Oil Spill Remedy Alternative Solution Nereus Project Poseidon

[Simetra007]

Exactly where does the oil GO? I mean, what does it break down into? Gases? Does it release methane, benzyne, methylene chloride, or hydrogen sulfide.....or worse? Does it deplete the oxygen supply in the water? Does it sit on the bottom? Not trying to be a kill joy, but I'm curious....remember the old addage, if it seems to good to be true...

[poseidonnova]

@Simetra007 Thanks for your questions. Oil naturally gets broken down to many other basic components as it is being used as food by marine microorganims into a wide range of products. However, if the oil slick is not broken apart, bacteria can get to only the outer edges and it will take very long time to be eaten up by bacteria. That's why it need sto be dispersed on the near surface zone where bacteria is plentiful and temperature warmer than the bottom

[itsthecurrencystupid]

Why disperse it?  Seems like an absurd and damaging solution. Congeal it and get it out of the water!

[poseidonnova]

Congealing into a floating mat that can be recovered seems like a good option. But it's not possible considering the size of the area of the spill. It works for a small spill area, maybe 300 sq. meters Think about 100+ sq milest and growing.  If you let it drop to the bottom as many advocates, it will destroy all the living things below and eventually affect those above the bottom that rely on these organisms as food. .

[relevation]

seems to have made it worse.

[poseidonnova]

Any remediation method involve to dispersing the oil to smaller droplets to enable naturally occuring bacteria to work. Chemical dispersants are also toxic, just like any soap dumped into the ocean at huge quantities. Nereid 640 is inert, disperses the oil, with 0 toxicity to marine larvae. Short of vacuuming up all the oil in the tens of square miles of the spill or soaking it up, which are not likely, dispersing the oil is still a useful method allowed by the EPA. . Thanks for the note.

[freddietor]

does the government know this???? lets do it!!!! asap!!!!

[poseidonnova]

By the time government and big business pay attention to it, it will be too late anyway. Maybe it will be something useful for the next spill here or elsewhere. The chemical dispersants just adds to the problem of toxicity. This Nereus 640 material is inert. Just completed a toxicology test against marine larvae and showed zero mortality when exposed for 48 hours, which is the standard test. Many thanks for your interest.

Jonathan