China oil spill doubles in size, is deemed 'severe threat'
 

Crude pours out after pipeline blast; at least 1 firefighter dead

BEIJING ? China's largest reported oil spill more than doubled in size to 165 square miles by Wednesday, forcing nearby beaches to close and prompting one official to warn of a "severe threat" to sea life and water quality.

The oil slick started spreading five days ago when a pipeline at a busy northeastern port exploded, sparking a massive fire that took more than 15 hours to contain. Hundreds of boats have been deployed to help with the cleanup.

At least one person has been killed in those efforts, a 25-year-old firefighter, Zhang Liang, who drowned Tuesday after a wave threw him from a vessel and pushed him out to sea, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported. Another man who also fell in was rescued.

Beaches near Dalian, once named China's most livable city, were closing as oil started reaching their shores, Xinhua reported.
"The oil spill will pose a severe threat to marine animals, and water quality, and the sea birds," Huang Yong, deputy bureau chief for Dalian, China Maritime Safety Administration, told Dragon TV.

Crude oil started pouring into the Yellow Sea off a busy northeastern port after a pipeline exploded late last week, sparking a massive 15-hour fire.
The cause of the blast was still not clear Wednesday. The pipeline is owned by China National Petroleum Corp., Asia's biggest oil and gas producer by volume.
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what if that explodes?

I blame George Bush.

Rest in peace, brave Zhang Liang.
This is the first time I hear of the China oil spill.

I blame Chinas free market and under regulation....

and people still hate the idea of electric cars because ?

How would you make the electricity? Im all for it. But places like Cali already have rolling black outs. Now add XX million cars that need to be charged to that mix and......

Fucking oil everywhere..

Last night on the news they said there was another well leaking in the Gulf of Mexico, completely unrelated to the big BP fiasco.

anddddd here come the conspiracy whacko's

What?

Everyone knows that this was planned by China to demonstrate that they have
better oil clean up technology.

It's like the "space race".

:1orglaugh

Says here there are 5 leaks aka "drips"

Let's not be silly.. they are clearly using BP's standard protocol for oil cleanup. (see below)

http://akmcache.boston.com/universal...3_24375109.jpg

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

http://akmcache.boston.com/universal...9_24389079.jpg

and what we have all been waiting to see: karma on a species level

http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/ap/chin...2.grid-4x2.jpg

Jesus Christ what a fucking way to die...

dont' think that's dead, think he was just rescued

Another oil spill?!

What does this have to do with electric cars? You honestly think we would not need oil if cars were electric powered?

Geez,not another one..

I live in California and we don't have rolling blackouts - At least not in Northern California. We used to about ten years ago.

But you bring up a good point. Our current infrastructure couldn't handle every house plugging in two cars over night.

I think our answer is solar power. We have a few businesses near me that run completely on solar power - one is a huge car dealership. Of course the fact that it rains here three times a year makes it easier, but I see solar playing a big part in our future.