Some people compare existing technology 2-stroke marine engine hydrocarbon emissions with the oil spilled from the Exxon Valdez. Is this true?
No. Unfortunately this “junk science” promoted by a few extreme environmentalists has misled the public. If the concept behind this exaggeration were credible, then California water district analyses would be showing high levels of benzene, ethyl benzene, toluene and xylene (BETX) compounds and other components of gasoline. The fact is that the material discharged from the tragic Exxon Valdez disaster was a concentrated spill of liquid non- volatile heavy crude oil into a relatively small area of water. This spill was incapable of significant volatilization, and was so concentrated that it overwhelmed nature’s ability to biodegrade it.
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