chuck norris would have stuck his finger in and the oil would go down

see if he could convince the horse faced Canadian Celine Dion to stick her chin in the hole that would fill it.

I think what this needs is a technical project manager and Cameron has shown that he is capable of that. The technology for his films wasn't purchased of the shelf. He brought in people from different fields and put it all together while managing a budget in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Not many people possess those skills.

What you see now at BP is just random half ass fixes being tried one after the other with no preparation, it lacks direction.

Not saying Cameron is the answer, but it is clear that this project has needed a competent person directing it from the start. Someone who can bring in all the best ideas and technology and then come up with the best solution to get the job done.

when compared to bp, managing a budget of "hundreds of millions" is peanuts, bp's turnover is hundreds of billions per year.

so has cameron, considering his years of experience in the oil industry actually come forward with a better solution? no didn't think so. nor has anyone else come forward with a better solution.

it maybe one thing for cameron to film at great depths, to try and complete complex engineering at 5000ft is a completely different matter. the reason that this hasn't been fixed yet isn't because bp don't know what they're doing, its because what they're trying to do is so difficult and hasn't been done before at these depths.

It's called crowdsourcing and BP are reported to be seriously considering 235 ideas (of which 24 are how to plug the leak) on containment and decontamination submitted by the public.

Just cos they are specialists doesn't mean someone outside the arena can't come up with a better idea.
Shit, like's been said already, they haven't done a great job so far, so some fresh input might be what it takes...

:2 cents:

Then they shouldn't have been drilling at that depth. Period.

well that's another debate all of its own. there's a finite amount of oil in the world and its running out. there's only two solutions, continue deepwater drilling or reduce demand. and whereas most of the world is taking steps to reduce consumption the US seems to be lagging behind.

Use a sock.

bingo...

:1orglaugh He can make some CGI video showing the leak as being fixed already

Yup, the US consumes 25% of the world's oil. Take seps to curb that and the rest will fall into place. Well, besides letting China take the stage...

He doesn't need to run the entire company, just the operation to fix the leaking well which is in the hundreds of millions of dollars. So yes, he has experience at that level.



Yes. His team of international experts who happen to consult for oil companies proposed an idea in which a top cap fitted with a special valve would allow for a top kill to work with much lower pressures. So a mix of a top cap and a top kill using a special valve to lower the pressure required for the top kill to work. That was just one idea.