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[Brian37]

Yes certainly smaller ,but still damage none the less. It isn't just going to affect sea life and birds, but businesses too. Since nobody can go on the beach or swim or surf all those beach businesses are going to suffer. Cleanup, according to HLN is only about 3%. It is going to take a while. Pipe inspectors suspect a boat anchor gashed the line.

You seem to have a lot of trouble remembering the things you said:

This spill reminds me of the famous Exxon Valdez event in 1989. Not ship vs pipe, but amount of damage.

(Bold mine)

You might want to get that checked out.

Boru

I know what I said. You take everything I say out of context. You don't get to put thoughts in my head that are not there.

Now if you want to argue that I didn't chose my words wisely, to make it clear enough, that would be a better argument.

My point was that long term, every spill hurts and has a collective effect on our planet. So yes, this current spill reminds me of the Exxon spill because of the attention both got. Just like hearing about a local shooting where only 1 person dies, vs a mass shooting. Sometimes a single shooting gets lots of attention. Single shootings or mass shootings are still gun violence. A spill is a spill regardless of amount, and both add up over time. 

The more our species exploits the planet and the bigger we get as a population and the more we pollute, the damage adds up over time. I hate smokers whom throw their butts on the ground thinking one butt isn't going to hurt the environment. So to me big or small, it all still adds up over time.