05-30-2010, 03:34 PM
Why don't they retry the top kill? "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again" comes to mind. The only real solution beyond that is going to be the relief well, and it will take almost 3 months to complete. We already have one of the biggest environmental catastrophes—ever—on our hands at the one month mark; if the well keeps gushing for an additional 3 months, the whole Atlantic ocean might be poisoned.