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Doesnt cause gigantic impacts. some of it leeches out. it it is having impact but theres not massive impacts like weve seen over the last 87 days. weve seen a horrible disaster, coating of the marsh lands, killing dolphin, that portion of the spill is over. there will be long-term impacts. we dont know what they are. but im predicting they will be relatively mild and that they will start decreasing in intensity. some long-term impacts will be found. >> stan, do you agree with that assessment? do...

Incredibly resilient. it will return to normal. the bacteria are out there and they are helping. we are also helped with tropical weather that dispersed the residual oil and breaks it into smaller components. concentrated oil cant be degraded fast. dispersed oil can be. bonnie helped in that respect. >> stan, do you agree? do you believe that theres been bacteria that is eating the oil, that the oils so dispersed thats the reason we cant see it? >> well, theres no doubt theres action by things l...

The end of this, were still in the middle of the spill thats not quite the middle its on the backside of the spill. we can give you an estimate where the oils is. what i think happened prior to the shutoff the gulf became acclimated with petroleum degrading bacteria. we had a gigantic petroleum degrading treatment pond if you will, and on day 87 the flow of oil was cut off, you still have all of the bacteria out there, and they are degrading the residual oil floating around in an environment ver...