you know, we re actually not. there s really been no advances in surface remediation, surface cleanup. they may have more skimmers, but skimmers don t work in ocean waves. they only work in flat water. and so oil that does come to the surface does end up in the wetlands and does end up on the beach. keep in mind, too, that in deep water, when you have a spill like this, almost 90% of the oil never even comes to the surface. it s in the deep water column damaging the sea life and could be there for months and years, we don t know how long it would last there. is there any progress to report in terms of shutting down deep water spills? in terms of dealing with deep water emergencies? i remember back covering the bp spill while it was still ongoing for the 87 days, you hear people talk about, this is equivalent to doing engineering on the moon, trying to invent equipment to operate in environments where, not just americans, but humans don t have, don t really
skimmers don t work in ocean waves. they only work in flat water. oil that does come to the surface does end up in the wetlands and on the beach. keep in mind in deep water, when you have a spill like this, almost 90% of the oil never comes to the surface. it s damaging the sea sea life and could be there for months and years. is there any progress to report in terms of shutting down deep water spills? terms of dealing with deep water emergencies? you hear people talk about this is equivalent to doing engineering on the moon, trying to get convict to operate where humans don t have experience operating. are we any better in terms of dealing with deep water emergencies? you know, the challenge we have here in deep waterç is