OIL-EATING MICROBE! Could it be the answer?, page 2

reply to post by Skid Mark

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They're really quite fragile creatures, and they occur naturally throughout much of the world. I don't think there would be any adverse reaction to them -- when we used them years ago to treat contaminated soil, they'd stay alive as long as we kept their fairly specific environmental conditions going. If we could keep them alive, they'd continue until they ran out of food (hydrocarbons), and then die. Their by-products are CO2 and water. They DO depleate some naturally-occuring minerals, such as carbon and phosphorus, possibly others that I can't recall.

They do require oxygen, so it's possible that they might starve an immediate body of water of some of its oxygen as well. I haven't studied their use on contaminated water.

reply to post by tru_blu_dude

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They have been using these microbes for the last 20 years. I don't think BP would like this idea however. The microbes safely convert the oil to dirt. BP would not be able to recoup their oil this way. All they'd have left is dirt.

In the meantime, oil continues to gush while we are forced to listen to the environmentalists whine like babies. They don't like bugs.

Here's another link. Click on CNN interview.

www.aabaco.com...

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