Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizons Oil Spill

BP is using numerous tactics in order to capture and get rid of the crude oil in the Gulf of Mexico spilling from the Deepwater Horizons accident. They tried to capture the oil with floats, then used a massive dome to suck up the oil, and now is dumping mud and cement to stop the oil from spreading. All of the oil wells in the Gulf of Mexico have stopped operating for some time while the Deepwater Horizons oil well is spilling about 12,000 to 25,000 barrels (1.4 to 6 million liters) every day. This is said to be the worst oil spill accident in the history of the United States, releasing twice the amount of the Exxon Valdez spill.

Although, I appreciate that the US government and BP are using all sorts of chemicals to stop the oil from spreading, bioremediation is also a very helpful tool. An excessive amount of chemicals is hazardous to the environment, whereas an abundance of microbes has no effect on the Earth. By Y.J. Kim

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