[wtd]

Do we really want to introduce this microbe directly into an environment which has an as yet uncontrollable open tap? Once the leak is sealed off, then I can see this microbe’s usefullness. Not before.

[zek157]

It's estimated that 5000 barrels of oil leak out of the gulf daily. How do you think this oil disappears without a trace?

I'll give you a hint, these microbes were not manufactured in a lab.

[Windflier]

Do we really want to introduce this microbe directly into an environment which has an as yet uncontrollable open tap?

I say yes, absolutely. It's a natural solution that won't do further harm to the ecosystem, and will also tend to multiply itself through wholly natural processes. It dies off when all the oil is consumed.

It's as close to a perfect solution as anything I've seen.