On 5/5/2010 1:28 PM, Frogwatch wrote:
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.

Before it got hot enough to evaporate the oil, it would boil the
seawater, creating clouds of steam and blocking off the sunlight.

Pat