Bella Bella Oil Spill Called ‘An Environmental Disaster’

[mentalfloss]

Enough with oil already.


Bella Bella Oil Spill Called ‘An Environmental Disaster’

BELLA BELLA, B.C. — A report says two tanks containing oil or contaminants from a submerged tug west of Bella Bella, off British Columbia’s central coast, were either torn open or severely damaged when the vessel ran aground.

Despite bad weather that has complicated salvage efforts, divers were able to check the bottom of the Nathan E. Stewart on Sunday, as it rests in nine metres of water in a channel about 500 kilometres north of Vancouver.

A joint situation report issued by the American tug owner and federal, provincial and First Nations groups says divers found the lube tank torn and pumped out nothing but water on Sunday from the severely damaged bilge tank.

When the tug ran aground on Oct. 13, the lube tank contained about 2,400 litres of oil. The bilge tank was believed to have held nearly 3,700 litres of water, oil, sludge and other engine-room and ship’s contaminants called dirty bilge.

Bella Bella Oil Spill Called 'An Environmental Disaster'

 

[Curious Cdn]

It's a mess. What a mess.

 

[personal touch]

This is crazy ****

 

[Cliffy]

Say, I have an idea; lets put a whole bunch of oil super tankers in there since the environment is completely screwed anyways.

 

[Durry]

It's a minor oil slick.

Vancouver pumps tons and tons of human poop into the ocean and no one complains, by comparison this is a just a blip.

 

[mentalfloss]

Say, I have an idea; lets put a whole bunch of oil super tankers in there since the environment is completely screwed anyways.

We should be selling off all of our tankers and banning them.

 

[Durry]

We should be casterating all men to reduce overal energy demand over the next 20 yrs.

 

[petros]

Say, I have an idea; lets put a whole bunch of oil super tankers in there since the environment is completely screwed anyways.

Great idea. We'll keep the regular tankers going as usual. How else will the Diesel Injuns get their fuel for fissing boats and power generation? Canoe?

 

[Angstrom]

Let's all start by stoping our consumption of oil........... tomorrow morning you walk to work.

 

[petros]

Paddle a commercial fissing boat too?

 

[bill barilko]

Part of the problem is the local indigenous the Heiltsuk people-they're too nice.

Seriously I've been all over the coast and the Heiltsuk are the nicest most low key politest people you ever met if they threatened to burn someone @ the stake then they wouldn't have gotten jerked around so bad but it's the squeeky wheel that gets the grease in this society.

 

[petros]

They sure are dramatic.

 

[gerryh]

Part of the problem is the local indigenous the Heiltsuk people-they're too nice.

Seriously I've been all over the coast and the Heiltsuk are the nicest most low key politest people you ever met if they threatened to burn someone @ the stake then they wouldn't have gotten jerked around so bad but it's the squeeky wheel that gets the grease in this society.

I see they say no to northern gateway, and no to tanker traffic using this tug sinking as an example, but I also see they use diesel powered fishing vessels for their crabbing and drift net fishing. How do they get the diesel? What do they use to heat their homes? They cutting down the "Great Bear Forest" to heat their homes?

 

[petros]

They run on whale fat like the good old days.

 

[gerryh]

They run on whale fat like the good old days.

I thought killing whales was a no no also, or is it only a bad thing when non natives do it?

 

[bill barilko]

..... they use diesel powered fishing vessels for their....drift net fishing. ?

There are no 'drift nets' used in coastal BC-why are you So Ignorant?

Posting drunk again?

 

[petros]

Seine nets. Gets the whole school. Even better.

 

[gerryh]

There are no 'drift nets' used in coastal BC-why are you So Ignorant?

Posting drunk again?

So, just the Fraser river First Nations use drift nets? Sure looked like a drift net behind the boat in their video on their website.

 

[petros]

Yup. Others use seine and gill net. Git em all in one scoop.

 

[Cliffy]

Interesting that some people see everything in black and white: Against oil, then you are not allowed to use it even if there are no alternatives available because Big Oil has suppressed the technology. Can't imagine that perhaps there should be a transition away from destroying the planet and allowing alternative tech to move forward. Nope. Ya gotta shut up or go straight back to the stone age. Weird mindset that.