I think this is a terrible environmental disaster and am absolutely astonished that there was no contingency plan and they don’t have a good solution to the problem. Most big engineering projects would be required to prove that they can survive every situation, and have an answer to failures. This cleary isn’t the case for these big oli rigs and that is very very scary.
I think that they need to pool together the best engineers from around the world to develop a solution. These should include NASA who are able to use robots in space, aeroplane designers who have to ensure that the plane is safe etc.
Prevent it in the first place. But that’s not the answer, I know.
I think it’s very hard to know what to do as even the experts from BP and the US government don’t really seem to have a clue. On the one hand it is very difficult to close the leak as it’s so deep don underwater that it’s not possible for a human diver to go down quickly and fix it. It has to be done with roboters controlled from the surface and that’s very hard I guess.
Also there is all the oil in the water and on the coast. That has to be cleaned up somehow and I imagine that will take a lot of time.
But altogether I don’t know what I would do specifically as it is not something I am an expert in.
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