Oil Is Actually Very Healthy for the Environment, Says Scientist

“The gulf is such a great fishery because it’s fed organic matter from oil. It’s preadapted to crude oil. The image of this spill being a complete disaster is not true.”
–Recently retired Texas A&M; scientist Roger Sassen, representing what is referred as a minority view, in an otherwise fascinating piece about the mysterious deep-sea creatures that thrive off petrochemicals that seep through cracks in the ocean floor. Hmm! “Dr. Sassen was part of the Getty exploration team that drilled the first discovery wells that recovered gas and oil in the U.S. Atlantic 27 years ago.”