[biofuels-biz] Re: [biofuel] The Never-Ending Oil Spill
Meanwhile these IDIOTS are so out of touch with the planet and everyone else on it that this is what they think: http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/19046/story.htm Shipping bodies condemn European tanker expulsions UK: December 13, 2002 LONDON - Four powerful global shipping bodies condemned yesterday the continuing expulsion of ageing tankers from French and Spanish coastal waters, saying the action flouted existing maritime laws. [more] Insisting on their right to it again! I wonder that oil industry defenders, those of them who do so on the basis that individuals and corporations have property rights, do not rush to try to define their position on the violation of the property rights of fishermen, businessmen whose business depends on tourism and other folks. It seems rational enough to me that when such a massive destruction of property and business occurs, such as has happened with these oil slicks in Spain causing damage to such a large portion of a nation's food supply and related commerce for years and decades to come, that those who are made more aware of similar lurking dangers to their own food supplies and commercial enterprises (such as other communities and businesses in France, Spain, etc.), would make clear changes in their policies. If those oil-shippers insisting on respect for Maritime Rules wish to gain that respect, they should observe and respect the property rights of individuals, corporations and nations of individuals. MM http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=14771 The Never-Ending Oil Spill By Maria Tomchick, AlterNet December 16, 2002 Western Europe's worst environmental disaster is unfolding at this very moment, but it's receiving little coverage here in the U.S - even though a similar disaster could occur at any time in U.S. waters. The single-hull oil tanker Prestige split in two and sank off the coast of Spain on Nov. 18. Oil slicks, however, are still washing up onto the shores of Northwest Spain and threatening the coasts of Portugal and southern France. Oil is leaking from 14 cracks in the Prestige's bow and stern sections - a total of about 33,000 gallons per day, which has formed an oil slick 35 miles long and 11 miles wide above the area where the tanker sank. So-called experts, who said that all that heavy fuel oil would solidify when it hit the cold temperature and high pressure two miles beneath the sea, were obviously wrong. Two oil slicks have already washed ashore in the Galician region of Spain, contaminating one of the most productive ocean fisheries and shellfish beds in Europe. The fishermen of Galicia - some 21,000 of them - run out a fleet of boats that is larger than all the rest of the fishing fleets in Europe put together. Most of these boats are family operations, with small crews. In addition, Galician shellfish gatherers supply Western Europe with a host of delicacies, from crabs, clams, cockles and mussels, to the exquisite goose barnacle which is found nowhere else in the world. All of this food is much appreciated by marine mammals, too, including dolphins, porpoises and several species of whales - minke, fin, pilot, sperm, Cuvier's beaked whales and Risso's whales - which draw tourist cruises from England, France and Spain. Galicia's rocky coast and sheltered, hard-to-reach coves provide some of the best wintering habitat for seabirds from all over the North Atlantic region and Europe, including gannets, razorbills, guillemots, cormorants, puffins, gulls and petrels. The effect of the oil has been devastating. The Spanish government closed the Galician fisheries and 1,000 miles of coastline, putting most of Galicia's population immediately out of work just before the height of the fishing and shellfish season. Environmental groups estimate that 15,000 birds have died so far, including rare and protected species. The Prestige could go on leaking its remaining cargo of 20 million gallons - approximately twice what the Exxon Valdez spilled into Prince William Sound in Alaska - for years, possibly until the year 2006. Lessons learned from the Exxon Valdez oil spill show that it could take more than a decade for the shellfish population to revive, and most of the area's mammals may never fully recover. At least two threatened bird species will likely become extinct: the Balearic shearwater and Spain's dwindling population of guillemots. Ditto for Galician family fishermen. This is terrible news, but most people in the U.S. think it has no bearing on us. After all, we have a law in place - the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (enacted after the Exxon Valdez spill) - that will phase out aging, single-hull oil tankers like the Prestige by 2015. But Europe has the same type of law, enacted after the single-hull oil tanker Erica spilled oil off the coast of Brittany three years ago, and that didn't stop the current disaster from happening. Until the ban goes into effect in 2015, the international maritime inspection
