Reply #6: play away... [View All]

A *small* committee of experts would have to be designated to evaluate and guess at most likely solutions based on the integrity of the idea, the risk and the readiness of the proponent to actually execute the plan. (Small to allow fast operation).

I'm not entirely certain what you mean by your second question but basically, I'm willing to allow that the well will be opened for production later - perhaps even sold back to BP for the sake of stopping the oil NOW. Yes, its a short term solution. Yes, it would be better to pursue renewable energy. Yes, it might fall short on punishing or preventing accidents in the future but right now all I care about is stopping the flow and saving the gulf ecosystem. We could have argued long vs short term 30, even 15 days ago but now it's just too late. We are in the middle of it and need to act as fast as possible to stop that flow.