In real life, however, though BP engineers are fighting valiantly, they have suffered setback after setback against the wily wiles of the Gulf’s frigid and inky depths.

["Man vs Nature - who will win?"]
The most recent setback - an operation to place a massive metal containment dome over the larger of the two leaks.
The result - BPs massive blowout continues to spill almost 1 million liters of crude per day into the Gulf.
BP Oil’s next plan:
“On the containment side, we’re working two options; one is a smaller dome - we call it the top hat - and the second is to try to find a way to tap into the riser, i.e., the piece of pipe the oil is flowing through,” BP chief operating officer told Reuters (press service).
So, mankind will pull out a top hat and a riser from its arsenal.
The Gulf's giant quietly waits, a mile down on the ocean floor, with frigid water and inky blackness on its side.
Who will win?
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Already there have been losers, with more to follow, I imagine.
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