tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8297158919917999185.post7389676752827244772..comments2023-10-03T10:25:23.227-04:00Comments on FloridaEnvironments.com: Oil spill lessons include benefit of dispersants, Florida DEP chief saysBruce Ritchiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15455491095750939762noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8297158919917999185.post-2898781841630016212010-08-06T09:07:50.533-04:002010-08-06T09:07:50.533-04:00Regarding the quantity of dispersants, the Joint U...Regarding the quantity of dispersants, the Joint Unified Command says:<br /><br /> "Approximately 1.84 million gallons of total dispersant have been applied—1.07 million on the surface and 771,000 sub-sea. Approximately 577,000 gallons are available."<br /><br />See:<br />http://app.restorethegulf.gov/go/doc/2931/849155/Bruce Ritchiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15455491095750939762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8297158919917999185.post-48945787155642112802010-08-06T08:55:44.441-04:002010-08-06T08:55:44.441-04:00Okay, so BP sprayed about 100 million gallons of d...Okay, so BP sprayed about 100 million gallons of dispersant on the oil. Let's be conservative and say that this was sprayed on an area that's 50 square miles. If that water is a mile deep, how many trillion gallons is diluting that dispersant? <br /><br />I seem to recall all the environmental groups screaming and yelling about the acidic water that was barged from Piney Point and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8297158919917999185.post-58220841714496546612010-08-05T14:40:00.590-04:002010-08-05T14:40:00.590-04:00Good Riddance, he can't quit soon enough. How ...Good Riddance, he can't quit soon enough. How can he say that dispersants were a benefit when there is no way the scientific evidence can be analyzed yet on this matter?<br />Maybe now that he is gone we can get someone in office that will not fight with National Water Pollution standards.Seth Platthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05831515897155481272noreply@blogger.com