Re: [biofuel] The Never-Ending Oil Spill
Meanwhile these IDIOTS are so out of touch with the planet and everyone else on it that this is what they think: http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/19046/story.htm Shipping bodies condemn European tanker expulsions UK: December 13, 2002 LONDON - Four powerful global shipping bodies condemned yesterday the continuing expulsion of ageing tankers from French and Spanish coastal waters, saying the action flouted existing maritime laws. [more] Insisting on their right to it again! I wonder that oil industry defenders, those of them who do so on the basis that individuals and corporations have property rights, do not rush to try to define their position on the violation of the property rights of fishermen, businessmen whose business depends on tourism and other folks. It seems rational enough to me that when such a massive destruction of property and business occurs, such as has happened with these oil slicks in Spain causing damage to such a large portion of a nation's food supply and related commerce for years and decades to come, that those who are made more aware of similar lurking dangers to their own food supplies and commercial enterprises (such as other communities and businesses in France, Spain, etc.), would make clear changes in their policies. If those oil-shippers insisting on respect for Maritime Rules wish to gain that respect, they should observe and respect the property rights of individuals, corporations and nations of individuals. MM http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=14771 The Never-Ending Oil Spill By Maria Tomchick, AlterNet December 16, 2002 Western Europe's worst environmental disaster is unfolding at this very moment, but it's receiving little coverage here in the U.S - even though a similar disaster could occur at any time in U.S. waters. The single-hull oil tanker Prestige split in two and sank off the coast of Spain on Nov. 18. Oil slicks, however, are still washing up onto the shores of Northwest Spain and threatening the coasts of Portugal and southern France. Oil is leaking from 14 cracks in the Prestige's bow and stern sections - a total of about 33,000 gallons per day, which has formed an oil slick 35 miles long and 11 miles wide above the area where the tanker sank. So-called experts, who said that all that heavy fuel oil would solidify when it hit the cold temperature and high pressure two miles beneath the sea, were obviously wrong. Two oil slicks have already washed ashore in the Galician region of Spain, contaminating one of the most productive ocean fisheries and shellfish beds in Europe. The fishermen of Galicia - some 21,000 of them - run out a fleet of boats that is larger than all the rest of the fishing fleets in Europe put together. Most of these boats are family operations, with small crews. In addition, Galician shellfish gatherers supply Western Europe with a host of delicacies, from crabs, clams, cockles and mussels, to the exquisite goose barnacle which is found nowhere else in the world. All of this food is much appreciated by marine mammals, too, including dolphins, porpoises and several species of whales - minke, fin, pilot, sperm, Cuvier's beaked whales and Risso's whales - which draw tourist cruises from England, France and Spain. Galicia's rocky coast and sheltered, hard-to-reach coves provide some of the best wintering habitat for seabirds from all over the North Atlantic region and Europe, including gannets, razorbills, guillemots, cormorants, puffins, gulls and petrels. The effect of the oil has been devastating. The Spanish government closed the Galician fisheries and 1,000 miles of coastline, putting most of Galicia's population immediately out of work just before the height of the fishing and shellfish season. Environmental groups estimate that 15,000 birds have died so far, including rare and protected species. The Prestige could go on leaking its remaining cargo of 20 million gallons - approximately twice what the Exxon Valdez spilled into Prince William Sound in Alaska - for years, possibly until the year 2006. Lessons learned from the Exxon Valdez oil spill show that it could take more than a decade for the shellfish population to revive, and most of the area's mammals may never fully recover. At least two threatened bird species will likely become extinct: the Balearic shearwater and Spain's dwindling population of guillemots. Ditto for Galician family fishermen. This is terrible news, but most people in the U.S. think it has no bearing on us. After all, we have a law in place - the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (enacted after the Exxon Valdez spill) - that will phase out aging, single-hull oil tankers like the Prestige by 2015. But Europe has the same type of law, enacted after the single-hull oil tanker Erica spilled oil off the coast of Brittany three years ago, and that didn't stop the current disaster from happening. Until the ban goes into effect in 2015, the international maritime inspection
