Ottawa inventor claims he can soak up Gulf oil

[Swede]

"The method is so simple, it's actually embarrassing," Nelson said.

He said his material has already been used by Environment Canada and the U.S. Coast Guard, and he provided documents to back up that claim. But, he said, it has never been used on a really large spill and never on the particular mix of oil and chemical dispersants that are currently in the Gulf waters.



Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2010/06/09/oilspill-inventor.html#ixzz0qOKwZ5Iq

[notesdev]

1. It's worth a shot

We should at least be doing a test run of every idea that could possibly work - crazy or not.

Whichever ideas actually work, scale them up and get 'er done.

[Oregone]

2. Yep, I second Willie Nelson's special sauce!

[yourout]

3. Yes but can they use the oil? We know that is the most important thing to BP.

:sarcasm: