September, 2010 FINAL UPDATE:
THE OIL HAS NOT GONE AWAY...THE GULF IS FULL OF CHEMICAL DISPERSANT, THE OIL HAS MOVED UP TO 300 MILES FROM THE LEAK, OIL BLANKETS THE BOTTOM AND IS MOVING IN SUBSURFACE LAYERS UP TO 3 MILES LONG.
THE EPA (ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY) JUST CONTACTED ME TO THANK US FOR OUR EFFORTS. THEN WENT ON TO INFORM US THAT OUR PRODUCT HAD NOT BEEN REGISTERED AND THAT WE SHOULD DO THAT AND SUBMIT IT TO BP.....I TOOK A LONG MOMENT TO BREATHE...WE HAD NO PRODUCT, WE HAD DEVELOPED AN INNOVATIVE, SUSTAINABLE SYSTEM FOR PASSIVELY COLLECTING OIL BEFORE IT HIT THE COAST, USING ALL EXISTING MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN THE GULF...WE HAD MADE OUR SYSTEM PUBLIC DOMAIN, AVAILABLE AT NO COST TO ANYONE WHO COULD USE A BARGE, OIL BOOMS AND ANCHORS...I TOOK ANOTHER LONG BREATH...AND LET IT ALL GO.
Thank you to Maryam Wagner, from the American Educational Research Association, who has provided us with more information on the BP oil spill timeline and aftermath in the following links:
http://krilloil.com/blog/the-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-and-its-aftermath/
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2010/05/spil-m14.html
http://cen.acs.org/articles/91/i22/Deepwater-Horizon-Disaster.html