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X Prize To Offer Millions For Gulf Oil Cleanup Solution

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the just-pull-the-drain-plug-and-refill dept.

Jamie noted that X Prize is offering prizes for a solution to the Gulf Coast oil clean up. This is in addition to categories for mapping genomes, making an incredibly fuel efficient car, and exploring the moon's surface with a robotic vehicle.

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  1. SpongeZilla by Major+Downtime · · Score: 5, Funny

    SpongeBob and Godzilla should have children, so we can dip an enormous SpongeBob into the spill.

  2. Re:Prevention is better than cure by wizardforce · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Their company knowingly violated over 700 safety regulations and they knowingly ignored their own engineers in order to rush the project, Why shouldn't they be held accountable? The 11 deaths that resulted from the explosion alone are a good enough reason to lock these guys in prison let alone the billions of dollars in jobs and the ecosystem they destroyed through negligence.

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    Sigs are too short to say anything truly profound so read the above post instead.
  3. Re:Jones Act? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/06/30/96831/gops-false-talking-point-jones.html

    Better lies, please.