If the oil is going to be taken care of naturally, why in the heck did they have to put all those disperants in the water? It sounds like nature knows how to take care of the oil. The chemicals? Who knows?
Dispersants are glorified dish soap. Ivory does the same thing. It helps break down the oil so it will be eaten by microbes in the sea. They have gone on a feeding frenzy and multiplied so now the process is faster. Never ever believe anything reported by the media.
Simple. the president wanted this to go away fast.....
The dispersants breakdown faster than the oil and speed the breakdown of the oil to months instead of years.
The dispersants are not new or unknown. We have been using the on oil spills for many years. The difference this time was the volume and applying directly at the spill source underwater allowing them to begin breaking down the oil sooner.
If not applied underwater, the oil would have spread even farther before reaching the surface nearly a mile up. This would have made it far more difficult to treat while so greatly spread out.