For the control of certain bacterial diseases of plants, streptomycin was indeed a silver bullet. Unfortunately, just as the emergence of bacterial strains resistant to antibiotics has limited their performance in clinical settings, streptomycin resistance has destabilized plant disease control.
Average costs of the oil spill clean-up for the oil disasters listed in the table work out at $161 Million, this does not include the estimated costs of $12.5 Billion to clean up the Gulf of Mexico, as this is unprecedented and would give a false value. Reference Web:
The cost of securing our access to Middle East oil..is estimated at $50 billion per year.. According to the National Defense Council Foundation, the economic penalties of America's oil dependence total $297.2 to $304.9 billion annually. If reflected at the gasoline pump, these hidden costs would raise the price of a gallon of gasoline to over $5.28. A fill-up would be over $105. I swear by God, [ ] neither America nor the people who live in it will dream of security before [ ] all the infidel armies leave the land of Muhammad..