Charlie Sperling:
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"Last year, when we were trying to fill -- figure out how to close the cap, I sent Chu down to sit in the BP offices, and he essentially designed the cap that ultimately worked, and he drew up the specs for it and had BP build it, construct it." Obama said praising Chu's abilities.
But wasn't a 'mystery plumber' credited to have done the same thing back in July 2010?
The Christian Science Monitor noted at the time that BP has received 300,000 ideas from around the world and it was nearly impossible to track down the source of the design.
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I think the "mystery plumber" was tracked down to a guy in Canada who called in the suggestion. Perhaps Chu heard the description and refined it, but I do not think he could get a patent on the idea. Perhaps Obama was just using the story for some self deprecating humor about his Noble Prize.
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