this is going to wreck the Gulf oyster industry - maybe for decades; remember, the lighter petroleum compounds will evaporate and the remainder will sink to the bottom - and potentially lead to comtamination of the Mississippi (think of all the freighters that use that waterway)...but, if it finally leads us to tackle the nuclear fusion challenge once and for all, it will all have been worth it.
goddamn, that was a long sentence!
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