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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 06:28 AM Original message |
Can someone tell me why they can't use dynamite or some kind of bomb to stop the oil spill? |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. Dunno...my hubby is a Nuclear Weapons Officer in the Army and he keeps |
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Poiuyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 12:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. That's what the Russians said to do also |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 06:37 AM Response to Original message |
2. Maybe because |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 06:38 AM Response to Original message |
3. Just what would you blow up? |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
4. Maybe because there's a good chance it could make the hole bigger. And... |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 06:40 AM Response to Original message |
5. The water pressure down there is over one ton per square inch. |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 06:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. That's the way I understood it too. It would take a nuclear bomb, and |
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Change Happens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 08:13 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. A missile fired from a submarine? |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 07:12 AM Response to Original message |
7. The Army Corps of Engineers uses scrap concrete as break-waters along Lake Michigan. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 01:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. And if it worked it could buy time to drill the two additional holes that who knows whether or not |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 01:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. What is the pressure coming up from that inderground oil deposit? |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
8. Because BP doesn't want to stop the flow, just redirect it into tankers. |
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Change Happens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
9. I said few days ago, we need to fire a bomb from a sub, right into the pipe... |
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adamuu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
11. Caldera eruption? n/t |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
13. wouldnt the pressure of the releasing volcano blow any debris |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
15. You have to consider the worst-case scenario... |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
16. Unpredictable and possibly worse results than what's happening now? |
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carlyhippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
17. It may knock some rock loose that we dont want knocked loose |
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