How is this oil spill not a big deal?

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Originally Posted by azoomm

I know. It's just absolutely incredible to me. Though, now with Al Gore being the spokesmodel for Environmental Issues hasn't really helped things. He just comes off as a heretic. It's like having Chicken Little with a REAL issue. The sky IS fucking falling.

There is a company here in Austin that produces a microbial product that "eats" oil. They are delivering their first major shipment of the product this week to help address the issue. While it seems like this could solve the problem, I can't help but think about the what-if's. YAY, let's introduce a foreign product to address one disaster could create an entirely different disaster....

by introducing foreign or synthetic bacteria to rid the problem, we could drastically alter the entire region. we cant possibly forsee all the side effects of trying to sweep the dust under the rug with a miracle product.

for instance