I don't think they will stop the leak efficiently. but i don't think the gulf will completely die. but it won't recover fast enough to save the jobs and industry lost. It WILL be bad in other terms like the economy of the gulf coast entering into a hard depression, imo.

this spill is bad enough even without all the huge ELE doom.

do not underestimate how bad the economy is right now. the oil spill does not help at all.