going to be distributed all over the world. EVERYONE will have a bit of it on his beach.

And, in the long run, everyone's beach will be just fine.

Remember, it's something huge that crashes, flaming, into the ocean, that wipes out a third of the living things in the seas. Not an oil spill. So relax. Oh, and don't forget to blame President Bush, because everything is his fault.