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:
$1 billion The value of the seafood harvested in the Gulf in 2008. $23billion The estimated cost, according to the US Travel Association, of the oil spill to the Gulf Coast tourist industry, which currently employs upwards of 400,000 people and generates $34bn revenue each year.