Beyond annoyed at BP

[melchar]

I'm really ticked off. The 'efforts' they are making is a BP smokescreen. They NEED to seal off the volcano of oil. What BP is doing are experiments to protect their gusher for later exploitation.

So BP tries to put a big cap on the gusher with a pipe to suck out the oil. Fail. Now they are going to try a smaller, heated cap to suck out the oil. Wanna bet that's going to fail as well? If THAT doesn't work they have said they'll cram stuff down the hole in an effort to clog it [and likely get propelled cannon-like shot instead]. THEN they plan to drill a 2nd hole to 'ease the pressure'.

Are ANY of these an attempt to SEAL off the area? Of course not! Then the remorseless bast@rds wouldn't be able to get at the oil. As a result it will be months of this pissing around until they are ordered to SEAL the darned thing off and likely 20 years of the Carribean being a dying sea.

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[seawasp]

I endorse the nuclear solution. Nuclear environmental damage would probably be an order of magnitude lower, and fades away on its own.

Alas, it'll never happen. I'd want pictures.

[melchar.livejournal.com]

Using a nuke would be quick and probably work. I am not terrified of saying the work 'nuclear'. Any harm done by the explosion would be tiny when compared to the damage the gushing oil has done and will continue to do.

And if not a nuke, then -seal- the problem off. Bury it under either concrete that can set at that depth/pressure, or cover the pipe itself with a cap that -doesn't- have a suck out the oil opening and then bury -that- under the aforesaid concrete. Then cover it with sealant and fill the basin around it with -more- sealant.

IMO the Russian likely have the better idea.

[seawasp]

The other advantage would be to jump-start the civilian use of nukes, and soon we could watch "Mythbusters: THE NUCLEAR SEASON" where they get to test nuclear myths.