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According to the scientist in the article they won't: "The structure that I see that they're planning to build is going to erode as soon as it's constructed, and it's going to have a tough time making it through a hurricane season that's predicted to be a fairly active one," Young tells NPR's Melissa Block. "I just don't have a very high level of confidence that a project that's going to require a lot of energy and a lot of sand and mobilize a lot of people is going to do what they promise it will do."
He also says: "...every morning when I wake up, I'm not sure whether to call somebody in anger or to cry or to throw up. But doing something just to be looking like you're doing something is not the right thing to do."
According to the scientist in the article they won't. "The structure that I see that they're planning to build is going to erode as soon as it's constructed, and it's going to have a tough time making it through a hurricane season that's predicted to be a fairly active one," Young tells NPR's Melissa Block. "I just don't have a very high level of confidence that a project that's going to require a lot of energy and a lot of sand and mobilize a lot of people is going to do what they promise it will do."
So they should just get their lawnchairs out and sit on the beach waiting for the oil to wash up ? Or wait for the Fed to "locate" some booms ?
Heck, something is better than nothing and how can berms be any worse ecologically then oil ?
People put sandbags up in hopes of stalling or preventing flooding don't they ?
Why sit back and do nothing when there is something, even with a small possibility of working, to do ?
So they should just get their lawnchairs out and sit on the beach waiting for the oil to wash up ? Or wait for the Fed to "locate" some booms ?
Heck, something is better than nothing and how can berms be any worse ecologically then oil ?
People put sandbags up in hopes of stalling or preventing flooding don't they ?
Why sit back and do nothing when there is something, even with a small possibility of working, to do ?
I don't disagree with that. If I lived down there, I'd want to try anything and everything....but there are two sides to the story and that's all the article is pointing out. The article also said the berms could actually make it worse. I wish that would have been explained out better as to how it could do that.
So they should just get their lawnchairs out and sit on the beach waiting for the oil to wash up ? Or wait for the Fed to "locate" some booms ?
Heck, something is better than nothing and how can berms be any worse ecologically then oil ?
People put sandbags up in hopes of stalling or preventing flooding don't they ?
Why sit back and do nothing when there is something, even with a small possibility of working, to do ?
I think the point is, that there may be better ways to use the resources needed for this "experiment", that appears to have experts skeptical about it's value.
I think the point is, that there may be better ways to use the resources needed for this "experiment", that appears to have experts skeptical about it's value.
Well I would think it's a different set of resources so why not try it ?
I certainly would be all for it if I lived along the shore and would be supporting my local government down there for at least trying.
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