I include the word 'mitigation' in the title, because the term 'cleanup' is often being used to refer to what is done after the gusher has been smothered. I see no reason to wait. By the estimates of actual scientists, there's about 4 million gallons of crud going into the water every day. And we need to be doing something for an estimated two additional months.
I can't make the relief well drilling go any faster. I can't stop BP and the U.S. military from spraying a deluge of poison called "dispersant". I can't bring in a supertanker and slurp up oil off the surface. I can't manufacture an oil corral. And it seems to me that neither BP nor the federal and state governments are trying to actually clean up the oil out in the Gulf of Mexico. What can I do?