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Ok will one of you petroleum industry experts please tell us what Obama should have done? Maybe swim down to the leak and stick his finger in it?
Will one of you petroleum industry experts please tell us how you would stop the leak? We all want to know. And could you please make sure that BP is made aware of your solution so that they can use it to stop the leak forthwith? Like this Reply to this comment 6 people like this comment by styymy May 29, 2010 4:56 PM PDT Maybe some of the other oil companies should jump in and offer up their options in this case? There have been a number of private establishments that have at least offered their help but have been turned away by BP. One of which is Ocean Therapy http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/most-popular/general/costner-helps-bp-spill.html Like this 2 people like this comment by gmckinney May 29, 2010 8:35 PM PDT Actually, Costner’s solution is being deployed. Like this by Commander_Spock May 30, 2010 12:16 AM PDT OK, OK, OK….. Have CNET News show us a “SKETCH” of what of what is to “CAPPED” (along the history of materials from which the pipes are manufactured, conditions (pressures, life span….) under which the components are expected to be subjected to in service…. and have your manufacturing and testing resources standing by.
And, how about we call this “OPERATION ARMADILLO”!
“Never Say Never”
Commander_Spock Like this by Commander_Spock May 30, 2010 12:21 AM PDT This should have read: “a “SKETCH” of what is to “CAPPED” (along with the history of materials from which the pipes are manufactured…” Thanks. Like this by Commander_Spock May 30, 2010 12:36 AM PDT Oops….This also should read “what is to (be) “CAPPED”. Thank you. Like this by richard993 May 30, 2010 12:48 AM PDT Obama unfortunately did something very very stupid… and that is to give BP his personal reassurance that they will not be held completely liable for the disaster. Now why on earth would you do that? Once you protect the organization, then there is hardly any reason for them to do anything at all. To them, the oil is not worth much (they didn’t pay for it, it is a natural resource). The environment is not worth anything to them and the well-being of it’s workers are not important to them either.
Let them go down. Take away their protection and make them 100% accountable for their wells. America doesn’t need them anyway. What we need is the problem to be fixed, not a greedy irresponsible oil company.
There are hundreds of proposals that have already gone out to BP and there are at least a few thousand volunteers.
A workable proposal is to use a concrete mix, hold the base within a large net over the leak, pump ocean water to mix the concrete, let it set (in a bowl shape) and repeat the process layer by layer (reinforced if necessary)… lowering the net/ropes for the concrete that has set. Within a couple weeks, you can have a 7000 tonne (or more) solid concrete block which can be lowered with high precision (using jets or other propulsion devices) to block the leak.
Using any form of mud, blasting shrapnel, and all these other stupid ideas are actually coming from senior BP management with fat pay packets who want their stupid ideas to be implemented so that they can justify a pay rise and bonus. Like this by sparrowhyperion May 29, 2010 4:49 PM PDT There is no problem which cannot be solved by the proper and judicious use of high explosives. Blast the well closed… Like this Reply to this comment 1 person likes this comment by Adiuvo May 29, 2010 5:05 PM PDT You know, it is oil we’re talking about. Think about that. Like this by assman May 29, 2010 6:07 PM PDT I’ve already read serious suggestions that the oil leak can be fixed with a nuclear bomb. Apparently the Russians have successfully used nukes in the past to fix similar deep-ocean problems. Like this by LKate May 29, 2010 8:32 PM PDT So far I have heard that the potential risks outweigh the rewards. The explosive blast could potentially make the leak significantly worse if the crust of the earth is thin or weak, there. Like this by gmckinney May 29, 2010 8:32 PM PDT The Russians have also NOT have had success using explosives & nukes. In some cases it has made the leak worse. Like this by mmitsuda May 29, 2010 10:07 PM PDT Before the brilliant people here that comments to use explosives/nukes and Russia in the same sentence, I want you to Google “Turkmenistan” and “Gates of Hell”. That was one of their solutions. I don’t think the good people in the Gulf States want flaming water for 37
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