Mark this word ... Ixtoc

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

June 3, 1979. The exploratory well Ixtoc 1 blew out in 160 feet of water in the Bay of Campeche, Mexico. between 10,000 and 30,000 BARRELS of oil spewed into the Gulf of Mexico until it was capped on March 23, 1980. From August 6, 1979 to September 13, 1979 oil washed ashore on all parts of the South Texas coast line, 600 miles away. There was a common storm from Sep 13-15 which removed most of the oil. Apparently there was no further problem at the beaches. One bird was found dead. (NOAA reference)

3.3 million barrels of oil were released by Ixtoc 1, over a period of ten months. "Natural oil that seeps from the seabed releases the equivalent of one to two supertankers of crude in the Gulf of Mexico each year." "After two years, the conditions were really almost normal." (Ref)

So where am I going with this. 3 to 4.3 Billion Barrels of Technically Recoverable Oil Assessed in North Dakota and Montana’s Bakken Formation. (USGS report April 10,2008)

Oil is a natural product of the Earth. Why are we digging holes a mile under the water when there is plenty of oil in the Plains? Glowbull warming. Why are we fighting wars in oil rich countries who hate us when there is plenty of oil in our own yard? Glowbull warming. Why are we sending money to countries who want to kill us? Glowbull warming.

In next post, Cold Seeps and Chemosynthesis Communities.

Percentage Points

Monday, April 5, 2010

Before I get too crazy in the actual factiness of my ranting about the hoax which is the politico-consenso-eco-religion that has become Anthropomorphic Global Warming (AGP), I would like to fix a little flaw that I see in how numbers are represented with the percentile symbol(%).

One percent is expressed as 1%, as in one part per 100. One part per one hundred would be the same, as in 1/100, which is 0.01 on any calculator(divide 1 by 100).

Yes, I understand that the % sign is an expression of "divided by 100" in economics, politics, opinion, and consensus; however, in science it is an actual numerical expression.

Therefore when I say 1 part in 1,000,000 - I am referring to 1/1,000,000 which is 0.000001 on any calculator. Which is one-millionth of one percent. 1:1000000.

I wouldn't mention this, but so few people understand that even though they think they understand that 60% of 100 is 60, they have no idea that 60% of 1/1000 is 0.0006.

And with that; the percentage of CO2 in our atmosphere is 360 parts per million, which equals 360/1000000 which equals 0.00036%. There is no need to change the number of zeros when you add the percent symbol. This is not economics, politics, religion, consensus, or opinion, this is science.

I want to clear that up, and get it straight before I begin destroying the politico-consenso-eco-religion that is human caused global warming. Science is NOT politics, religion, opinion, consensus or economics.

Science is FACT.