soc.history.war.world-war-ii

On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:30:04 -0400, Michael Emrys
wrote:

>Of course, not much was widely known about this during the war and would not
>have been a major concern to policy makers at that time.

Think of the millions of gallons of bunker oil that were dumped in the
world's oceans from 1939 to 1945. Now we get bent out of shape if a
ship leaks a few hundred gallons.

My daughter and son-in-law have a sailboat that takes folks to
Antarctica, and they are required to file a plan with the EPA for
containment of any possible oil spill. (Their plan is to radio a
cruise ship, all of which are required to carry containment equipment
and chemicals. The EPA finds this acceptable.)


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