[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

H/T to posters at The Oil Drum for this ....todays thread:

BP's Deepwater Oil Spill - Fishing and Quecreek Equipment

[FormerACLUmember]

A rare endangered species (like the US middle class)!

Drill, baby, drill! These little guys need food!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

fyi

[Selmore]

Some positive news for the oil spill? This chit only happens with a Dhimmiecrat in office.

If Bush was in office the news would still be terrible.

I read the other day that hurricane Katrina ended up being good for New Orleans after all...

[Darkwolf377]

I was wondering if anything could get the anti-drill/anti-US oil/anti-nuke/anti-coal left madder than the spill, and I’ve got my answer—the spill being cleaned up faster and more efficiently than expected. They’re outraged that this isn’t being treated like the end of the world.

[DallasDeb]

Question is, will they work in shallow waters? If so, harvest the bacteria and let them loose in the marshes.

But then that brings up questions of what harm, if any, will these bacteria cause? Can they survive in humans or creatures of the sea and do harm?

Some scientists have a LOTS of fun with this disaster, haven't they? When will the realize that God gave us oil for a reason and made critters that can clean up the mess when we spill it. This bodes VERY WELL for drill-baby-drill in our waters.

[Right Wing Assault]

Wait a minute. This week the microbes ate the oil. Last week there was a giant hidden plume they found underwater. And the week before, there was no oil to be found. Hmmm.

[hinckley buzzard]

The oil that remains appears to be too diluted out to be detected.

A peculiar closing statement, apparently from a disappointed reporter.

[5thGenTexan]

More evidence that we are simply “gnats on the elephant’s behind” as far as the earth is concerned and not making vast changes to the ecosystem.

[NoLibZone]

Woujld BP's funding the UC Berkley and Illinois effect the outcome?

"The research was supported by an existing grant with the Energy Biosciences Institute, a partnership led by the U.C. Berkeley and the University of Illinois that is funded by a $500 million, 10-year grant from BP"

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38834330/

I hope this is true for increased oil production. But do we trust Berkley?

[RVN Airplane Driver]

Can anyone guess how the Bush-Cheney team would have reacted to this.....I guarantee it wouldn’t have been like the half los-negroes/muslim/who know what-idiot team did.....

[Marty62]

LIL’ Piggies

[daniel1212]

Can they give something to the Creator for the orgs?

[chessplayer]

And the coverup continues. Gotta protect the Emperors ass at all costs, you know.

[TigersEye]

Little bugs feed bigger bugs. Bigger bugs feed fish.

Nature healed what man inflicted in 1979 Gulf spill Read more: June 10, 2010

" "A lot of the fishermen around here will tell you that the fish never came back,'' says Vega Morales. ``They'll say, `Oh, in the old days, you could catch fish with your hat, it was so easy.' That's how we are, always talking about the one that got away. But the truth is, after maybe nine months or so, it was back to normal." " (Ixtoc 1)

"Soto, who followed the fish and shrimp population off Mexico closely, found to his surprise that for most species the numbers had returned to normal within two years."

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Oil Cleanup Expert Comments on Gulf Spill

"Every year 2 million to 12 million tons of oil naturally seep from the ocean floor and into the sea. In fact, many of the deposits in the Gulf of Mexico were discovered by observing these oil seeps, which is why the hydrocarbon degraders are everywhere, waiting for their “dinner” or fuel. Fishermen should be prepared for the extra catches that are coming because after every major oil spill there’s an explosion of local fish."

"But before a fish explosion can happen, the microorganisms need to be able to get to the oil and digest it. Since oil and water don’t mix, adding a dispersant will accelerate the breakdown of the oil, making it more available to the microorganisms."

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1979's Ixtoc oil well blowout in Gulf of Mexico has startling parallels to current disaster

"Even with those obstacles, fishers still managed to amass an impressive catch in 1979 -- when oil was gushing into the Gulf."

"Researchers in Campeche found shrimping that year enjoyed a high. The total tonnage of seafood caught in the Gulf of Mexico grew by 5.9 percent compared with the previous 12 months, and octopus capture in the Bay of Campeche beat the previous record by 50 percent."

"Tunnell's follow-up research into life near Texas beaches showed that organisms whose populations were apparently reduced by the massive spill replenished themselves within a few years."