http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10680630



At least BP is not the culprit this time. The scale seems much smaller, too (if only the time-scale).

China will clean this up fairly easily, due to their lack of idiotic water purification laws

Wow.

Now this is interesting. What are those laws in America?

Also, though China may be capable of cleaning up in 10 days, this is not as big a spill and if it takes longer, don't expect China to tell us.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10708375



Ironically, this is in direct contradiction with the prediction I posted above.

Anyway, the environmental damage may be getting worse now.

American water laws state that the water supplies must be about 99.995% (IIRC) clear of oil.
This is why the boats that the U.S borrowed from some European countries are being overhauled to fit our regulations instead of simply cleaning. the oil. Said ships were designed to clean about 99% of the oil already, meaning we're wasting our time so that less than a percent more will be cleaned.

Though I can understand it that they want less than 1% pollution, but less than 0.01%... That is indeed idiotic.

Anyway, it is becoming more probably that China won't get it cleaned that easy; the weather is playing nasty.