Gulf coast oil spill

[Happy Monkey]

I saw one article somewhere that stated that dispersants might make it possible for oil to evaporate, and some people are claiming that their crops are being ruined by oily rain. The article was a bit skeptical, though.

[SamIam]

I found the following quote in the Wickipedia article on the oil spill. What a sense of humor those BP boys have:

In their exploration plan for the proposed well BP stated that in the unlikely event of an accidental oil spill "water quality would be temporarily affected by the decomposed components and small droplets", but that "currents and microbial degradation would remove the oil from the water column or dilute the constituents to the background level," with "no adverse impact" to sea life, birds or beaches.

Right.