The slick on the bottom is bigger still and might get a lot bigger before the pressure equalizes. It may leak for a thousand years. Free oil is not such a good idea afteral I guess.
Now would be a good time to market back yard refineries. You can process as much as you can shovel off the beach. It will be good for the economy. I think a positive outlook is important , especially since there dosen't seem to be anything else to do about it. How about bird washing machines, their time is here. Opportunity calls' let's get behind the new green hydrocarbon economy.
I have always fancied a tar pit in the front lawn to offset the fish pond. There would be the emissions reduction as well, tar pits don't have to be mowed.
Perhaps they can start filling the gulf with sand, 20,000 years from now they can start Syncrude Phase 1984
A point I brought up a few days ago about the quake in Haiti. The oil reserve is liquid and as such it transmit energy (shock waves) without losing any energy. If the pool started very close to Haiti and the pool was 1500 miles long and it ended near the drilling zones would the pipe and holes not be subject to greater forces than if it was 1500 miles of solid rock?
Greased pelican is a delicasy in many cultures.
Too bad all the best stuff was gone. They would be self-cooking just ignite and eat once the fire goes out. Don't forget to plug your nose for that part of preparing supper.
If it turns out to be just that one pipe why couldn't they use 10,000 tonnes of tarsands material and start building a small mountain over the thing. Sink the whole barge so it lands in the right place. Once 1,000 or so are in place the cracks can be plugged quite easily.
Gulf Oil Spill "Could Go on Years and Years" ... - by F. William Engdahl - 2010-06-11
