Video of Deepwater Horizon leak

[darkxshade]

I say we drop Kristie Alley on it

Think before you post moron... It'll solve one problem and create one bigger. How do you figure we clean up all the coastal floods globally?

 

[HumblePie]

How about her plus Rosie O'Donnell?

I saw we can tie her along with Oprah and Kristie together and that would definitely work. Although I don't there is a crane big enough to maneuver that much weight out over the ocean.

 

[JSt0rm]

hahahaha

 

[brxndxn]

Then you'll just get cement and oil gushing out.

Then insert two pipes.. one to suck the oil out and one to inject the cement.

 

[HumblePie]

Then insert two pipes.. one to suck the oil out and one to inject the cement.

Switch her from suck to blow?

 

[KaOTiK]

Switch her from suck to blow?

You'll end up with an angry dragon then :hmm:

 

[OutHouse]

talk about pouring gold down the drain.

All those dinosaurs and ancient plans that died so we could have the glorious sin of greed and gluttony, and this is how we repay them, by watching it escape and become worthless and useless.

Poor dead dino carbon. You deserve better.

how exactly did all that oil get down there?

1 its a mile under water
2 its another mile from the seabed down to the oil...

 

[HumblePie]

You'll end up with an angry dragon then :hmm:

someone is not a space balla'

 

[JSt0rm]

how exactly did all that oil get down there?

1 its a mile under water
2 its another mile from the seabed down to the oil...

Jesus put it down there

 

[KaOTiK]

how exactly did all that oil get down there?

1 its a mile under water
2 its another mile from the seabed down to the oil...

velociraptors

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Then insert two pipes.. one to suck the oil out and one to inject the cement.

Yeah sure. How about we all chew some double bubble bubble gum and put it all in one giant piece? Then we could swim down and put it on the pipe. Problem solved no need for the US to get a dream team of scientists together anymore.

 

[HumblePie]

how exactly did all that oil get down there?

1 its a mile under water
2 its another mile from the seabed down to the oil...

Millions of years tend to change the topography of the world. Err... unless you are one of those creationist freaks who thinks the world is only a few thousand years old. Then the answer is "God put it there, and you should just shut your mouth because no one like smart mouth bitches asking questions about god's purpose. Jesus loves you!"

 

[JSt0rm]

No the devil put it there to create doubt about gods glory... So we wont believe the truth that the world was made 10,000 years ago.

 

[Acanthus]

I imagine the logistics of bringing a 100 ton block out to the middle of the gulf and dropping it precisely where needed is somewhat difficult.

moving the block is not all that bad, dropping it in a precise location under the ocean is.

If i were about to lose 10 billion dollars, i'd be working pretty fucking hard to figure it out.

 

[BoomerD]

cap and trade will fix this.

Drill baby, DRILL!!

 

[destrekor]

how exactly did all that oil get down there?

1 its a mile under water
2 its another mile from the seabed down to the oil...

Can you imagine the notion that at one point, over 80% of North America was nowhere to be seen, covered by water?

And that was long after continental drift established North America as a continent... there was still high seas and minimal or nonexistent polar ice at the time.

We don't even accurately know whether there were or weren't ice caps when there was only a single super-continent. The ice we see now, with history locked in air pockets, did not exist forever.
Land mass configuration plays a massive role in climates, and without direct evidence, we just cannot know for sure. There could have been massive amounts of exposed land and minimal oceans at one point.

Also, land that is current above sea level, likely was submerged a long long long time ago. And at that same time, land that was above sea level, or at least dry land, could be extremely submerged - or not even exist anymore. Subduction zones are cool like that.

And hydrocarbons are just natural anyhow. There was so much life in the ocean, a majority of the oil, iirc, is from ancient oceanic life. Millions and millions of years (and billions for ancient primordial life, there was a lot of tiny creatures made of the same stuff the large majority of life on Earth has always been made of - hydrogen, carbon, other basic elements)... tends to mean a lot of dead stuff sitting on even more dead stuff. And general sediment collection plays a major role as well.

