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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 11:30 AM Original message |
BP to Try Smaller Pipe to Stem Gulf Oil Gusher |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
1. They really have no clue what to do. They are way over their heads. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 04:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. It seems to me they should go in the opposite direction with a larger pipe? |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
2. when will these asswholes |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 11:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. If they do that, what then? |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 12:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. they need to call put out an international call for |
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Mark D. (420 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. FINALLY |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 01:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. ego ego ego |
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Mark D. (420 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 01:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
37. Yep |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
3. 6 inch ? |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 01:14 AM Response to Reply #3 |
34. Maybe the oil executives pipes? Wink,wink,nod,nod |
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denverbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
4. How about just trying the stopper first? n/t |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 11:51 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. There is too much pressure. It would be blown off before it could harden. The small pipe could |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
5. Just knock the pipe off and drop a HUGE bolder over the hole! |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Right. They don't seem hugely devoted to actually stopping it, just collecting most of it. nt |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 12:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Terrible idea. |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 01:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Ummmm |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 01:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. That will not work. |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 02:20 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. But you didn't understand what was being discussed |
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orwell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 02:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
25. Bingo... |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
9. I keep wondering about the economic side of this. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 02:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
39. part of me wonders... |
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N_E_1 for Tennis (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
10. I'm afraid ... |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 12:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. That may not be such a bad plan. |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 01:22 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. better to kill the entire gulf of mexico |
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Mark D. (420 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 01:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Warheads = Risk |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 01:46 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Yep. Open up multiple fractures. Also, the Russkies were only 4 for 5 |
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N_E_1 for Tennis (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 01:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. As Mark said ... |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 04:25 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Can a nuke even be denotated at depth? |
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Mark D. (420 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 01:45 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. Not a bad idea |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
18. How many failed "brilliant" ideas have these idiots tried now? |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
23. Another delay.. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
26. We need to freeze every US asset of BP immediately. |
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ribrepin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 01:10 AM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Now you're talking |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
29. I've got a garden hose I can lend them...it's 5/8" in diameter |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
30. what happened to the smaller box? |
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Lagomorph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
31. It took nine months to stop the last one in 1979. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
32. BP should be taken OUT of the equation |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
35. Does anyone else think THIS should have been the first thing they should have attempted? nt |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
38. Right about now the entire BP engineering division is trying a Phelps pipe. |
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atomic-fly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
40. Something like this might work. |
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