When in Doubt, Box it Up

With the oil spreading every day, now even to the United States mainland waters, the broken rig is not going to be fixed anytime soon. So, what are we doing? We have put a 40-foot tall 100-ton steel and concrete wall/box to stop the spreading. As simplistic as that sounds, it seems to be a good idea. I'm not a big fan of "Going Green" enthusiasts, but I don't want my ecosystem to be destroyed. So many fish and other marine life are in the waters, and the toxic oil is destroying all that. What's more disturbing is that this oil might be coming onto the shores of Louisiana and other coastal American areas in the South. It's thick, sticky, gooey oil that will take forever to clean off. I pray for the people and the marine life of those waters.

Which brings me to my next point. Isn't it interesting how technologically advanced we are, here in the 21st century, but when natural disasters occur or oil spills happen, we can't fix it. The only thing we can do is accelerate our reaction time and our resources to help deal with the aftermath of the incidents. No matter how industrialized we become and no matter how superfancy all our gizmos and gadgets are, we can't beat Mother Nature and we can't protect all life. Sometimes, we just have to do the best we can.

In this case? It's putting a box around the oil.
As advanced as we are, we always have to go back to the basics.