The Gulf will recover as did Prince William Sound in Alaska.
Nature3 does a wonderful job of cleansing itself. Oil is a naturally occurring substance and in time will dissipate.
You can still find oil on the beaches in Prince William Sound, Alaska.
It will probably take 50 years for nature to clean up this mess and for the Gulf to return to its prior state.
“Oil is a naturally occurring substance and in time will dissipate.”
Uranium is also a naturally occurring substance.
(The shore of) Prince William Sound is essentially unpopulated compared to the Gulf of Mexico. There is a generation of people and animals that lives on the Gulf NOW. Sophomoric assurances about the future do little to improve their mood.