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Luckily oil and water don't mix. They're like... wait, wait, there's some kind of analogy here...

• edj 16y ago
  Except as an emulsion...
  • blogimus 16y ago
    So we add a bunch of oregano and call it the great gulf salad dressing?
  • stretchwithme 16y ago
    is that what this dispersant they're using does? I think I heard its keeping from surfacing, which I think is what happens when oil and water don't mix.
• jodrellblank 16y ago
  So I've been wondering ... given that, why doesn't someone tootle around with a flamethrower on a boat and burn off the oil slick?
  • sanswork 16y ago
    They are doing that for some of it.
  • protomyth 16y ago
    I was wondering if someone had a great way to suck up the oil and separate it from the water, would you have to give the oil back to BP or could you keep it?