To: skinowski who wrote (9129 ) 10/26/2008 9:41:43 PM From: Galirayo Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 41427 What do you want to call this ?? Natural Seepage Santa Barbara is home to the largest natural oil and gas seepages in the Western Hemisphere and the second largest and most active in the world. According to the California State Lands Commission, there are more than 2,000 active underwater seeps along the California coast, with more than 1,200 in the Santa Barbara channel alone. The Santa Barbara Channel was the scene of a major offshore oil drilling accident in 1969, when a blowout on the ocean floor caused widespread damage to marine life and the nearby coast. The blowout and resulting damage led to calls for bans on offshore oil recovery, ultimately leading to congressional and administrative moratoria that persist to this day. The accident also sparked the establishment of Earth Day, an annual environmental event. Bruce Allen, head of SOS California, told a May 31 Santa Barbara town hall forum that the amount of oil that has seeped naturally into the ocean since 1970 is 31 times the amount spilled in the 1969 accident, which has been estimated at 3 million gallons.heartland.org planetgore.nationalreview.com Isn't Natural Methane a Cause of Global Warming ?? .. Not Sure but Cows Fart and I Burp. Here come those Santa Anna Winds Again .. Steely Dan.lyricsdepot.com youtube.com You shoulda been with me the day I was at the OSU extension in Wooster .. where they had that Big Tube with a Fip top lid on it inserted directly from the cows back into their stomach .. so that they could dip out partially digested stuff from there .. to see how much methane it was producing .. YUM !!! It was like BYOL ... Bring Your Own Ladle !! Lol