Fix the BP Oil Spill Idea-of-the-Day (#4)

June 7th, 2010. By AbiK

This idea to fix the BP Oil Spill is from Nate G, who emailed our editor. Sounds like a lot of work, but hey, we’re almost at day 50 here post-spill with the Coast Guard now saying, “It may take years to clean up” (was anyone thinking otherwise?).

Idea-of-the-Day to Fix the BP Oil Spill (#4)

“Hey Nancy, I’m a commercial contractor in Utah and this would be the simplest way I can think of to contain the spill.  BP could purchase an old ship, strip it down to just the hull.  Weld the devices valves and ports for hose linkage to the bottom of the hull.  Tow the enormous cap out to the site.  Submerse it over the cap and invert it over the leak.  It could be tamped down to seal to the ocean floor.  This allows for a number of attachments and the water could be filtered out on the surface or on land by BP’s facilities. -Nate”

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Thanks Nate!                            

Tags: BP, BP Oil Spill

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