Posted on 08/05/2010 1:52:22 PM PDT by thackney
Oh, they've been "pissin' and moanin'" about it all along. Only problem is that most of the dispersant chemicals have already decomposed. But when has truth ever mattered to the anti-chemical "greenies".
Corexit (the dispersant) is a mixture of propylene Glycol and Sulfonic acid, nearly identical to Gain laundry detergent. Americans put lots of it into the ecosystem every time they do a load of clothes.
Apparently the rate of biological degradation of crude oil is directly related to the political affiliation of the occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, because the Exxon Valdez oil has yet to degrade. /sarc
Obama boy is still not going to lift the Oil drilling ban until his massah tells him to.
Obama/Soros is helping Petrobas gain equipment and resources.
IIRC, the spill is not directly in that dead zone. It would not have affected fishing so greatly if it was.
I believe that dead zone from fertilizer moves around.
Also, in the dead zone it would slow down the breakdown of oil due to the lack of oxygen.
I guess we do have to be happy that he has thus far kept the seas from rising----and I'm sure his pal Al Gore is happy about that too, what with his new $9 million dollar mansion on the beach.>
“It is well known that the warm gulf contains natural bacteria capable of breaking down oil. Other favorable conditions in the gulf are its nutrient and oxygen levels. Scientists also noted that oil enter the gulf through natural seeps.”
Apparently, oil spills in warm ocean/salt water last a shorter time than spills in cold water in Alaska or off the coast of California.
Dead Zone in Gulf largest since 1985.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=gulf-of-mexico-dead-zone-oil
While the area of the BP oil spill overlaps some parts of the “dead zone,” Rabalais said, “It would be difficult to link conditions seen this summer with oil from the BP spill in either a positive or negative way.”
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Thanks for the info
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