Not. The fact that you can dig down and find some oil under rocks in PWS is not indicative of the status of recovery. Dr. Ed Overton (LSU environmental chemist) who has studied the PWS spill says that after five years, the ecology was largely recovered, despite the presence of subsurface oil. Ixtoc spill showed the same pattern, but the recovery was quicker. The BP spill effects will be largely gone in 2-3 years.
‘The BP spill effects will be largely gone in 2-3 years. “
Perhaps the surface spill will be gone in 2-3 years. The wildlife and fish stock will not be. Nor will the economies of the gulf states be returned to normal. Heck the drilling platforms are just now starting to move out. With the long term contracts there is no way they’ll be back in that short of a time.
Considering it takes 2-3 years to build a drilling platform an entire industry is at risk. That industry has a whole lot of very powerful people who want to see it gone.