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I don't know, it just seems like they would make good sponges, what with their gelatinous bodies, and all those tentacles...
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This made me smile. I'd suggest giving the jellyfish genes for oil-digestion prior to dumping. |
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More generally, given that the leak is quite slow, it should be
possible to find *something* which would adsorb or absorb
the oil and remain denser than water, keeping it on the
seabed. Perhaps bankers or politicians. |
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No good. Politicians, as everyone knows, are full of hot air,
which is less dense than water. |
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expanded polystyrene foam? |
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//given that the leak is quite slow// |
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That's a relative sort of a concept. 5000 barrels a day is only a slow leak in comparison to... erm... well, a really really big leak indeed. |
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The most recent stuff I've been hearing is that they've now
managed to capture about 5000 bbl per day, but they're still
missing the other 90%. So the real numbers are still out there,
somewhere... |
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//given that the leak is quite slow// |
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The real numbers are much, much higher. |
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I don't understand the premise hat gelatinous bodies would make good sponges. If that were true, shouldn't I be able to go into a supermarket and buy a gel-sponge for my kitchen? I can't; all they have is sponge-sponges. No? |
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So, we could be first on the market? |
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And where can I get one of those premise hats? |
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I wonder how absorbant lawyers are. |
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And then there's always Bounty. Lots and lots of paper towels. |
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//I wonder how absorbant lawyers are.//
What we need is a profession that's hydrophobic and
amphipathic. How about bishops? According to Disraeli,
they're both oleaginous and saponaceous. |
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