Gulf Oil Rig explosion who do you think should be blamed? or not.

[Rich H]

Might sound an odd question, but why are people are so angry at BP? I would of thought the leak would have most likely to be caused by a fault in Transocean's rig, so they should really share the blame too?

[hhomebrewer]

Who is to blame? The wacko environmentalists are to blame. If we could drill on land, such a spill could have been capped in 48 hours. We know how to do it-- Saddam gave us ample training in that discipline in 1991. But the nutcase greenie morons would rather spare the lives of some worthless two-inch fish, or some metallic green fly that loves to feast on feces, than to extract the Fuel of Freedom from the ground. And the rapid resort to finding criminal action or intent by this sham of an Administration is disgusting. The problem at hand is stopping the leak, not finding or deciding who did what to cause it. How could anyone posit the notion that BP desired the current crisis? But when you have a joke-ministration that sees bigger government as the answer to all problems, this is what you get...

[tedyflies]

If we could drill on land,

Who wants an oil rig in their backyard?

But the nutcase greenie morons would rather spare the lives of some worthless two-inch fish, or some metallic green fly that loves to feast on feces, than to extract the Fuel of Freedom from the ground.

That would be the circle of life dying out there for that "fuel of freedom", which by the way doesn't belong to the U.S., it's owned by BP, and gets sold on the world market.  Eventually, all the little things dying off, will cause big things to die off, and that could eventually make it all the way up the ladder to us.

But when you have a joke-ministration that sees bigger government as the answer to all problems, this is what you get...

Yet that's who everyone is crying to, to come fix the problem now.  Government sucks until you need it.

[DaveSims]

If we could drill on land,

Who wants an oil rig in their backyard?

But when you have a joke-ministration that sees bigger government as the answer to all problems, this is what you get...

Yet that's who everyone is crying to, to come fix the problem now.

[hhomebrewer]

The only thing the government getting involved is going to do is create more money for the government to throw away.

Close, but not quite. The only thing getting the government involved is going to do is cost the American taxpayer more money and more of his Freedom...

[an-225]

I would've thought that the nuclear option would be viable in this instance. I thought that by switching the uranium tamper out for a lead tamper in a nuclear device, you limit the amount of possible radioactive contamination.

Albeit at a huge reduction in yield. This was done to reduce RDS-220 from 100mT to 50mT, and it turned out to be one of the cleanest weapons ever detonated.

[Al_Fallujah]

I would've thought that the nuclear option would be viable in this instance. I thought that by switching the uranium tamper out for a lead tamper in a nuclear device, you limit the amount of possible radioactive contamination.

Albeit at a huge reduction in yield. This was done to reduce RDS-220 from 100mT to 50mT, and it turned out to be one of the cleanest weapons ever detonated.

Considering that this administration is openly anti-nuclear, it will never happen. They have said as much already.

[expat]

it will probably work... I suggested to BP that they put a new BOP on to prevent or lessen the amount of oil being spewed.

So does this mean we'll have you to thank when they fix it.
:-?

Everything BP does never works, so they should probably get advice from someone else. They've failed 4 attempts to stop it and today going for 5!!! Yay!

They are still trying, and they always seem to have alternate plans to try.

Of course their still trying, because they cant stop trying.

Maybe Transocean and Haliburton should give it a go if BP are not good enough, OH, they are as it is BP still contracting them

Matt

[an-225]

Anyone know how much contamination a three-stage thermonuclear weapon with a lead tamper will cause anyway? It can't be any worse than the damage the oil spill has already caused.

[J.]

[pete]

Put blame on the back seat for now. 100% of energy should be going into fixing this major disaster ASAP. Is there no Red Adair in todays world?

Once it is fixed -- then think clean up -- which involves all kinds of things from nature repair to business and community repair.

THEN it's time to decide who the bills need to be sent to.

[DaveSims]

The thing you are not hearing from the media, is the amount of pressure coming out of this well.  BP apparently found an extremely high pressure reservoir, which is probably what caused the failure of the rig and explosion, and is also why the backflow preventer failed.  The truth is the only fix is the relief wells, which take time to do.  However, BP can't exactly allow that to be good enough, can you imagine the public backlash if they just said don't worry, we'll fix it in a few months? 

All that being said, Mexico has had well failures that have dumped as much if not more oil into the Gulf, and you never hear of any devastation from those.

[Steve M]

[quote]The thing you are not hearing from the media, is the amount of pressure coming out of this well.

[DaveSims]

[quote][quote]The thing you are not hearing from the media, is the amount of pressure coming out of this well.

[Steve M]

[quote][quote][quote]The thing you are not hearing from the media, is the amount of pressure coming out of this well.