Author’s note: It is becoming clear to even the mainstream media that BP and the U.S. government are lying about the severity of this disaster.
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A review of widely varying estimates of the amount of oil leaking into the Gulf of Mexico showed huge discrepancies between the “official” government and BP estimate and those of various scientists.
The discovery of huge underwater plumes of oil by University of Georgia researchers suggests that scientists may be correct and that BP and the U.S. government have grossly underestimated the amount of oil gushing into the waters of the Gulf.
The New York Times reported yesterday that “scientists are finding enormous oil plumes in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, including one as large as 10 miles long, 3 miles wide and 300 feet thick. The discovery is fresh evidence that the leak from the broken undersea well could be substantially worse than estimates that the government and BP have given.”
Some analysts have reported that as much as 80% of the oil is not rising to the surface. If one considers that the oil slick on the surface already covers more area than Puerto Rico, then the magnitude of this disaster can begin to be put into perspective. According to scientists at the universities of Georgia and Mississippi, the real disaster may be lurking beneath the waves of the Gulf.
All reports indicate that the situation in the Gulf is going from bad to worse, and that the severity of it has been either grossly underestimated, or hidden from the public by BP and the U.S. government. Unfortunately, the truth will inevitably hit the beaches and the economy of the Gulf states.
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