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Lets not get overly pessimistic as of yet. This is still not on par with the Ixtoc spill off Mexico in 1979 that lasted nearly 300 days and spewed 140,000,000 gallons.



A study two years after showed only a very very minute amount of residue in the surrounding waters of the Gulf of Mexico. This was only 2 years later. Not ten. Not twenty. Two!  

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why would they drill that deep w/o being able to control things that go wrong  

Oh yah  GREED

It's OK I'm sure we'll pay for it in the end when they pass on the cost to the consumers

And when Obama stops all shallow off shor drilling

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Its not GREED its Leftards forcing them offshore because they where afraid of an oil spill in the salt marshes.

Ethylene.   Ethylene is the largest volume organic chemical produced today.  It is the most important building block of the petrochemical industry and is converted into several intermediate products and final products.  Primary products include plastics, resins, fibers, elastomers, solvents,  plasticizers, and antifreeze.

Plastics. Toys, household products, containers, phones, computers, building products such as roofing, siding, rainware, shutters, exterior trim, fascias, soffits, panels and curtain walls, door and window sashes, weather-stripping and sealants, thermal insulation and solar heating.  Interior uses include wall and ceiling panels, decorative laminates, moldings and trim, plastic flooring, interior hardware, pipe, plumbing fittings and sanitary ware, and electrical applications.

Resins. Paints, cement, paper, textiles, adhesives, asphalt, emulsions, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, adhesives, concrete, gypsum, acrylic polymers.

Fibers. Rayon, nylon, polyester, acrylic, acetate, aramid, azlon, glass, modacrylic, novoloid, nytril, olefin, saran, vinal, spandex, vinyon.

Elastomers. Spandex, foundation garments, swimwear and other clothing or products requiring stretch/memory fiber.

Solvents. Ink, paints, paint removal, processing, cleaning metals, computer manufacturing, dry-cleaning, nail polish removal.

Plasticizers. Poly vinyl Chloride (PVC), vinyl foam, resins, surface coatings, adhesives, caulks.

Antifreeze. Automobiles, aircraft, anything with an engine and a radiator.

Propylene. Commercial chemical derivatives include polypropylene, acrylonitrile, propylene oxide, isopropyl alcohol, and others.

Polypropylene.   Pipe, film, rotational molding, injection molding, and wire and cable resins.

Acrylonitrile.   Acrylic fibers, copolymer resins, engineering plastics, adiponitrile, acrylamide, nitrile rubber, barier resins.

Propylene oxide. Package fumigant, to treat cotton fibers to improve moisture sorption, and also in admixture with other compounds as a stabilizer for methylene chloride.

Isopropyl alcohol. Acetone, coatings, solvents, agricultural chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and process catalysts.

Butylenes. Octane enhancer, surfactants, phenols, cresols, isopropyl alcohols, lubricating oil additives, odorant for natural gas, driers in paint foods oxidation inhibitor, motor oil additives, sealants, caulks, coatings, adhesives, laminating agents, high voltage electrical cables (impregnating oils and pipe oils, and industrial lubricants.  Butyl elastomers are used in the manufacture of automotive inner tubes and inner liners.

Butadiene. Elastomer in tires, rubber, and raw material for other chemicals.

Acetylene. Vinyl chloride, vinyl acetate, vitamins, batteries, and metal working.

Benzene. Octane enhancer, synthetic rubber, phenolic resins, nylon, polyester resins, detergents, drugs, dyes, insecticides, plastics and solvents.

Toluene. Octane enhancer, demethylation to benzene, solvent in surface coatings, polyurethane foams, benzoic acid, and resins.

Benzoic acid. Medicines, veterinary medicines, food and industrial preservatives, cosmetics, resin preparations, plasticizers, synthetic fibers, corrosion inhibitors, alkyd resin coatings, temporary plugging agent in subterranean formations (used in petroleum production).

Xylene. Octane enhancer. Surface preparation and adhesion enhancement, film stabilization, electrical and electronic applications (circuit boards, capacitors, thermistors, surface passivation, solid-state relays, hybrid circuits, discrete core memories, field-effect transistors, nichrome resistors, electrets, plastic-packaged microelectronics, transformers and coils, and transducers); biomedical applications (long term implantation devices), particle encapsulation, pellicles, thin mambranes, and electro-optical applications; lubricants, and optical devices.

