tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142988674703954802.post8783287339576845221..comments2024-03-11T04:54:26.827-07:00Comments on THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: New paper asks if oil spill made the Gulf of Mexico greenerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142988674703954802.post-57156666199824212792011-05-03T08:22:19.867-07:002011-05-03T08:22:19.867-07:00Glad you picked up on this. Oil is a fertilizer. ...Glad you picked up on this. Oil is a fertilizer. Spray crude oil on a field and it will turn green... Assuming you don't overdo it.<br /><br />I have no doubt the crude oil released has ultimately acted as a fertilizer to phytoplankton. In the initial release, the high concentrations were obviously deadly to marine life, but after it's dispersed, I knew it would have the opposite effect... <br /><br />I am suspicious of the effects of "Corexit" however to improve the situation. Call me crazy, but I simply do not trust corporations to tell the truth when it would negatively impact their bottom line.<br /><br />Frankly, I think fertilizer run-off which caused the dead zone is many orders of magnitude worse than the spill, as it has been ongoing for many years. It would be ironic in the extreme if the Gulf spill helped to mitigate the tremendous anoxic dead zone in the Gulf.Dave Narbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773693145577366704noreply@blogger.com