Odder things have happened. Apparently Cameron was invited to a meeting about using some of his technology in managing the BP oil spill. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100601/sc_afp/usoilpollutionenvironmentfilm_20100601192918
If that isn't a feather in your cap. The government calls you for your expertise.. and you're a filmmaker. Kudos to Mr. Cameron.WASHINGTON (AFP) – Filmmaker James Cameron and another Canadian who built submersibles for the director's 1989 thriller "The Abyss" joined talks on Tuesday in Washington on innovative ways of capping the [COLOR= rgb(54, 99, 136) ! important]Gulf oil spill[/COLOR]. Cameron and Phil Nuytten, head of North Vancouver-based Nuytco Research, were to join several deepwater and oil sector experts meeting with Environmental Protection Agency officials, a spokeswoman for Nuytco told AFP.