Here's a disturbing segment from MSNBC's Rachel Maddow show last night - all about some Gulf of Mexico oil spill deja-vu. Turns out a very, very similar situation as this current BP tragedy happened just over 30 years ago. And we still don't know how to fix the problems all these years later.
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BP's main concern is not ending the oil blowout, its salvaging the oil. The pipe could have easily been pinched shut by a directed underground explosion a few feet away but that would have meant a new hole would have had to be drilled. They are going to save the present drill hole if it means coating the gulf with oil all the way from Florida to the Yucatan Penninsula. Again, they could have cut off the oil a month ago but it would have mean losing the drill hole.
Posted by: Larry Risk | May 28, 2010 at 06:22 PM
OK, HERE'S MY SOLUTION TO PLUGGING THE OIL LEAK IN THE GULF: I'm sure many people are aware of PFD's (personal floatation devices), the ones that automatically inflate when a cord is pulled, some are detinated automatically when a person falls in water, well shoot a few of those in the pipe, they will inflate and seal it off long enough to cap the well. What are your thoughts on that?
Posted by: Dawn Daniel | June 02, 2010 at 08:44 PM
Disaster. Very sad.
Obama says ready to "kick ass" over Gulf oil spill
Perhaps, now is too late...
http://www.viewheadlines.com/News/Article.aspx?i=7546
Posted by: Marija | June 08, 2010 at 11:35 AM