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NEW ORLEANS ? It is an overlooked danger in the oil spill crisis: The crude gushing from the well contains vast amounts of natural gas that could pose a serious threat to the Gulf of Mexico's fragile ecosystem.
The oil emanating from the seafloor contains about 40 percent methane, compared with about 5 percent found in typical oil deposits, said John Kessler, a Texas A&M University oceanographer who is studying the impact of methane from the spill.
That means huge quantities of methane have entered the Gulf, scientists say, potentially suffocating marine life and creating "dead zones" where oxygen is so depleted that nothing lives.
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"Where nothing lives" - That includes the microbes that breakdown the oil. - AKA. this is bad fucking news.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100618/...gulf_oil_spill
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"The gas that escapes, what we don't flare, goes up to the surface and is gone," he said.
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Yea, because matter is known to just be 'gone', huh? Fucking assholes are still in the PR story twisting mode.