[ale] OT - Have you seen this almost trivial solution to the oil mess?

[Tom Freeman]

This mess, even when the geyser of oil is stopped, which doesn't look 
promising yet, isn't going to get "cleaned up". Like the EXXON mess in 
Alaska years ago, it will be worked on for a time, much of the problem 
will go into hiding in various parts of the environment, and people 
will declare "victory". But twenty, thirty years later, there will 
still be huge pools of trouble just below the surface waiting to be 
disturbed. 

Plus, I'm assuming that the "clean up" crews are given proper gear 
(which I've seen charges that the EXXON spill crews were not), and 
don't have significant health issues ongoing for the rest of their 
lives. As far as the wildlife in the whole area - I suspect the less 
said the better.

IMHO and YMMV of course

On 05/23/2010 05:07:51 PM, Collin Pruitt wrote:
> On Sun, 2010-05-23 at 16:41 -0400, Greg Freemyer wrote:
> 
> > 
> > http://www.wimp.com/solutionoil/
> > 
> > I don't know, but it sure looks simple, cost effective, and doable
> > right now.
> > 
> > Greg
> 
> The only problem is, they haven't even plugged the underwater geyser
> of
> oil yet. It's hard to clean up a mess that's still occurring.
> 
> ---
> Collin Pruitt
> Ubuntu Member
> http://hellow.ath.cx/
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