Oil floats, so how is it going to settle to the ocean floor?
It’s very deep, so as it rises it separates into different components, some of which diffuse into the atmosphere, some of which float (but very widely dissipated due to mixing with all that water), and some of which sink (tar). At least I think that’s what they’re saying. So, a deep-water spill where it travels a mile to the surface is very different from a situation where it spills directly onto the surface.
I watched a Prof. from Texas A & M on Fox, another professor from Miss. said to leave it alone, the oil is an organic material and nature will take care of itself. Shep even asked him if the hay would work. He said the hay does work in a smaller area. The Texas guy said that oil is mostly carbon and once it hits the surface, the toxic chemicals will evaporate almost immediately.
Instead of blowing the hay out in the gulf, why don’t they have the shrimp boats and other fishing boats set up the hay barriers closer to shore where they can control the oil before it gets inland, especially near the marshes? I would think that would be better than chemicals.
Or be “under the service”
It's sad to think they have progressed to blatant stupidity
Fractions of crude float. Other fractions sink. The less dense fractions tend to be more volitile which means after time, the lighter elements evaporate leaving the heavier remnant to sink.