Nuking Oil Well Gains Popular Support

I think the use of dispersant is really to HIDE the real volume of this oil spill, therefore I believe this oil spill is even worse than Ixtoc was.

I don't think that would work, because the volume of dispersant is somehow related to the volume of oil. It will only 'hide' what it disperses. But the real idea behind that is to break the oil into small droplets which phenomenally increases the surface area fo the oil and lets Mother Nature's little critters (bacteria) get to more oil in less time.

Yes, the gulf will probably recover, eventually, but I think this is going to hurt the gulf for YEARS. I would LOVE to be WRONG! I PRAY DAILY that I am wrong!

I can't be sure how long the harm will last, although past wells (the Ixtoc, for instance), did not seem to have effects past a year. I pray it will be minimal as well. I grew up in the tidewater, and marshes and beaches were my favorite places as a child.

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