[ inaudible question ] well, look, i ve seen a number of beautiful beaches. i saw some in mississippi. we saw beaches flying over. but i ll be honest with you, that we re going to stop as much as the oil from coming in as possible. that s our number one job. it turns out that if the oil hits the beaches that is probably the easiest to clean up. so it s a concern, obviously, for tourism. it s a concern for an entire gulf region that economically depends on the tourist season and this period of time when people are out of school, but those beaches will recover. those big globs of oil, when
is really the oil industry has no way to clean up oil once it hits the beaches. so the idea is that this chemical will slow down the oil so it won t hit the beaches. but here is the other fear that some have described, environmentalist i spoke with last hour said, okay, so this chemical attaches itself to the oil, the oil then sinks, but it gets down to the bottom of the gulf, so, say you have a hurricane, well, that s going to stir up the bottom, these big globs of oil will find its way into wildlife or on to the sea grasses, on to the shores. do you believe that? what is going on is with dispersants, in an oil spill, to dissolve oil, you have to use a toxic solvent. oil is toxic. you to use a chemical, an oil-based solvent to dissolve the oil. so it gets stirred up by wind and waves, it acts like joy soap