Commentary: Stopping the Gulf oil spill with oatmeal and a very long straw
British Petroleum announced today that it has fired its top engineer for safety design and replaced him with Jody McNamara, age 12, a sixth-grade honors student at the Dwight Eisenhower Middle School in Tulsa, Okla.
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"Jody is clearly on the cutting edge of deepwater energy technology,'' said BP chief executive Tony Hayward. "We couldn't be happier to have him join our team at such a critical time."
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"What Jody brings to the table," said BP's Hayward, "is a completely fresh viewpoint on problem-solving. The principal showed us his class project from last semester -- the hamster-powered light bulb? I'm telling you, this kid is scary smart." Continued
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