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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Oil Cleanup

I'm becoming a bigger and bigger fan of the Christian Science Monitor. In my opinion their coverage of the oil spill is the best, the information is extensive.

Here they are reporting on how the oil is dispersing in the Gulf. In fact skimmer ships are having a hard time locating pools of oil. Some suspect that the microbes in the water are feasting on the oil calling the oil fillet mignon in the eyes of the micro-organisms. That's fine with us, feast away.

A complete recovery will still take years.

CS Monitor: Gulf oil spill: Where has the oil gone?
...the oil slick has shrunk to about 10,000 square miles from 80,000 square miles in just a matter of weeks.


At least part of the disappearing act has to do with fast-feeding and fast-breeding bacterial microbes that are thriving on a huge new food supply, and egged on by 88-degree water and a blistering sun that's heating surface air temperatures to nearly 100 degrees.


Many suspect it has settled either on the bottom or in mid-layers of the Gulf.

2 comments:

Glynn Kalara said...

That's why BP sprayed all those toxic dispersant s, to break up the surface slick and make it disappear under the waves. They know the psychology of the Press and the public. Out of sight out of mind. Let nature clean it up. Move along here folks the show is over and BP and the rest of the OILY gang need to get back to doing what they do best DRILL BABBY DRILL!!

Jim Sande said...

That's right on the money.

It will take years to recover from this thing.