Aerial View of Skimming

GULF OF MEXICO - Aerial view of various oil skimming vessels and the vessel Discoverer Enterprise as it recovers oil from the riser insertion tube approximately 85 miles off the coast of Mobile, Ala., May 17, 2010. U.S. Navy video by Petty Officer 1st Class David G. Crawford.

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[sneuhardt100]

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[almostcapecod]

@samdon815 Problem is after the initial cost with solar.wind,hydro,geothermal etc. there is no cost except maintenance so there is no way for them to charge hi costs for the power they provide.When nuclear power was first introduced they said it would be so cheep to produce that they would not have to put electric meters on buildings.The drug pushers of power.

[samdon815]

How many time will we allow the oil companies to ruin the environment ? We presently get 16% of our Electric power from hydro-electric sources using .05% of our potential. Clean , renewable , inexpensive.

[aquamotionmedia]

WHAT do you mean by "skimming vessels"??? I see TWO SKIMMER vessels!

WHY are you not skimming right around the leak before it can move on? WHY are there NO SKIMMING VESSELS ON THE HORIZON ANYWHERE??????

[desire4liberation]

i know you are a drilling team... but use proper fuking booming... you criminals

[NatureCitizan]

@NatureCitizan sry clean water

[NatureCitizan]

omg... the oil shine on the water :(

after a few news i saw... does those ships bring the oil with them in any harbor?

such a big ship must have an huge stream?so how they clean them before cruising in infested water?

hopefully this is plugged soon :)

greetings

[1mealperday]

How is the air ? After all you have to breathe just like all other plants and animals.

In Alaska many folks died from the air after the oil spill. Has anyone told you folks how harmful the dispersal chemicals are? You trust what they tell you? Good luck

[almostcapecod]

Cspan just had up to date video (3:00pm EST 5/18/10) of the leaking pipe with the new collection pipe inserted and the amount of oil STILL leaking looks about the same and there is also still 2 other leaks. Also we know you will not answer but what percent of the oil leaked to date in on top of the water and what percent is floating below water.Are we seeing 10% on top and 90% is still below and what percent has been collected to date.

[GeraldFGraham]

Excellent! Thanks! What this video demonstrates to me is three things: 1) There is still an awful lot of oil on the surface above the leak point; and 2) The task of mechanically recovering oil at sea using booms, skimmers, response vessels and barges is an enormous one indeed; and 3) Thank goodness they've now managed to prevent 2000 barrels of oil from leaking into the marine environment each day, following up on a suggestion I made to them as early as April 29, 2010.