Thank You Little Microbes

[Greggzee]

Wonder how long before some politician takes credit for this?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews_excl/ynews_excl_sc3270

[divemaster]

I wonder if those little microbes might over populate and then they cause another different problem? Also there are many layers of what really amounts to rivers within the ocean, oil could be moving around in those, They actually move around much like a river on dry land. Then I would guess a lot did actually sinck into the sea bed.

[Stalewind]

This was "light sweet" crude, not heavy crude like the Exxon Valdez spill.

The warm water and hot gulf sun did alot to break apart and evaporate the oil. The salt water and wave action also helped to naturally attack the oil. And yes even microbes ate the oil.

BP also used alot of chemical dispersants too.

But the short of all this is Mother Nature has done its thing and most of the oil sank in the depths of the gulf, and didn't hit the shores.

[laughing66607]

That makes me feel better... have you lost your damned mind?

Chek this out

http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill ... ollow.html

It is the Coast Gauards fault. Scuse me while I puke in my urinal.

Jump in... the water is fine.

[Stalewind]

The Obama Administration was quick to claim this was going to be the "worst" environmental disaster to hit the United States. Comparing it to the Exxon Valdez.

Of course the type of oil, location and accident were apples and oranges. The frozen waters of Alaska made the oil stick together and cling to everything. And the Exxon Valdez was a ship close to shore, not a platform 80 miles away from the nearest coastline. So the predictions of some massive oil slick hitting the gulf coast beaches never occurred.

I would imagine that there are still heavy plumes of oil beneath the surface, and these will eventually sink to the bottom of the gulf, in deep water and never reach the shore.

If you watched the news reports over the past 100 days, we didn't see the same massive death to fish and wildlife that occurred in the Exxon Valdez accident. More indications that these accident while large in size differed in scope and scale. Much of these is due to teh type of oil, distance to shore, weather and climate.

It doesn't surprise me that the "investigation" into the Deep Water Horizon accident would also include questions about why the oil rig sank so quickly with the loss of 11 crew members. Part of the puzzle would include safety issues and the emergency response from the Coast Guard. The review appears to indicate that the Coast Guard didn't follow it's own plan or provide a commander capable of directing the responding fire boats in the most effective manner which may have saved lives and prevented the oil rig from sinking. The Coast Guard were simply unprepared for such an accident or to respond quickly to a massive accident and fire.

[divemaster]

BP and obama are going to whitewash all this and screw everyone except the good old boys.

[Stalewind]

BP is trying to do the right thing, although the Obama Administration continues to bash them.

When was the last time a corporation agreed to a $20 Billion dollar White House shake down?

Today BP hired former Clinton FEMA Director James Lee Witt to oversee clean-up, and created a new $100 Million fund to compensate displaced oil workers from the Obama drilling ban.

That's more than Exxon did after the Valdez accident, or any other corporation in history.

I'm not trying to defend BP, but they have done more than they are legally required to do. And still the Obama Administration and media are critical of BP's response. They could have easily just told everyone we'll see you all in court, knowing that could take years or decades for a settlement.

[divemaster]

I just don't believe there will be follow through, sure a bunch of promises on the front end, but let see the end results which will take years to really know if they are sincere.

[Stalewind]

They gave Obama $20 BILLION dollars, now it's his responsibility.

Google the BP costs thus far, they aren't even close to that figure. So what is Obama going to do with all that money?

And people are still able to file suit against BP in court and win settlements there too.

I am not trying to defend BP, but they have done more than I would have if I was the CEO of BP.