"@DonDuck, that's very interesting.
I have read somewhere something similar about bacteria consuming the motor oil".
Used motor oil does contain a lot of hazardous contaminates as a result of metal friction and wear of engine components like bearings as well as the combustion process itself.
Bio-remediation does work to clean up spills of crude oil. Remember the deep water horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico a few years ago. It was the major headline on the news for weeks. Crude oil was washing up on beaches from Florida. to South Padre Island in Texas. It really was a disaster for wildlife, both aquatic and terrestrial Good luck finding any evidence it ever happened either in the water or on land today. Bacteria cleaned it up pretty quickly. The same thing happened with the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska. It took longer in Alaska because bacteria are not as active in cold climate and colder water.
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