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Gulf Currents Primed Bacteria to Degrade Oil Spill

Posted May 23, 2011 3:02 PM

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A new computer model of the Gulf of Mexico in the period after the 2010 oil spill provides insights into how underwater currents may have primed marine microorganisms to degrade the oil.

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05/24/2011 7:30 AM

Hmm...........so it didn't turn out to be the environmental catastrophe that we were told it would be.

That's good news. Between that, and a little common sense returning to Washington, we might finally be able to start turning around our economic catastrophe.

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05/24/2011 9:07 AM

This is nothing new, in the past it has been shown that all oil spills in the sea are degraded by micro organisms, it just depends on how much oil is spilled and how long it takes!

Spencer.

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05/24/2011 7:42 PM

Its almost like oil is part of nature and nature has ways of dealing with it if it gets too much of it.

Now if they can only find a natural process that scrubs CO2 out of the air when it builds up.

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05/24/2011 8:27 PM

You are pure evil!!!

Do you have any idea how many people would have no idea what you're talking about?

Yeah, that's right........................the same ones that are murdering trees to make paper signs that say, "Save The Planet".

Too freaking funny.................

I know you don't give a crap about GAs, but I'm gonna give you one anyway.

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05/26/2011 5:22 AM

Get lost!!!

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05/26/2011 7:42 AM

Do you not agree that vegetation naturally scrubs CO2 from the air?

Sorry, I found tcm's sarcasm funny.

I'll tell you what. I'll mark my comments OT.

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