Tory candidate Ex-science teacher says ground will absorb oil spills

[rob the knob]

Toronto Conservative candidate and former science teacher Sabrina Zuniga is facing criticism online for comments she made about how the ground is able to absorb oil spills.

"Oil is a natural substance. So spilling into the environment, the land will absorb it, 'cause that's what oil is," she said during an interview with CPAC (Cable Public Affairs Channel).

"It's just, when there is too much [oil] at once, that's when the difficulty comes in," she said.


http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/absorb-oil-spills-conservative-1.3260460

[btimbit]

Well, she's not wrong:dunno: vastly, vastly oversimplified obviously but seems that that was the whole point. Still a dumb thing to say though

[ExtraSlow]

He is correct, sort of. A few tablespoons per square meter wouldn't hurt anything on forests, or agricultural land.

[dirtsniffer]

Produced water is the real bitch. Don't tell environmentalists.

[Robin Goodfellow]

Fire isn't a problem, because it's natural, has been around for hundreds of years, and people cook with it.

It's only a problem when you get too much of it in the wrong place.

[Robin Goodfellow]

Same could be said for semen.

The ground will absorb it, and it's only a problem if you get too much in the wrong place.

[revelations]

A good solution for pollution is dilution.

[mr2mike]

Just let it soak back in.
It'll eventually make it down to where it came from then will add to reserves.
:devil: