Ponce
28th May 2010, 11:27 AM
Glad to see them used the word "Rumor".......doesn't he knows that the oil will leak aroung the ship? stupid A HOLE.
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Rumor: Secretary of the Navy Wants to Sink a Battleship On Top of the Oil Spill.
A rumor circulating in Louisiana's state capitol, Baton Rouge, has it that:
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus has reportedly floated the idea of sinking a battleship directly on top of the Macondo well in order to drop 80,000 tons on it and crush the drill pipe and the blowout preventer alike.
I proposed this idea on May 15th (using a barge) and submitted it to BP. BP says that it has received 17,000 suggestions to date, so mine is not necessarily unique.
Since proposing the idea, I have learned more about the geology of the oil-rich Gulf region. As I wrote on May 22nd:
Does the Geology of the Spill Zone Make It Harder to Stop the Oil Spill?
We can't understand the big picture behind the Gulf oil spill unless we know the underwater geology of the seabed and the underlying rocks.
For example, if there is solid rock beneath the leaking pipes, with channels leading to various underground chambers, then it might be possible to seal the leaking risers and blowout preventer, with the oil flowing somewhere harmless under the floor of the ocean.
On the other hand, if there are hundreds of feet of sand or mud beneath the leaking pipes, then sealing the spill zone might not work, as the high-pressure oil flow (more than 2,000 pounds per square inch) might just shoot out into the water somewhere else.
We don't know the geology under the spill site. BP has never publicly released geological cross-sections of the seabed and underlying rock. BP's Initial Exploration Plan refers to "structure contour maps" and "geological cross sections", but all detailed geological information, maps and drawings have been designated "proprietary information" by BP, and have been kept under wraps.
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2010/05/rumor-secretary-of-navy-wants-to-sink.html
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Rumor: Secretary of the Navy Wants to Sink a Battleship On Top of the Oil Spill.
A rumor circulating in Louisiana's state capitol, Baton Rouge, has it that:
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus has reportedly floated the idea of sinking a battleship directly on top of the Macondo well in order to drop 80,000 tons on it and crush the drill pipe and the blowout preventer alike.
I proposed this idea on May 15th (using a barge) and submitted it to BP. BP says that it has received 17,000 suggestions to date, so mine is not necessarily unique.
Since proposing the idea, I have learned more about the geology of the oil-rich Gulf region. As I wrote on May 22nd:
Does the Geology of the Spill Zone Make It Harder to Stop the Oil Spill?
We can't understand the big picture behind the Gulf oil spill unless we know the underwater geology of the seabed and the underlying rocks.
For example, if there is solid rock beneath the leaking pipes, with channels leading to various underground chambers, then it might be possible to seal the leaking risers and blowout preventer, with the oil flowing somewhere harmless under the floor of the ocean.
On the other hand, if there are hundreds of feet of sand or mud beneath the leaking pipes, then sealing the spill zone might not work, as the high-pressure oil flow (more than 2,000 pounds per square inch) might just shoot out into the water somewhere else.
We don't know the geology under the spill site. BP has never publicly released geological cross-sections of the seabed and underlying rock. BP's Initial Exploration Plan refers to "structure contour maps" and "geological cross sections", but all detailed geological information, maps and drawings have been designated "proprietary information" by BP, and have been kept under wraps.
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2010/05/rumor-secretary-of-navy-wants-to-sink.html