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BP's evaporating oil slick leaves America without a villain

With the gush from the BP oil spill plugged for the past two weeks, experts are beginning to question whether it can really be called an environmental disaster at all, writes Alex Spillius.

So, the oil in the Gulf of Mexico is disappearing much more quickly than expected.

Nature is taking its course, aided by a naval-size flotilla of skimming boats and some powerful chemical dispersants.

The sea's warm surface and oil-munching bacteria have dissipated the slick to such an extent that a planeload of journalists had to fly for an hour before their pilot could find a patch of oil. His relief, according to one reporter on board, was comparable to the anxious captain of a tourist boat spotting a distant pod of dolphins.

It turns out that the playful sea mammals, like other creatures, suffered much less damage than was forecast. A grand total of three dead dolphins covered in oil have been recovered by wildlife rescue teams. The spill has so far killed less than one per cent of the number of birds claimed by the Exxon Valdez disaster in Alaska in 1989.

With the gush plugged for the past two weeks, experts are beginning to question whether the BP spill can really be called an environmental disaster at all.

Sacrilege, I say, Sacrilege!

How dare you Koheesti, infringe on the rights of all our liberal friends to run around shouting, "The sky is falling."

I tried a fews days ago to point out the oil seemed to be found nowhere, only to be told the dispersants used to disperse the oil were going to be as calamitous as the oil spill itself, without the attendant bird kill of course. I just gave up at that point.

We shall see what all this brings.

I think it's still too early to tell what the long-term environmental impact will be to the region.

If you read the whole article, it goes on to lay a lot of the blame on the local "Cajun sheikhdom".

The Cajuns of south La. are a permanent fixture in the oil fields. They realize that without the oil sector they would still be living a subsistence life style as their Grandparents did. If BP treats the locals (money wise) in what is seen as a fair manner, no problem. If not, the locals can and will make it very difficult to operate in a normal manner. Anyone who depends on the ocean for a living will be lined up, the inter coastal waters are a hunting/fishing playground as well as supplementing their income and diet. It will be interesting to see how this all comes out. Instead of the environmental groups, the media could get a lot of real info talking to the old timers who have seen smaller scale spills and their affect on the marshlands, sea life etc.

Yes I had to smile seeing the footage of the pilot flying over saying ...It is a miracle the oil is gone.

Probably better to give him a submarine to pilot

Yes I had to smile seeing the footage of the pilot flying over saying ...It is a miracle the oil is gone.

Probably better to give him a submarine to pilot

It seems like divine intervention.

Yes I had to smile seeing the footage of the pilot flying over saying ...It is a miracle the oil is gone.

Probably better to give him a submarine to pilot

It seems like divine intervention.

Intervention/deception = Yes

Divine?....= not so much

BP Vessel of Opportunity Workers Allege that Oil Is Not Being Cleaned Up During the Day ... Instead, Corexit Is Being Sprayed at Night

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There is a clear pattern that VOO workers in all four states are consistently reporting:

* VOO workers identify the oil.

* They are then sent elsewhere by someone higher up the chain of command.

* Dispersants are later applied by out-of-state contractors in Carolina Skiffs (usually at night), or aircraft are used, in order to sink the oil.

* The oil "appears" gone and, therefore, no additional action is taken.

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