Styrene.   The most important aromatic monomer used extensively for the manufacture of plastics.  Polystyrene foams are used for extruded planks and boards, low-temperature thermal insulation, buoyancy, floral display, novelty packaging, and construction purposes.  Polystyrene is widely used for packaging.  Other uses include lightweight concrete, trays, egg cartons, and disposable dinnerware.
Polyethylene.  High density polyethylene (HDPE) - used in blow moldings of small medicine bottles, milk and detergent bottles, jerry cans, drums and containers up to a volume of 10,000 Liters.   Other items such as bottle crates, buckets, bowls, and thin-walled containers are made by injection molding.  Pipes, sheets, monofilaments, cables, raffialike and paperlike film are extruded products.

Synthetic rubber. There are many different types of synthetic rubbers, all used in place of natural rubbers.   A primary use is in the manufacture of tires.

Phenol. Used in Phenolic Resins, which are used in wood composites, fiber bonding, as laminates, in foundry resins, as abrasives and in coatings and adhesives.  Recent uses include flame-resistant glass-reinforced phenolics (flame retardants), phenolic fibers, foamed plastices, and graphite reinforced composites.

Ammonia. The largest market for ammonia is the fertilizer industry.  Other uses include commercial explosives, fibers and plastics.

Formaldehyde. As a basic chemical building unit, formaldehyde is an intermediate in a large variety of organic compounds ranging from amino and phenolic resins to slow-release fertilizers.   It is also used in the synthesis of chelating agents, textile finishes and acetal resins.

Acetaldehyde. Acetic acid, acetic anhydride, cellulose acetate, vinyl acetate resins, acetate esters, pentaerythritol, systhetic derivatives, terephtalic acid and peracetic acid.

Acetic acid. Used for the production of vinyl acetate, in the fermentation industry, in the production of many dietary supplements (glutamic acid, citric acid, and lysine), thermoplastic and fiber , plastic sheeting film, and lacquers. Acetate esters are used as solvents and coatings, fungicide, and as preservative for grain.

Pentaerythritol. Used in fast-drying surface-coating compositions, particularly in manufacture of alkyd resins, varnishes, caulking and putty compounds, and fire-retardant coatings.  Esthers used as base stock in high performance lubricants for jet, turbine, and automotive engines, additives to mineral or lubricants, ashless dispersants and plasticizers for PVC. Nitrates are used as a filling in etonating-fuse and priming compositions.  Also used in Cardiovascular medicine.

Methanol. Used to produce formaldehyde.  Also a gasoline octane enhancer as Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE), and used in the manufacture of acetic acid.

Ethanol. One of the largest volume organic chemicals used in industrial and consumer products.   uses include resinns and lacquers, toilet preparations and pharmaceuticals, industrial processing, and cleaning preparations.  As a solvent, ehtanol is a key material in the manufacture of drugs, plastics, lacquers, polishes, plasticizers, perfumes and cosmetics.

Butanol. The largest use for butanol and its derivatives is in the coatings industry for the formulation of nitrocellulose lacquers.

Nitrocellulose. Provides mechanical strength as well as readily available energy to gun and rocket propellants.

               

Ethylene oxide. Excellent fumigant and sterilizing agent.  Because of its high chemical reactivity, most ethylene oxide produced is converted to other compounds, such as ethuylene glycol and cleaning agents.

Ethylene glycol. Used for nonvolatile antifreeze for motor vehicles, manufacture of polyester fiber and film.   derivatives are used in paper manufacture, textiles, medicine, bacteriology and pest control.

Acrylonitrile. Used in the production of acrylic fibers, engineering plastics, adiponitrile, acrylamide, nitrile rubber, and Barrier polymers.

Barrier polymers. Used in packaging, especially for foods and beverages, as a replacement for glass and metal containers.  Light weight, nonshatteragbility, ease of disposal by incineration make this a popular product.

Acetic acid. (see above)

Acetic anhydride. Used in industry for acetylation reactions and as a solvent in laboratory applications.   the main use is in the manufacture of fibers.  It is also used to make textile sizing agents, aspirin, and in electolytic polishing of metals and semiconductor processing.

Acetone. A solvent for various coatings and for production of methyl isobyutyl ketone.  Acetone derivative solvents are diacetone alcohol, mesityl oxide, methyl isobutyl ketone, methylisobutylcarbinol, hexylene glycol and isophorone.