Oil leak solutions

[ThePope]

Why have they not tried to get tanker/pumpers on site, starting thos bad boys up...lower the feed pipe over said leak, ( and after a clean cut into the pipe), lower those already running pumps over the leak ?

or

Expand a series of bladder-type expandable tubes, like truck-tire tubes, large of course, fill with water or air to choke off the leak, pinching it closed, like a heart operation balloon stent type thing ? ?

I know, this is simplistic, but could it be do-able ? ?

I am out ........

 

[Suprtek]

I'm no expert but I would imagine just about anything would be a lot more complicated when it's a mile underwater.

 

[rambone]

How about this solution? Simple, cheap, effective. Harmless to the environment.

Cool solution to clean up oil disaster. [VIDEO]


Engineers should be in charge of this, not idiot politicians.

 

[chezuki]

 

[9lock]

Im still baffled as to why the rig did not collapse from the excessive heat and fall straight down, they would of had a hard time getting to the leak.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbyEeMS10cs