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"Topkill" - Will it Turn into Bottomkill?

Started by Palehorse, May 27, 2010, 11:34:13 AM

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Locutus

#75
June 03, 2010, 12:36:14 PM
I wonder if that's the containment dome being lowered down now.  Check the video.

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Palehorse

#76
June 03, 2010, 12:44:01 PM
Appears to be. . . .
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The Troll

#77
June 03, 2010, 01:27:06 PM
Quote from: Palehorse on June 03, 2010, 10:33:42 AM
And they abandoned the saw for the shears, which is going to make for a less accurate cut and fit of the latest cap. . .

They intend to use dispersants to deal with the oil escaping the pipe until the hat is in place. . .

This is unbelievable!  :mad:

    This is one thing I want to see.  Slipping a back flow preventer with a nice round hole in over a pipe that has a mash end one it.  :lies:

Locutus

#78
June 03, 2010, 04:42:37 PM
This is scary.  Look at this simulation.

Using computer models of ocean currents, scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, part of the Commerce Department, conclude that once the oil in the uppermost ocean has been picked up by the Gulf of Mexico's energetic Loop Current, it is likely to reach Florida's Atlantic coast within weeks. It can then spread north with the Gulf Stream as far as Cape Hatteras, N.C., and then turn east into the open ocean.


One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

Palehorse

#79
June 03, 2010, 04:49:20 PM
I saw similar models early on and it is what has had me scared over this since it began. This could effectively kill the fishing industry in this nation, and already has resulted in the elimination of over 30% of the Gulf area, one of the nation's richest fishing/shrimping waters, from availability.

Those of us that enjoy seafood will be even harder pressed to obtain our favorite meal in the coming years, since prices will go through the roof because the items will have to be imported from elsewhere in the world. And that's just the start of a black legacy this whole "drill baby, drill" approach is building for us and our children/grandchildren.  :mad: :mad: :mad:
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Palehorse

#80
June 03, 2010, 04:52:17 PM
And just think about the uncontrolled fires the lightening is going to ignite, as storms blow over these roaming islands of crude and tar balls. . .

It is even possible that it could potentially rain oil because of this!  :rant:
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The Troll

#81
June 03, 2010, 05:36:10 PM
Quote from: Palehorse on June 03, 2010, 04:52:17 PM
And just think about the uncontrolled fires the lightening is going to ignite, as storms blow over these roaming islands of crude and tar balls. . .

It is even possible that it could potentially rain oil because of this!  :rant:

  If you remember PH, a while back I mentioned about using a small tactical nuclear bomb to blow it shut.

  Well tonight on TV their talking about it.  The U.S. has a lot of experience in underground nuclear explosions.

  They say that the Russians have use them four time to close wells shut.

   I'm almost a smart as the people who working of this.   :biggrin: :biggrin: The Troll

     

Palehorse

#82
June 03, 2010, 05:44:48 PM
Quote from: The Troll on June 03, 2010, 05:36:10 PM
  If you remember PH, a while back I mentioned about using a small tactical nuclear bomb to blow it shut.

  Well tonight on TV their talking about it.  The U.S. has a lot of experience in underground nuclear explosions.

  They say that the Russians have use them four time to close wells shut.

   I'm almost a smart as the people who working of this.   :biggrin: :biggrin: The Troll

   

I don't see the need to go nuke on it, when one bunker buster or a nice C-4 enema would do the job quite nicely. . .
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Locutus

#83
June 03, 2010, 05:46:00 PM
Yeah, the only thing worse than a big oil spill is a radioactive big oil spill.   :spooked:
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"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

Palehorse

#84
June 03, 2010, 05:48:52 PM
Quote from: Locutus on June 03, 2010, 05:46:00 PM
Yeah, the only thing worse than a big oil spill is a radioactive big oil spill.   :spooked:

No kidding!  :spooked: :skull:
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me

#85
June 03, 2010, 07:24:48 PM
Would dynamite or plastics get the desired result?  I really don't think a nuke would be very advisable. 
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LOsborne

#86
June 03, 2010, 07:31:59 PM
Quote from: Locutus on June 03, 2010, 05:46:00 PM
Yeah, the only thing worse than a big oil spill is a radioactive big oil spill.   :spooked:

Think of it as Mother Nature's enforcement of Zero Population Growth.

The Troll

#87
June 03, 2010, 07:52:23 PM
Quote from: Palehorse on June 03, 2010, 05:44:48 PM
I don't see the need to go nuke on it, when one bunker buster or a nice C-4 enema would do the job quite nicely. . .

  Oh, they might have the power.  But from what I've seen.  Their are over 4 feet diameter and wieght 20,000 pounds (5 tons) and are dropped from around 20,000 feet in the air.

  Their to big to get into the pipe or any well they could drill and I think dropping them from 20,000 feet into 5,000 feet of water won't do the job.

  They have to have a small diameter bomb to put down the well casing and still be powerful to crush the pipe.

Palehorse

#88
June 03, 2010, 07:54:27 PM
Quote from: me on June 03, 2010, 07:24:48 PM
Would dynamite or plastics get the desired result?  I really don't think a nuke would be very advisable.

Dynamite. . .maybe. . . C-4 for sure!  :yes

They could drill 4 holes adjacent to the spewing one, about 5-600 feet down, fill them with enough C-4 to collapse the spewer, and voila!

Of course, anything within a mile or three of the location will be toast. . . , and the splash back and sound wave will kill beyond that zone as well. . .
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The Troll

#89
June 03, 2010, 08:00:02 PM
Quote from: LOsborne on June 03, 2010, 07:31:59 PM
Think of it as Mother Nature's enforcement of Zero Population Growth.

  Lolly the well is 18,000 feet deep.  That's below the bottom of the Gulf.  That is 5 miles.  If they drill a well next to the bad one and drilled 3 miles deep, that is 3 miles of rock above the explosion.  The U.S. did over 100 underground atomic explosions in New Nexico.

  Maybe if they talk to the Russians they might learn something.
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