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posted by mrpg on Wednesday March 08 2017, @01:11AM   Printer-friendly
from the Housewares dept.

When the Deepwater Horizon drilling pipe blew out seven years ago, beginning the worst oil spill in U.S. history, those in charge of the recovery discovered a new wrinkle: the millions of gallons of oil bubbling from the sea floor weren't all collecting on the surface where it could be skimmed or burned. Some of it was forming a plume and drifting through the ocean under the surface.

Now, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have invented a new foam, called Oleo Sponge, that addresses this problem. The material not only easily adsorbs oil from water, but is also reusable and can pull dispersed oil from the entire water column—not just the surface.

"The Oleo Sponge offers a set of possibilities that, as far as we know, are unprecedented," said co-inventor Seth Darling, a scientist with Argonne's Center for Nanoscale Materials and a fellow of the University of Chicago's Institute for Molecular Engineering.

Argonne invents reusable sponge that soaks up oil, could revolutionize oil spill and diesel cleanup

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 08 2017, @02:22PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 08 2017, @02:22PM (#476437)

    That would be your verdict no matter what option they'd chosen. If they attempted to compromise, then you'd be saying that they didn't get any part of what they were asking for because they had no spine.

  • (Score: 2) by linkdude64 on Wednesday March 08 2017, @05:01PM

    by linkdude64 (5482) on Wednesday March 08 2017, @05:01PM (#476528)

    And that's exactly what you'd say about a *person* who said something reasonable about a specific topic that you cannot disagree with because you have no argument.

    The art of deal-making is dead in this country. Kids who are now adults are used to stamping their feet and getting their way.