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garybeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:40 AM Original message |
Stupid question... Can't they just put a big plug on the leak? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
1. Same reason they don't use a big wad of chewing gum. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 12:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. Or a huge tampon...or ten bazillion regular sized ones |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
74. You're fulla shit ....... |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. There is extreme outgoing pressure from the spurting oil..A plug cannot just be |
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garybeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. OK, so calculate the pressure, and engineer a plug that's big enough |
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MUAD_DIB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:57 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Make a conical screw/bore plug. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 03:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
48. It takes about 5 miles of mud to contain the pressure while drilling is in progress. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #48 |
87. Thank you for sharing the science on this. |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
77. We need an expert. Call Joe the Plumber!!!! |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 01:43 PM Response to Reply #77 |
89. Hey, could we jam him into the hole to stop the gusher? |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
3. I Imagine it has a lot to do with pressure |
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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
4. I read somewhere there's a 1500 psi difference between the oil and the water |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 12:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. Actually it is more like 13,000 psi |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 02:18 PM Response to Reply #24 |
44. That likely is the minimum pressure. |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 03:48 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. .. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 04:04 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Very good points. I stand corrected. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:15 PM Response to Reply #44 |
69. Yep, you have the shaken soda bottle effect. |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
5. how about just pumping concrete into that leaking pipe |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:45 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I would guess that if they had a pump capable of countering the pressure of the spurting |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:46 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. you are probably correct |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:48 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. WE will leeran from ..this..but the question is whether the oil companies and govt will. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:50 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. The incredible pressure combined with the methane ice |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
71. That's what they're gonna try next. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
6. that's essentailly what they are going to try sunday..... |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:49 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Guess they did not want to try this earlier cause they were trying to maintain |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:50 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. they say if this goes wrong, it could make the disaster worse..... |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
72. That's what I'm thinking. |
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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 08:26 PM Response to Reply #15 |
55. false |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:13 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. They are drilling another well 2, actually |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:20 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. I'll buy you DU stars for as long as you live if BP goes bankrupt. |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:23 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. you're on |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:28 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. The whole word hates Exxon and they recovered. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:41 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Deleted message |
Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:44 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. BP isn't going anywhere. |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:26 PM Response to Reply #64 |
73. heh...sensitive, eh? |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:35 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. BP won't pay $85 billion. |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:57 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Right? |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 07:11 AM Response to Reply #76 |
78. Sure. Keep dreaming. |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 08:22 AM Response to Reply #78 |
80. Yeah? |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 08:36 AM Response to Reply #80 |
81. No BP won't fail. |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 08:51 AM Response to Reply #81 |
83. well, there is one way BP can stay |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:10 AM Response to Reply #83 |
84. when all else fails and you look silly, start blaming obama for it. |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:15 AM Response to Reply #84 |
85. Obama isn't to blame |
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garybeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 12:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. geeze, why did they wait 4 weeks to even try this? |
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lakerboy (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 02:21 PM Response to Reply #22 |
45. It's not really "mud" |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 02:21 PM Response to Reply #22 |
46. Mud is needed to hold back natural gas. |
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greencharlie (827 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
8. How about plugging it up with a few dozen BP execs? nt |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:47 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Yep. Shove them ass first into the hole...BP execs, Limpballs, Beck, and |
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CLANG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
37. And if the leak still isn't plugged after that - no harm, no foul. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:43 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Yep. Zackly!!! |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
9. Yes. You're missing something. n/t |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
13. They do have a big concrete pad |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:51 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. I would guess they do not want to do anything that would interfere with their future |
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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 08:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
56. How does shutting down the flow from this well interfere with their future access to the oil? |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:55 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Animation sure makes it real...and scary as hell. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
38. They would rather salvage the oil than save the Gulf |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:45 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that THAT is where the priorities of BP |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
21. Ever have a soda bottle explode on you and try to stop the liquid? |
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jp11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
23. Some of the biggest issues are |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
25. Sounds simple until you try it a mile under water. n/t |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 12:48 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Excuses are like assholes |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 12:49 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Back seat drivers are like rectums. |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:04 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. BP is full of shit |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:13 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. I'm sorry... |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 12:54 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Why anybody would want to be like BP is beyond me. |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:02 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Yep |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:13 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. It's not an excuse. It is a statement of fact |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:11 PM Response to Reply #26 |
68. Clearly, BP should have thought of these emergencies before they started drilling... |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
27. I'm pretty sure it's all window dressing. |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
33. Nobody knows what they can do. |
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CLANG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
36. You mean like Mitch McConnells butt plug? |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
39. Safe sex boys and girls.... remember the condoms! |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
42. Shove Joe Lieberman into it |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
43. Cram the fat ass Limbaugh into the leak, problem solved! |
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Dank Nugs (157 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
49. A small yield nuclear bomb would seal it n/t |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 04:24 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. You nuke freaks are amusing. |
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Dank Nugs (157 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 04:33 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Just because I say that it's a viable option doesn't mean I'm a nuke freak |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:28 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. A small nuke could open up the ocean floor. . . . |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:24 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. Not likely. |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:37 PM Response to Reply #60 |
86. Forgetting the earthquake fault lines in the Gulf of Mexico? |
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yodermon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:15 PM Response to Reply #51 |
70. Could conventional explosives be used? Big bang w/o the radiation? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 04:26 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Welcome to DU! Great user name! |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
61. I'm visualizing something like this... |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 01:38 PM Response to Reply #61 |
88. I'm always visualizing something like that. |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
65. It's called DRAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINAGE garybeck! (sorry couldn't resist) |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
66. Imagine trying to screw a cap onto a fire hose that's gushing full force. |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
67. 5,000 feet under the ocean is a long way down. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
79. They should try plugging the hole with oil company executives... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
82. The force of the oil gusshing out is too high. |
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