[biofuels-biz] RE: [biofuel] The Never-Ending Oil Spill
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 23:02:49 +0900 To: DIAZ DE CERIO, CESAR [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [biofuel] The Never-Ending Oil Spill Dear Keith I am afraid it is not possible to send attached archives to the forum, but I think that perhaps you are able to let it in some www adress, and send a link to the rest of the people. The pps file contains photos about the 'Prestige' disaster in Spain, plus some bonus images of former disaster. Please note that the photos are of the first black sea, and the third one has already arrived. Best regards Dear Cesar This has made a LOT of people very angry! Including me! I uploaded the file to the list website files, section, it's here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/files/Prestige/ Meanwhile these IDIOTS are so out of touch with the planet and everyone else on it that this is what they think: http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/19046/story.htm Shipping bodies condemn European tanker expulsions UK: December 13, 2002 LONDON - Four powerful global shipping bodies condemned yesterday the continuing expulsion of ageing tankers from French and Spanish coastal waters, saying the action flouted existing maritime laws. [more] Insisting on their right to it again! Thanks! Best wishes Keith Addison Journey to Forever Handmade Projects Osaka, Japan http://journeytoforever.org/ -Mensaje original- De: Keith Addison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviado el: miercoles, 18 de diciembre de 2002 17:32 Para: biofuel@yahoogroups.com CC: biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com Asunto: [biofuel] The Never-Ending Oil Spill http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=14771 The Never-Ending Oil Spill By Maria Tomchick, AlterNet December 16, 2002 Western Europe's worst environmental disaster is unfolding at this very moment, but it's receiving little coverage here in the U.S - even though a similar disaster could occur at any time in U.S. waters. The single-hull oil tanker Prestige split in two and sank off the coast of Spain on Nov. 18. Oil slicks, however, are still washing up onto the shores of Northwest Spain and threatening the coasts of Portugal and southern France. Oil is leaking from 14 cracks in the Prestige's bow and stern sections - a total of about 33,000 gallons per day, which has formed an oil slick 35 miles long and 11 miles wide above the area where the tanker sank. So-called experts, who said that all that heavy fuel oil would solidify when it hit the cold temperature and high pressure two miles beneath the sea, were obviously wrong. Two oil slicks have already washed ashore in the Galician region of Spain, contaminating one of the most productive ocean fisheries and shellfish beds in Europe. The fishermen of Galicia - some 21,000 of them - run out a fleet of boats that is larger than all the rest of the fishing fleets in Europe put together. Most of these boats are family operations, with small crews. In addition, Galician shellfish gatherers supply Western Europe with a host of delicacies, from crabs, clams, cockles and mussels, to the exquisite goose barnacle which is found nowhere else in the world. All of this food is much appreciated by marine mammals, too, including dolphins, porpoises and several species of whales - minke, fin, pilot, sperm, Cuvier's beaked whales and Risso's whales - which draw tourist cruises from England, France and Spain. Galicia's rocky coast and sheltered, hard-to-reach coves provide some of the best wintering habitat for seabirds from all over the North Atlantic region and Europe, including gannets, razorbills, guillemots, cormorants, puffins, gulls and petrels. The effect of the oil has been devastating. The Spanish government closed the Galician fisheries and 1,000 miles of coastline, putting most of Galicia's population immediately out of work just before the height of the fishing and shellfish season. Environmental groups estimate that 15,000 birds have died so far, including rare and protected species. The Prestige could go on leaking its remaining cargo of 20 million gallons - approximately twice what the Exxon Valdez spilled into Prince William Sound in Alaska - for years, possibly until the year 2006. Lessons learned from the Exxon Valdez oil spill show that it could take more than a decade for the shellfish population to revive, and most of the area's mammals may never fully recover. At least two threatened bird species will likely become extinct: the Balearic shearwater and Spain's dwindling population of guillemots. Ditto for Galician family fishermen. This is terrible news, but most people in the U.S. think it has no bearing on us. After all, we have a law in place - the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (enacted after the Exxon Valdez spill) - that will phase out aging, single-hull oil tankers like the Prestige by 2015. But Europe has the same type of law, enacted after the single-hull oil tanker Erica spilled oil off the coast of Brittany three years ago
