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Readers pick their brains for ways to plug the oil leak
Crowdsourcing for solutions sometimes turns up ideas that are more creative or higher quality than the “experts” ever could think up. (Like the protein-folding game/scientific experiment, Foldit, or even urban dictionary.) Which is why we asked you, our dear readers, to plumb the depths of your brains for the slickest ideas to stop up the […]
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Who’s to blame for the Gulf oil gusher? We break it down
We all know there’s a lot of blame to go around for the ongoing disaster in the gulf. In the weeks since the Horizon rig first came unglued, all the principals in this mess have taken turns pointing fingers at one another. Now, it’s our turn. We applied Grist’s scientific, who’s-fault-is-it-really, assessment method. The results […]
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Egger’s Head: The oil spill
There’s a lot going on in Robert Egger’s head. Just ask him. Which is exactly what we do on a regular basis. And who is this Robert Egger, you wonder? He is the Founder of D.C. Central Kitchen, who moonlights as a rabble rouser, entrepreneur, and non-profit innovator with a knack for knitting disparate ideas […]
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Success of oil capping bid won’t be clear for 48 hours
A mobile offshore drilling unit (front) drills a relief well in case this week’s top kill/junk shot attempt fails.U.S. Coast GuardBP’s latest one-two punch–pumping “heavy drilling fluid” with a junk-shot chaser–seems to be slowing the leaking Gulf oil well. But don’t uncross those fingers yet. “It’s going pretty well, according to plan,” BP chief Tony […]
