. >> wendy schmidt offered a prize for a faster way to clean up oil. >> 350 teams around the world registeredenter the competition. >> some teams had no prior experience with oil spills. >> we get asked all the time how long have you been in the oil industry? well, counting today? >> the top ten teams went h head to head in new jersey and seven of the ten teams doubled the preexisting standards used to clean up oil for the last 20 years. >> if we get this pump working we will win. >> one of the teams that doubled it was a team that met in a las vegas tatoo parlor. i kid you not. you can't make up this stuff and they built a scale model in one of the guy's pools and still doubled the ability to clean up oil spills for the last 20 years. >> for 20 years they tried and tried and they can clean up oil spills but only at a certain speed. with a prize you double it. >> the winning team quadrupled it. >> why can't the environmental protection agency lead stuff like this? >> they could but they didn't. >> just because government can't doesn't mean we can't. we can. individuals succeed while governmen

. >> wendy schmidt offered a prize for a faster way to clean up oil. >> 350 teams around the world registeredter the competition. >> some teams had no prior experience with oil spills. >> we get asked all the time how long have you been in the oil industry? well, counting today? >> the top ten teams went h head to head in new jersey and seven of the ten teams doubled the preexisting standards used to clean up oil for the last 20 years. >> if we get this pump working we will win. >> one of the teams that doubled it was a team that met in a las vegas tatoo parlor. i kid you not. you can't make up this stuff and they built a scale model in one of the guy's pools and still doubled the ability to clean up oil spills for the last 20 years. >> for 20 years they tried and tried and they can clean up oil spills but only at a certain speed. with a prize you double it. >> the winning team quadrupled it. >> why can't the environmental protection agency lead stuff like this? >> they could but they didn't. >> just because government can't doesn't mean we can't. we can. individuals succeed while government

. >> wendy schmidt offered a prize for a faster way to clean up oil. >> 350 teams around the world registeredpetition. >> some teams had no prior experience with oil spills. >> we get asked all the time how long have you been in the oil industry? well, counting today? >> the top ten teams went h head to head in new jersey and seven of the ten teams doubled the preexisting standards used to clean up oil for the last 20 years. >> if we get this pump working we will win. >> one of the teams that doubled it was a team that met in a las vegas tatoo parlor. i kid you not. you can't make up this stuff and they built a scale model in one of the guy's pools and still doubled the ability to clean up oil spills for the last 20 years. >> for 20 years they tried and tried and they can clean up oil spills but only at a certain speed. with a prize you double it. >> the winning team quadrupled it. >> why can't the environmental protection agency lead stuff like this? >> they could but they didn't. >> just because government can't doesn't mean we can't. we can. individuals succeed while government fails. that

. >> wendy schmidt offered a prize for a faster way to clean up oil. >> 350 teams around the world registeredthe competition. >> some teams had no prior experience with oil spills. >> we get asked all the time how long have you been in the oil industry? well, counting today? >> the top ten teams went h head to head in new jersey and seven of the ten teams doubled the preexisting standards used to clean up oil for the last 20 years. >> if we get this pump working we will win. >> one of the teams that doubled it was a team that met in a las vegas tatoo parlor. i kid you not. you can't make up this stuff and they built a scale model in one of the guy's pools and still doubled the ability to clean up oil spills for the last 20 years. >> for 20 years they tried and tried and they can clean up oil spills but only at a certain speed. with a prize you double it. >> the winning team quadrupled it. >> why can't the environmental protection agency lead stuff like this? >> they could but they didn't. >> just because government can't doesn't mean we can't. we can. individuals succeed while government fail

. >> wendy schmidt offered a prize for a faster way to clean up oil. >> 350 teams around the world registeredmpetition. >> some teams had no prior experience with oil spills. >> we get asked all the time how long have you been in the oil industry? well, counting today? >> the top ten teams went h head to head in new jersey and seven of the ten teams doubled the preexisting standards used to clean up oil for the last 20 years. >> if we get this pump working we will win. >> one of the teams that doubled it was a team that met in a las vegas tatoo parlor. i kid you not. you can't make up this stuff and they built a scale model in one of the guy's pools and still doubled the ability to clean up oil spills for the last 20 years. >> for 20 years they tried and tried and they can clean up oil spills but only at a certain speed. with a prize you double it. >> the winning team quadrupled it. >> why can't the environmental protection agency lead stuff like this? >> they could but they didn't. >> just because government can't doesn't mean we can't. we can. individuals succeed while government fails. tha

. >> wendy schmidt offered a prize for a faster way to clean up oil. >> 350 teams around the world registerede competition. >> some teams had no prior experience with oil spills. >> we get asked all the time how long have you been in the oil industry? well, counting today? >> the top ten teams went h head to head in new jersey and seven of the ten teams doubled the preexisting standards used to clean up oil for the last 20 years. >> if we get this pump working we will win. >> one of the teams that doubled it was a team that met in a las vegas tatoo parlor. i kid you not. you can't make up this stuff and they built a scale model in one of the guy's pools and still doubled the ability to clean up oil spills for the last 20 years. >> for 20 years they tried and tried and they can clean up oil spills but only at a certain speed. with a prize you double it. >> the winning team quadrupled it. >> why can't the environmental protection agency lead stuff like this? >> they could but they didn't. >> just because government can't doesn't mean we can't. we can. individuals succeed while government fails.