I found this on http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2010/06/gulf_oil_spill_deja_vu_all_ove.php?utm_source=selectfeed&utm_medium=rss

And there are quite a few good points, including the fact that all the “relief” methods that we are using now, failed in 1979 in 200 or so feet of water….  Now they are failing in 5,000 feet of water…