When an explosion rocked the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig, killing 11, on April 20th--it set off a rupture that has been spewing at least 200,000 gallons of oil into the Gulf Of Mexico every day since. Now that BP's initial containment box has failed, the company is assessing other options.
Here are ideas people have proposed to help clean up the oil spill and stop the leak. Some seem plausible and effective, while others could potentially cause more damage in the end. Are these solutions crazy or genius? And what is your idea?
1. Build Fake Islands on top of the leaked well.
2. Nuke It to displace the ocean floor and squeeze shut the leaking oil well.
3. Meditation. Encourage worldwide meditation to stop the flow of oil in the Gulf Of Mexico.
4. Hay. Dump lots and lots of hay on the spillage area.
5. Plug The Leak With Garbage. US has lots of garbage.