While I am reasonably certain the NCC-1701 Enterprise could generate enough power to cool the GOM

, I do wonder what a few million barrels of Gulf Crude floating on the water might do.. then I also worry that we might find out

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A bit of editorializing- I feel our options are going to be to simply abandon near oceanfront property- harden that which we cannot let go back to nature. Last year here in Florida, the area which didn't have any "beach erosion" was the Canaveral National Seashore- the storms actually replenished the dunes, as the wave were allowed to simply wash over unimpeded.
If these past 2 years are a taste of decades to come....