Research indicates bacteria broke down majority of Gulf oil spill

Don't shoot the messenger. I saw this article this morning:

http://www.pennenergy.com/index/petroleum/display/9898590008/articles/pennenergy/petroleum/offshore/2012/september/research-indicates.html

The article goes on to say that the use of dispersants may have aided the bacterial digestion of the spilled oil.

ZVUGKTUBM wrote:The article goes on to say that the use of dispersants may have aided the bacterial digestion of the spilled oil.

... and your car will be ready at noon.

Yomama wrote:

ZVUGKTUBM wrote:The article goes on to say that the use of dispersants may have aided the bacterial digestion of the spilled oil.

... and your car will be ready at noon.

...Well, Penn Energy is kind of representative of the oil industry...

I am on their email list because I subscribe to the electronic version of the Oil and Gas Journal. I don't really read it, but I do key word searches looking for stories that may have impact on some family interests in California.

I do tend to be pro oil and gas, too. I am also very pro alternative-energy for those technologies that have promise. The most promising are emerging solar technologies, which will make solar competetive with coal and natural gas for electricity generation in just a few years.

'Absolute Black' solar is one of them:
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/03/absolute-black-solar-panels-absorb-almost-all-sunlight/

My comments will likely draw a Markle rant.... Sorry about this....

Z, I tend to be wary of industry-funded "news" sources. I hope it is true, but my guess is that dispersed oil is scattered in pockets all over the bottom of the Gulf.

I remember that Dauphin Island and Louisiana were impacted by oil during or after Isaac. SheSurfs posted a link to a Dauphin Island video on this forum.

I'm aware that bioremediation on land has incredibly successful results, the Gulf of Mexico is not a controlled environment and deep water is oxygen deficient. Anaerobic bacteria (ones that don't need oxygen) are not as efficient at bioremediation.

ZVUGKTUBM wrote:Don't shoot the messenger. I saw this article this morning:

http://www.pennenergy.com/index/petroleum/display/9898590008/articles/pennenergy/petroleum/offshore/2012/september/research-indicates.html

The article goes on to say that the use of dispersants may have aided the bacterial digestion of the spilled oil.

That was the plan all along.

now however, those bacteria are man made. I cant see why these man made bacterias would stop at just eating oil, they would probally eat any thing oily, such as you, fish, dolphins, anything with skin, skin has natural oils.

wonder where those little monsters will show up at next. did they escape the gulf already and get the seals in the artic, they have a mysterious disease up there that resembles what something like that would do.

we created a frankin bacteria