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
stopped their contingency plans if the contingency plans did not include use of dispersants, there would be no oil spill contingency plan. oil development would not be allowed to happen. the oil companies have just have not come up with really any effective tool. you re seeing what is going on with the booms. and the booms just stop slicks on the surface. everywhere you see oil on the surface, there is a huge underwater cloud of oil. so it is still getting through. so also in your view then, this chemical dispersants, something is going to be sacrificed in this oil spill, whether it is the livelihood on the shores, the marsh lands, or it is going to be the shrimp eggs, other wildlife, marine life living in the depths of the gulf. you cannot save both. one will have to be one body will have to be sacrificed in