Something is “brilliant” to people that “don’t know it.” A lot of “brilliance” going around today. In the “bugs” case, I worked for a division if the comoany that sold them. We used them in the oil patch for spill cleanup for YEARS. Also the dispersants that got all the neg publicity? That was to break up the oil creating more surface area for the bugs to attack. But we heard screams about dumping the chemicals (which are a basic ingredient in Dove soap) in to the pristine ocean...”killing the fish.” Politicians and environmentalists FEED off of the ignorance of the populace. And there is plenty of food thanks to our education system.
It was always about squeezing the biggest fine possible out of BP and they succeeded.....despite the fact that there is a fund for these accidents. No company wants this to happen.