Luckily oil and water don't mix. They're like... wait, wait, there's some kind of analogy here...

So I've been wondering ... given that, why doesn't someone tootle around with a flamethrower on a boat and burn off the oil slick?

I was wondering if someone had a great way to suck up the oil and separate it from the water, would you have to give the oil back to BP or could you keep it?

They are doing that for some of it.

Except as an emulsion...

So we add a bunch of oregano and call it the great gulf salad dressing?

is that what this dispersant they're using does? I think I heard its keeping from surfacing, which I think is what happens when oil and water don't mix.