The Washington Post reported this week how the federal government (and the governed private sector) failed to learn enough and take sufficient action following the Exxon Valdez spill twenty years ago. In particular, official recommendations were made twenty years ago after the Valdez spill to fund research and development to improve oil cleanup following spills. Cleanup technology had stagnated, it was found twenty years ago, and the government needed to get active on spill cleanup technology. So what has been done in the subsequent twenty years? Not enough, according to the Post.
What was the role of nanotechnology during this time? During….