On May 5, 2:33*pm, (Wayne Throop) wrote:
: Frogwatch
: To get rid of the oil spill, why not evaporate it by pointing curved
: mirrors on barges onto it. *This would concentrate sunlight, not focus
: but "concentrate" causing it to evaporate quickly. *such mirrors could
: be made from simple curved sheets of aluminum or even by inflating
: cylinders that are silvered on one half and transparent on the other.

Ooh, just like refining, only uncontained!
Fill the atmosphere over the gulf with (essentially) gasoline vapors.
I love this plan!

* * "Who could have predicted a harmless gasoline fight
* * * * * * could end in tragedy?"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * --- Derek Zoolander

Wayne Throop * *http://sheol.org/throopw

exactly what happens anyway as it normally evaporates. With the right
catalyst, the vapor could be gathered and used to power a self powered
boom system that not only orients itself toward the sun but powers
into the spill.