RE: [biofuel] The Never-Ending Oil Spill
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 23:02:49 +0900 To: DIAZ DE CERIO, CESAR [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [biofuel] The Never-Ending Oil Spill Dear Keith I am afraid it is not possible to send attached archives to the forum, but I think that perhaps you are able to let it in some www adress, and send a link to the rest of the people. The pps file contains photos about the 'Prestige' disaster in Spain, plus some bonus images of former disaster. Please note that the photos are of the first black sea, and the third one has already arrived. Best regards Dear Cesar This has made a LOT of people very angry! Including me! I uploaded the file to the list website files, section, it's here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/files/Prestige/ Meanwhile these IDIOTS are so out of touch with the planet and everyone else on it that this is what they think: http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/19046/story.htm Shipping bodies condemn European tanker expulsions UK: December 13, 2002 LONDON - Four powerful global shipping bodies condemned yesterday the continuing expulsion of ageing tankers from French and Spanish coastal waters, saying the action flouted existing maritime laws. [more] Insisting on their right to it again! Thanks! Best wishes Keith Addison Journey to Forever Handmade Projects Osaka, Japan http://journeytoforever.org/ -Mensaje original- De: Keith Addison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviado el: miercoles, 18 de diciembre de 2002 17:32 Para: biofuel@yahoogroups.com CC: biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com Asunto: [biofuel] The Never-Ending Oil Spill http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=14771 The Never-Ending Oil Spill By Maria Tomchick, AlterNet December 16, 2002 Western Europe's worst environmental disaster is unfolding at this very moment, but it's receiving little coverage here in the U.S - even though a similar disaster could occur at any time in U.S. waters. The single-hull oil tanker Prestige split in two and sank off the coast of Spain on Nov. 18. Oil slicks, however, are still washing up onto the shores of Northwest Spain and threatening the coasts of Portugal and southern France. Oil is leaking from 14 cracks in the Prestige's bow and stern sections - a total of about 33,000 gallons per day, which has formed an oil slick 35 miles long and 11 miles wide above the area where the tanker sank. So-called experts, who said that all that heavy fuel oil would solidify when it hit the cold temperature and high pressure two miles beneath the sea, were obviously wrong. Two oil slicks have already washed ashore in the Galician region of Spain, contaminating one of the most productive ocean fisheries and shellfish beds in Europe. The fishermen of Galicia - some 21,000 of them - run out a fleet of boats that is larger than all the rest of the fishing fleets in Europe put together. Most of these boats are family operations, with small crews. In addition, Galician shellfish gatherers supply Western Europe with a host of delicacies, from crabs, clams, cockles and mussels, to the exquisite goose barnacle which is found nowhere else in the world. All of this food is much appreciated by marine mammals, too, including dolphins, porpoises and several species of whales - minke, fin, pilot, sperm, Cuvier's beaked whales and Risso's whales - which draw tourist cruises from England, France and Spain. Galicia's rocky coast and sheltered, hard-to-reach coves provide some of the best wintering habitat for seabirds from all over the North Atlantic region and Europe, including gannets, razorbills, guillemots, cormorants, puffins, gulls and petrels. The effect of the oil has been devastating. The Spanish government closed the Galician fisheries and 1,000 miles of coastline, putting most of Galicia's population immediately out of work just before the height of the fishing and shellfish season. Environmental groups estimate that 15,000 birds have died so far, including rare and protected species. The Prestige could go on leaking its remaining cargo of 20 million gallons - approximately twice what the Exxon Valdez spilled into Prince William Sound in Alaska - for years, possibly until the year 2006. Lessons learned from the Exxon Valdez oil spill show that it could take more than a decade for the shellfish population to revive, and most of the area's mammals may never fully recover. At least two threatened bird species will likely become extinct: the Balearic shearwater and Spain's dwindling population of guillemots. Ditto for Galician family fishermen. This is terrible news, but most people in the U.S. think it has no bearing on us. After all, we have a law in place - the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (enacted after the Exxon Valdez spill) - that will phase out aging, single-hull oil tankers like the Prestige by 2015. But Europe has the same type of law, enacted after the single-hull oil tanker Erica spilled oil off the coast of Brittany three years ago
