My suggestion is to surround the hole with explosive charges at an apropriate depth and ignite them at the same time to collapse the hole on itself.
B.P.'s Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Thread (it's all here).....
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The aboriginal elders are saying that oil is the blood of Mother Earth. This gaping wound in the living organism that is also our life support system, is there because of our folly, our demand for something that we do not need. We have the technology to do away with the internal combustian engine and there are plenty of renewable sources of oil to make plastics (hemp, flax, sunflowers, etc.). This is a warning. To try to mitigate this disaster without finding and implementing alternatives to oil is to commit suicide as a species. It is time to demand that the technology we already have be put into production and end this madness once and for all.
One very powerful image was evoked by one elder who said this oil spill is the Earth hemorrhaging, bleeding uncontrollably. This is far more than a environmental disaster. Millions of creatures big and small have and will continue to die. People are beginning to really suffer from poisoned air and water. As the oil washes ashore, whole eco systems will die. This spill is a monument to human arrogance, greed and stupidity.
Kinda like cauterizing a wound.
They have to do something soon or the Gulf will be one big pool of oil. Blowing it up would just be a desperation thing anyway. Who knows if it would work.
They've tried many things...they're drilling a relief well. Maybe those on the Gulf Coast and elsewhere where there is intensive drilling will have to accept that as oil becomes harder to reach, the risks go up. Maybe the risk is something like this where only a relief well can solve it, which takes months to deliver, and decades to clean up.
I think that's why they don't want to do it. What if it just blows a bigger hole into the oil reserves, and you wind up with 5, 10, or 50 times as much oil pouring out?
Relief well has the best chance of working. But it won't be ready until August.
will all the safety checks be inplace, or will that cost too much and a "nah, she'll be right, it wont happen again" attitude take over..............
It's raining oil in Louisiana
It's not British Petroleum and hasn't been since 1998 when it merged with US company Amoco. The company has twice as many American employees than British. It's more of an American company than a British one. And it's also interesting to note that the safety valve protecting the rig was manufactured by an American company.
It's wise to to some research first before blaming foreigners.
Comprehension problems in the English language? Where did I say that British Petroleum had anything to do with the issue? I said, "I can't see what BRITISH Petroleum has to do with the USA anyway other than having the platform near the USA". And I thought BP was partly British, anyway. Get a grip, BL, your bias is interrupting your objectivity.
Whatever you want to call the company, they are in even more trouble today after another 'accident' when a remote submersible hit the pipe forcing water down the well. Now the cap is off and even more s**t is spewing from this neverending black hole.
Yesterday, I read an article in the Washington Post wherein geologists are warning about the possiblity of a huge bed of methane gas near the area of the well. The gas, like the oil, is under heavy pressure and if released could cause problems that would make the current disaster seem like small potatoes.
Yesterday, I read an article in the Washington Post wherein geologists are warning about the possiblity of a huge bed of methane gas near the area of the well. The gas, like the oil, is under heavy pressure and if released could cause problems that would make the current disaster seem like small potatoes.
If you think sometime you might get a flat tire, would you carry a wagon wheel as a spare?
Field Notes - BP exec admits clean-up technology is dated
Field Notes - BP exec admits clean-up technology is dated
Methane In Gulf Waters One Million Times Normal Levels
Thursday, 24 June 2010 09:45
'As much as 1 million times the normal level of methane gas has been found in some regions near the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, enough to potentially deplete oxygen and create a dead zone, U.S. scientists said on Tuesday.'
Read more: Methane In Gulf Waters One Million Times Normal Levels
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BP Oil Spill: Vocanic Tsunami and Poison Gas Alert
Thursday, 24 June 2010 08:00
YouTube - BP OIL SPILL: VOLCANIC TSUNAMI AND POISON GAS ALERT
Thursday, 24 June 2010 09:45
'As much as 1 million times the normal level of methane gas has been found in some regions near the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, enough to potentially deplete oxygen and create a dead zone, U.S. scientists said on Tuesday.'
Read more: Methane In Gulf Waters One Million Times Normal Levels
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BP Oil Spill: Vocanic Tsunami and Poison Gas Alert
Thursday, 24 June 2010 08:00
YouTube - BP OIL SPILL: VOLCANIC TSUNAMI AND POISON GAS ALERT