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One difference about Prince William Sound versus the gulf. During Exxon Valdez, they power washed the beach which pushed oil down deep into the sand, sterilized the beach of micro organisms, and became the clarion call for environmentalists. The cause was a f***ed up crew plowing into a well marked hazard to navigation, not the oil being used by humans.
Same for the gulf of mexico, the cause was an industrial accident where a series of safety systems failed during a catastrophic explosion that no one has determined yet what happened, not the oil we use. It has to be cleaned up as best as humanly possible.
Now the Gulf is different, the cleanup, minus the dispersants, is the act of removing the oil from beach by scooping versus powerwashing it with Dawn soap. Right now they are not driving the oil into the ground. Hopefully that will continue.
What I really hope is that the knee jerk politicians will stop closing fisheries. Let's hope they can open the tuna season back up.
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