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There have been several options bandied about as to how to stop oil from flowing into the Gulf of Mexico. Some have suggested nuking the spill, while Hoda and Kathie Lee of the Today show have offered up even stranger solutions. Clearly, someone needs to get “titanic” on the Gulf. Enter James Cameron. Reports are that the famed “Avatar" director was among a group of experts who recently met with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Feds to discuss the Gulf oil spill. And what did they talk about? How the heck to stop the leak.

James Cameron is considered an expert in underwater sea filming. And now his career may actually help solve the crisis. Cameron is considered an expert in ocean technology. As Cinematical reports, Cameron “has directed the documentaries Ghost of the Abyss, Expedition: Bismarck (about the sunken ship), and Aliens of the Deep, produced Volcanoes of the Deep Sea, and participated in Tony Robinson's Titanic Adventure.” “Avatar” and “Titanic” are the two highest-grossing movies of all time. At this meeting, Cameron met with experts from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute; Oceanographic Institute at Harbor Branch, Florida Atlantic University; University of California at Santa Barbara; Nuytco Research Limited; World Wildlife Fund; and the University of California at Berkeley.

Cameron and his family are well-known environmentalists. “Avatar” is well-known for its eco-themes. The director lives in a solar and wind-powered Santa Barbara home with an organic garden and hybrid cars parked in the garage. The New York Times reports that the billionaire director recently traveled to Brazil to meet with threatened indigenous tribes of the Amazon. The Brazilian government plans to build the Belo Monte dam on the Xingu River, right in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. This would flood hundreds of square miles of the Amazon, dry up a 60-mile stretch of the river, and completely devastate the tribes that live along it.

As Cameron told the NY Times regarding the Xingu River situation, “It’s not like there is any pressure on me or anything. These people really are looking for me to do something about their situation. We have to try to stop this dam. Their whole way of life, their society as they know it, depends on it.” It seems Cameron is now turning this high-powered attention to the Gulf of Mexico – and here’s hoping he can actually get something done.