A Real World Solution To the Gulf Oil Spills

Blueface · 06-01-2010, 07:13 AM

If I am not mistaken, this microbe product was used in Alaska during the Exxon mess.
It works well but as a clean up, not to stop the oil from continuing to come out from the ground.

Kreth · 06-01-2010, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Thrak

Sorry man.. no coffee yet and I see/hear so much bad information I jumped and posted before I woke up...

Fair enough. I have mornings like that.

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Originally Posted by Blueface

If I am not mistaken, this microbe product was used in Alaska during the Exxon mess.

Unfortunately, this spill is making that one look minor.
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kaisersozei · 06-01-2010, 10:46 AM

I like these "bioremediation" efforts, as they're called. Sound promising. I read somewhere that bioremediation is also one of the reasons they are using dispersants--to break the oil into smaller bits, so that naturally occuring oil-eating microbes can eat the smaller bits. The application of mass concentrations of the microbe works well once the oil becomes concentrated, like it does in the pool or along the shoreline in the video. Once the microbes finish eating all the oil, they die off & become part of the ecosystem. Biology in action!

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kaisersozei The Homebrew Hammer Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Gerard Location: Midlothian, VA Posts: 3,183 Trading: (40)	Re: A Real World Solution To the Gulf Oil Spills I like these "bioremediation" efforts, as they're called. Sound promising. I read somewhere that bioremediation is also one of the reasons they are using dispersants--to break the oil into smaller bits, so that naturally occuring oil-eating microbes can eat the smaller bits. The application of mass concentrations of the microbe works well once the oil becomes concentrated, like it does in the pool or along the shoreline in the video. Once the microbes finish eating all the oil, they die off & become part of the ecosystem. Biology in action! __________________