Recent questions tagged oil spill

Description : Do you think that all is needed on the coast is volunteers to minimize the damage?

Last Answer : answer:The fact that Obama hasn't made an exemption here of the Jones act is mind boggling to me! This is hurting us more than BP' bungling of the containing of the leak. We have an entire fleet of ... this Jones Act BS!! Repeal it or execute an executive order now Mr. President!! HS this is nuts!!

Description : With the Oil Spill, How Will You Get Seafood in Texas?

Last Answer : answer:I intend to stop eating shrimp entirely. I don’t trust it coming out of the Gulf and I certainly don’t want to support shrimp being flown in from Southeast Asia, so I’m done. Trout is your new friend if you want seafood that used to come from the Gulf of Mexico.

Description : Why are they not using bioremediation on the Gulf oil spill ? Evidently these are naturally occuring microbes, available in powdered form, which feed on the oil and digest it into harmless compounds.

Last Answer : answer:I'm not a scientist, but the site you linked does say The microbes are simply mixed with water and sprayed on the oil as it reaches the calmer waters near shore or on shore itself. That could be ... before all the oil gets to the shore and it can get to the water that's under the surface.