Brown Pelican covered in BP Oil

by Mark Hewitt

This morning a live event sponsored by TED called TEDx OIL SPILL if you have time please log in and watch this FREE web event.

The opening speaker was the Grandson of the legendary explorer Jacque Cousteau – Phillepe Cousteau who spoke of an unprecedented disaster as this spill could not have happened at a worse time for the ecosystem of the gulf – virtually all species breeding season is now so the future generations of the entire ecosystem is at risk.

Cousteau also quoted the preamble of the US Constitution declaring that our Democracy is in jeopardy as a result of this environmental disaster.

Editorial comment: Why have we not treated this unprecedented environmental disaster as a threat to our National Security – technology exists within our Military sector to map the oil giving the clean up a far better view of where and how much oil is in the Gulf directing cleanup crews to harvest and remove this toxic material from our delicate ecosystem?

The second question is why are we allowing dispersants to be used in this disaster – this is unproven and greatly increases the cost to remove the oil from the environment?  My only conclusion is that BP has no intention of cleaning or removing the oil from the Gulf.