Yeah, a tanker spilled 30,000 gallons of crude oil into the Delaware this morning between Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, an area that already has more oil spilled on it than the Chevron next to Muhammad Ali's house. Oh, man, that's a Parkinson's joke...the blog has hit rock bottom after less than a week.
So, here's my question: Why can't these oil tankers get the oil where it needs to go without losing their shit all over our lakes and rivers? According to the ABC News article, in 1995, a tanker spilled 40,000 gallons into the Delaware following, and I quote, "a strong wind." A strong wind? These are massive ships, right? It's not like we're shipping 40,000 gallons of crude in the Kon-Tiki, are we? But that's not all! In 1989, a tanker ran aground in Delaware spilling 30,000 gallons of heating oil! Why does this happen?
What are the trucks and ships that carry peanut butter made of? I have never heard of a major peanut butter spillage killing 1,000 ducks. Let's start making the oil tankers out of the peanut butter tanker stuff. Right now!
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