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In reply to the discussion: An explosion in oil-munching bacteria made fast work of BP oil spill, scientist says [View all]DCBob
(24,689 posts)83. ok the crack about DUers wanting a catastrophy was a bit over the top..
but sometimes it sure seems that way with the comments some have made here.
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An explosion in oil-munching bacteria made fast work of BP oil spill, scientist says [View all]
Sgent
Apr 2013
OP
because it's preposterous---anyone who followed this knows the oil sank to bottom
wordpix
Apr 2013
#75
regardless of whether or not it's legit, how much oxygen is being consumed by the process?
CreekDog
Apr 2013
#74
Not necessarily any. Bacteria come in millions of species. Not all need oxygen.
kestrel91316
Apr 2013
#81
It's objective enough to be believable if you didn't just fall off a turnip truck.
Ganja Ninja
Apr 2013
#92
You can still find small tarballs from a 1969 oil spill on the beaches of Southern California
slackmaster
Apr 2013
#38
Same here. The drill before re-entering the house included hosing off sand, using lighter fluid...
slackmaster
Apr 2013
#84
the dispersant had one purpose and that was to hide as much oil as possible from ....
Botany
Apr 2013
#32
And here's an article linking Hazen to $500 million in funding by BP while at berkley labs
Ganja Ninja
Apr 2013
#67
Oh, well. Then Hazen and all of his collaborators must be lying in their research and articles.
LTX
Apr 2013
#71
THIS was part of what Justice Powell was after when he proposed the Powell Manifesto
loudsue
Apr 2013
#5
That's exactly what the Koch's are doing. Giving to schools so they can dictate who gets hired.
judesedit
Apr 2013
#13
Actually, your post reveals that you know nothing about the research being discussed.
LTX
Apr 2013
#107
Still waiting for you or any of the other BP defenders to refute the USF study.
Ganja Ninja
Apr 2013
#95
just like WMD in Iraq, "we know it's true b/c we cherry picked the evidence & left out the caveats"
wordpix
Apr 2013
#79
There's huge money being invested in this being true regardless if it is actually true.
Selatius
Apr 2013
#21
Mother of god. You really need to learn some rudiments about the topic before you post. n/t
LTX
Apr 2013
#66
I learned that BP is trying to spin the gulf spill into a positive for the industry.
Rain Mcloud
Apr 2013
#113
Even the effin BLOB could not have eaten all that oil, especially that fast!
colorado_ufo
Apr 2013
#28
That's all real nice, but it still doesn't distract from the fact that he said what he said during
Javaman
Apr 2013
#54
I work full time on the BP oil spill case. The amount of propaganda they spew is huge!
Dustlawyer
Apr 2013
#34
Many here on DU are distressed this oil spill didnt turn out to be the catastrophy they wanted.
DCBob
Apr 2013
#59
yes nature has a way - it only took 15,000 years after the last Ice Age to bring the ecosystem back
wordpix
Apr 2013
#80
Wow, I love how so many in this thread sound like creationists and other dismissive teabaggers.
phleshdef
Apr 2013
#91
I think BP funding it is definately worth noting, but its doesn't discredit it or give merit
phleshdef
Apr 2013
#96
+ about a million. It would be extremely naive to fail to suspect and look for oil industry
Dark n Stormy Knight
Apr 2013
#108
Once again, please describe in detail what is contradictory between the USF "study" and the
LTX
Apr 2013
#111
I think few would dispute there was a massive die off of creatures wherever the oil plume went.
DCBob
Apr 2013
#112