pooltuna Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 There was a news item today that an oil eating bacteria has unexpectedly shown up in the Gulf and presumably is happilly chomping away on the 23 miles or whatever of drifting semidispersed oil that is left of the BP blowout. This seems to be mixed good and bad news..good for obvious reasons and bad in that now oil companies will feel more relaxed about having another blowout or spill ...it is interesting (depressing) to wonder just how bad such a thing would have to be before governments (including the Canadian govt) decided that drilling in vulnerable areas should be disallowed. you neglected to mention the bacteria are there because the gulf bottom leaks the equivalent of an Exxon Valdez spill every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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