The problem is that with close to 7 Billion people on the planet there is something north of 7 billion "new and crazy" ideas out there and not one tenth of one percent of them are good. Great is even rarer. The vast majority of good ideas come from people with intimate knowledge of the situation. People who have been working in the industry every day and who are familiar with the equipment and environment.
Even within the small group of knowledgeable engineers, there needs to be someone to step outside the box in order to come up with a truly ground breaking idea. The leak is on, what, day 80 or so? CNN has simply stopped showing the leak on TV. I guess that's because CNN doesn't want people to stay pissed - out of sight, out of mind. However, the leak is still there as big as ever, and we keep hearing the same old song and dance about techniques they've tried in the past. We do need some fresh thinkers on this thing.
In the academic world, engineers may receive credit for systems that work in theory. However, In the world at large, engineers are valued for systems that just work.
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