[biofuel] The Never-Ending Oil Spill
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=14771 The Never-Ending Oil Spill By Maria Tomchick, AlterNet December 16, 2002 Western Europe's worst environmental disaster is unfolding at this very moment, but it's receiving little coverage here in the U.S - even though a similar disaster could occur at any time in U.S. waters. The single-hull oil tanker Prestige split in two and sank off the coast of Spain on Nov. 18. Oil slicks, however, are still washing up onto the shores of Northwest Spain and threatening the coasts of Portugal and southern France. Oil is leaking from 14 cracks in the Prestige's bow and stern sections - a total of about 33,000 gallons per day, which has formed an oil slick 35 miles long and 11 miles wide above the area where the tanker sank. So-called experts, who said that all that heavy fuel oil would solidify when it hit the cold temperature and high pressure two miles beneath the sea, were obviously wrong. Two oil slicks have already washed ashore in the Galician region of Spain, contaminating one of the most productive ocean fisheries and shellfish beds in Europe. The fishermen of Galicia - some 21,000 of them - run out a fleet of boats that is larger than all the rest of the fishing fleets in Europe put together. Most of these boats are family operations, with small crews. In addition, Galician shellfish gatherers supply Western Europe with a host of delicacies, from crabs, clams, cockles and mussels, to the exquisite goose barnacle which is found nowhere else in the world. All of this food is much appreciated by marine mammals, too, including dolphins, porpoises and several species of whales - minke, fin, pilot, sperm, Cuvier's beaked whales and Risso's whales - which draw tourist cruises from England, France and Spain. Galicia's rocky coast and sheltered, hard-to-reach coves provide some of the best wintering habitat for seabirds from all over the North Atlantic region and Europe, including gannets, razorbills, guillemots, cormorants, puffins, gulls and petrels. The effect of the oil has been devastating. The Spanish government closed the Galician fisheries and 1,000 miles of coastline, putting most of Galicia's population immediately out of work just before the height of the fishing and shellfish season. Environmental groups estimate that 15,000 birds have died so far, including rare and protected species. The Prestige could go on leaking its remaining cargo of 20 million gallons - approximately twice what the Exxon Valdez spilled into Prince William Sound in Alaska - for years, possibly until the year 2006. Lessons learned from the Exxon Valdez oil spill show that it could take more than a decade for the shellfish population to revive, and most of the area's mammals may never fully recover. At least two threatened bird species will likely become extinct: the Balearic shearwater and Spain's dwindling population of guillemots. Ditto for Galician family fishermen. This is terrible news, but most people in the U.S. think it has no bearing on us. After all, we have a law in place - the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (enacted after the Exxon Valdez spill) - that will phase out aging, single-hull oil tankers like the Prestige by 2015. But Europe has the same type of law, enacted after the single-hull oil tanker Erica spilled oil off the coast of Brittany three years ago, and that didn't stop the current disaster from happening. Until the ban goes into effect in 2015, the international maritime inspection system is supposed to prevent unseaworthy vessels from carrying oil. In fact, the Prestige has been inspected several times recently, including by the U.S. Coast Guard, which cleared it to sail. In 1991, the Prestige sailed to China to have cracks in its hull welded. Rescue operators who attempted to salvage the Prestige before it sank think that those cracks might have been responsible for the leak, and that the ship split in two along the line of one or more of those welds. Obviously there's something wrong with the current international inspection and repair system. Many boats avoid inspections, fines, and needed repairs by sailing under a flag of convenience and avoiding harbors with tough inspection systems. The Prestige, for example, was registered in the Bahamas by a company that was incorporated in Liberia, but the ship was managed by a separate company with offices in Greece. It was chartered by Crown Resources, a Russian company that's registered in Switzerland, but the heavy fuel oil that it was carrying from Latvia to Singapore belonged to a British company. The captain was a Greek, and his crew were Filipino. Sorting out this mess of ownership and liability could take a lot of time. Also, it will make it hard to assign blame, particularly when the governments of Spain and Portugal made the spill worse. The tanker sprang a leak when it hit a floating cargo container, in either Spanish or Portuguese
