The way things are going, the oil leak is never going to get repaired. We can see this why the absolutely insane fixes that have already been tried.
It’s time for group think. The amount of people who visit this site should be able to come together and create a real world workable solution. Also, I know that there are those that read this site that could get the nation talking about real world solutions.
The reason why the engineers working on the Deep Water Horizon problem are not coming up with a viable plan is that they are working on the problem from the middle, as in how it should have worked and trying to put a fix in the middle. No. Wrong. Very wrong. A break in the middle of the well in not the problem they should be working on.
The Real Problem: A stream of material is issuing forth from the bottom of the ocean with volcanic pressures.
Understanding the small scale tests must be first run and then and only then used on the large scale.
The Small Scale: You have a Fire-hydrant breach. Shutting off the water supply is not an option. Now, attach a garden hose to it.