BP Oil Spill Fix #17 – Take Heart

June 24th, 2010. By AbiK

Today’s reports indicate that the impact of the BP Oil Spill is now reaching not only places like Pensacola, FL, but I even saw a local news report linking the oil spill to some environmental concerns in the Meadowlands region in NJ, just outside of Manhattan. The reach of this disaster now reminds me of some sort of unwanted plaque travelling through the major water arteries of the nation—and as such, it’s sort of fitting how many of our readers have come up with ideas for fixing the oil spill that resemble angioplasty. For example, here’s one that came in to us today from one of our readers, Eddie:

Fix the BP Oil Spill Idea #17

“I think that if they can get a large enough balloon, that they can stuff it down in there and inflate it, that it will stop it long enough for them to weld it shut.”

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Thanks for sharing your idea Eddie!

Tags: BP, BP Oil Spill

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