When they make one that will suck up politicians I’ll get excited. Till then, meh.

This is a tremendous innovation. However, as I recall, the vast amount of oil remained below the surface. Please characterize the totality of the oil spill and consider the effectiveness of the proposed solution in dealing with the larger quantity. Keep up the good work!

O.K., except it is cleaning the ocean by dumping the volatile component into the air more quickly than does the does the sun.  That has value in terms of minimizing the spread but I would not call this a solution.  How often would the no volatile component need to be removed to prevent saturation of the fabric employed?  Interesting concept regardless.