“Dear Sirs,
Apparently our solutions already invented for our Spanish disaster few years ago… told at that time to be too cheap to solve the problem… but we have patented it, proved it in a real case under the sea. It is an umbrella (soft made of kind of strong sail boat material with both soft or a bit stringer radios and with a pipe to suck and direct ALL the oil… Patent nr: 200.800.278. We can build the new one pretty fast and add small motors at its corners to be manipulated electronically from surface!”
Posted by Patricia Rodriguez, on June 3rd, 2010 at 12:54 PM

This is one of my ideas for cleanup.

By the way I also have a cleanup idea that uses barges, tugboats and a “Coast Guard Approved” oil recovery mat called the Ottimat(tm) I ran across it while researching and it is a fantastic product. It is 99% human hair and 1% polypropylene, it is re-usable (up to 100 times)and effective. I contacted the Ottimat(tm) manufacturer and he says he can manufacture the Ottimat(tm) in ten foot widths to any length we want. I chose 300 feet long, he said no problem. My idea is to create “Oil Recovery Factories” that operate thusly.

-We would want to deploy the mats all over a spill area, it takes a few minutes for the oil to soak in. Then the barges come along scooping up the leading edge of the Ottimat(tm) which is then passed through a device similar to what you used to see on the old ringer washers (this one would be ten or so feet wide) where it is squeezed out. The oil is thusly removed to the hold of the barge or its on board tanks. Once the Ottimat(tm) is squeezed out it is passed to the stern (rear) of the boat where it is redeployed. We might have to attach some kind of buoyancy material to the edges or the centers of the mats but we won’t know until we try it out. Repeat this process over and over and over all over any spill areas. So far I can’t seem to get any one listening on this one, though I have to admit I have concentrated on controlling the flowing oil because long range wise it is or should be our number one priority. Plus the more we can prevent from entering the water, the easier (relative term there) the subsequent cleanup.

Another idea
-is they should be dumping the hay and straw in the marsh areas just ahead of the “Spill tide” and then “capture” and squeeze it out when the “Spill tide” tries to go back to sea.

That’s all I’ll post for know.

I have an idea. I am not an engineer but perhaps some brilliant engineer can transpose my idea into something possible.
I have a drawing but it will not copy to your reply area.

If you can picture a pipe with various varying shapes that are metal attached to the inside. The pipe can be screwed into the big oil leaking pipe and as it is screwed those pieces or large varying chards start to compact together. This minimizes the flow of oil and then BP can cap the well.

Please call me if you have questions. Ann Casselman 518 692-2979

Attached is the submission I sent to the joint task force. I am an independent inventor/creative who frankly can’t stop thinking about solving this crisis. I don’t want money, but I could use a little credit before I lose my home to foreclosure.
Thanks for listening. Tomorrow I go to my local university to quiz some engineering professors to see if my idea is feasible. I am having trouble connecting with anyone who is competent to shoot it down. Everyone I have presented it to are intelligent we just don’t have a fluid dynamics background.

This was submitted to the joint task force on Friday may 21 2010

Brief description of technology (200 words or less)
Please stop thinking of harnessing or stopping the pressure of the spewing oil and gas mixture. Let the pressure and flow assist you in the recovery of the oil and gas by directing its flow to the surface where recovery is simply a matter of pumping to waiting tankers, barges, and bladders. We have all seen these collapsible tubes/tunnels children crawl through or dogs run through in agility contests. They can be made to any length and nearly any diameter desired. The one I envision will be about five feet diameter, made of marine grade canvas or sailcloth, it could have an internal continual spiral of steel (similar to what is used as rebar in concrete columns) intermittently attached to cables which will be used to lower it into place over the leak in the riser pipe. I think the internal spiral is unnecessary. You apparently have three or more leaks so three or more will need to be constructed and deployed. Your pipe insertion method while useful to some extent is still not recovering anywhere near a majority of the spill let alone all of it as the method I proposed will. The bottom can be weighted with rubberized blasting mats.

Material list (100 words or less)
For each tube/tunnel you will need
-One (1)- 5280 foot long five foot diameter marine canvas or sailcloth tube
-Five (5) – 5,500 foot long steel cable 3/4″ to 1″ diameter
-Hundreds of connectors to keep the tube together down its length.
-Weighted flexible collar for the bottom of the tube so it sort of seals itself around the riser

Optional
-Six to Eight (6-8) miles of spiral (4’10″ diameter) formed 1/2″ to 3/4″ rebar joined at intervals (only necessary of the tube/tunnel collapses, I don’t think that will be a problem once this is put in place the tube will “fill itself”)
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Equipment (100 words or less)
Sewing machines to make the canvas/sailcloth tube and attach rings at intervals for the cable to pass through
Winches to let down the cable and tube
Ships to deploy this apparatus
Tankers for recovering the gas and oil.
Separator Pumps to recover the gas and oil as it comes to the surface
The amazing robots to direct and place the open end of the tube above the leak.

Expertise Required (100 words or less)
Mine of course, call me, seriously though all kidding aside I think if you are reading this idea please get it to someone who can make it happen. Somebody with an open mind who can visualize and accept that sometimes the simplest solutions are really the best.

http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMIX/2010may00180.html

and
http://www.itopf.com/information-services/publications/papers/documents/iosc2005_000.pdf

Then instead of using chemicals to dissolve and disperse the oil, spreading the damage far and wide, use chemicals to solidify the oil making it easier to retrieve and remove.

Then start shutting down these platforms. As we now know, unless you are an oil tycoon, it ain’t worth the risk.

It has nothing to do with being an asshole.

You have no clue what you are talking about.

You even admitted as much