I was involved with the state government and scientific response to the GOM oil spill, and I can say it was disturbingly disappointing to see the degree of subj

I was involved with the state government and scientific response to the GOM oil spill, and I can say it was disturbingly disappointing to see the degree of subjectivity and bias in all aspects of estimates. Every academic had a model, every government official had a political agenda, and every lawyer had a client. A reasonable estimate of the amount of oil spilled will never be known publicly. But, I hear stories from GOM fishermen that massive oil globs are still out there.