Also, considering hydrocarbons are found in other places in the galaxy, it can also be stated not every drop of oil is from the result of life. Just, the collection of all those resources from deceased remains just puts it all in close proximity making it far more likely.

No the devil put it there to create doubt about gods glory... So we wont believe the truth that the world was made 10,000 years ago.

funny you should say that.
Representin' his glory right now!
:awe:

 

[spidey07]

Yeah sure. How about we all chew some double bubble bubble gum and put it all in one giant piece? Then we could swim down and put it on the pipe. Problem solved no need for the US to get a dream team of scientists together anymore.

I didn't know you were working on the engineering team to fix the leak!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/13/AR2010051304561.html

HAMMOND, La. -- BP might wind up shooting junk of all shapes and sizes to plug the nooks and crannies in a giant piece of machinery that's allowing some of the oil to escape into the Gulf of Mexico.

In the aptly named "junk shot," engineers would shoot pieces of tires, golf balls, knotted rope and other items into the blowout preventer sitting atop the well.

They'll try one carefully selected mix in hopes the right sizes of junk make their way to the appropriate holes. Officials may have to try a few different mixes before it works, if it works at all.

Once the leak is clogged, heavy mud will be poured in. It would then be sealed off with cement.

The technique has been used before, including to plug wells in Kuwait during the first Gulf War. But BP scientists warn it's never been tried 5,000 feet under the sea.

 

[ElFenix]

There's no money to be made in CAPPING oil wells...

except that's exactly what they failed at which started this mess

how exactly did all that oil get down there?

1 its a mile under water
2 its another mile from the seabed down to the oil...

actually 2 miles under the floor.

 

[Jeff7]

So exactly, WHY cant they patch this shit up? Not like duck tape, but goddamn some big ass metal clamps or some shit...fucking RIDICULOUS!!!

Listen, sonny, this ain't like yo' mamma's hoo-ha - you can't just plug it up with anything and expect good things to happen.



















(Sorry.)

 

[Pheran]

Oil Leak Could Be Stopped With a Nuke

Only 1 minor problem, that might destroy all life on Earth.

This is not a system in stasis. This is an out of control volcano of oil spewing up with 70,000 psi behind it, from a reservoir nearly the size of the Gulf, with an estimated trillions of barrels of oil and gas tucked away. What we are seeing now could be small compared to what may yet unfold if things break apart, as they can do under such circumstances. If this thing blew, it could be like the Yellowstone Caldera, except from below a mile of sea, with a 1/4-mile opening, with up to 150,000 psi of oil and natural gas behind it.

That would be an extinction event.

It is not likely to happen, but it is within the realm of possibilities.

That's the kind of stuff we're playing with here.

OK, not very likely, but scary nonetheless. Regardless, the ecological impact of this is going to be a nightmare and is not yet close to being fully understood.

 

[Jeff7]

Only 1 minor problem, that might destroy all life on Earth.

As we watch this, and see other photos and videos from the air and ground/sea level, we can agree with Wathen's comment: "The Gulf appears to be bleeding," which is chilling, considering the prophesy in Revelation 8:8: "The second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a huge mountain, all ablaze [appearance of the burning rig and slick], was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned into blood, a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed." Most ships cannot travel through oil-infested waters without damage, any more than jets can fly through volcanic ash-infested airways.

Oh no, a biblical prophecy. :awe:



So heck, quick invent a new method of recovering oil - push a hole into the underground oil balloon, and use that "big funnel" idea to collect the oil, seawater, and hapless marine life which wanders into it.

Hopefully they can figure out something practical.

 

[Rubycon]

Oh no, a biblical prophecy. :awe:



So heck, quick invent a new method of recovering oil - push a hole into the underground oil balloon, and use that "big funnel" idea to collect the oil, seawater, and hapless marine life which wanders into it.

Hopefully they can figure out something practical.

Sounds like the largest female catheter in the world. D:

 

[Kalmah]

This should put things in perspective

 

[sdifox]

what about pumps and tankers to just suck up whatever they can?

 

[AmdEmAll]

what about pumps and tankers to just suck up whatever they can?

Im guessing its not easy to hook up a mile to the ocean floor. They need to figure it out though, this is out of control.