i wish they could find a way to capture the oil somehow
and separate if from sea water and refine it.

burning it will cause other disasters

meanwhile,not seeing this thread i started another when i heard that:
Even as the oil slick from the ruined Deepwater Horizon creeps onto the Lousiana shoreline, Reuters is reporting that another offshore drilling rig has overturned- this time among the inland waters near Morgan City, LA.