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That's really interesting, and way better than my original suggestion. I wonder if this is feasible or not though? It is really easy to draw pictures of water, oil, steel containers, pipes, etc, another to actually pull it off in the real world, especially a mile down where only very specialized robots can be used.

Desperation point is very close.
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i was curious as to how you would steer a70-90 ton piece of metal thru the currents and land it on the spot
 
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i was curious as to how you would steer a70-90 ton piece of metal thru the currents and land it on the spot
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Why can't you have motors propellers and fins on the four corners? (and of course things like headlights and cameras so we can navigate it down)
 
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sounds like a feasible plan,better than golf balls, does bp have a site where you can email suggestions
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It would be unthinkable to me that they haven't thought of these things already. We must be naive.
 
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It would be unthinkable to me that they haven't thought of these things already. We must be naive.
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The problem is the same as their Top Hat solution - what is coming out of the well is not just oil but gas hydrates. That is methane. Under the high pressure (1 mile down) and cold, it is ICE. It clogs the apertures and produces flotation (lighter than water) underneath.
 
on 60 minutes, after this happened,they said there were 2 sensors at the base and 1 wasnt working for a month,when it happened the guy on the rig said they flew in 7 experts(going on memory here) and what ever they suggested ,he was against,they carried out the plan, everyone left except him and a woman expert,the thing blew, the two dove in the water and when he submerged he was swimming in flames..point is the experts don't usually have ears
 
Gelatin is 98% water, and yet it doesn't flow away. What if we set up a machine that turned the oil + water into a kind of oil gelatin. Would it then not be easier to collect?
 
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Some people don't realize the magnitude of this catastrophe. To put it in perspective, this is like an oil tanker spill on a daily 24x7 basis.

I am trying to think of absolutely crazy ideas on how to stop it. Another thought that occurred to me is, do a controlled sinking of an massive aircraft carrier (with a giant plug welded to it) right on top of the spill. I have no idea if this would work or not.

Or construct a 50 story tall 100000 ton solid steel ball and sink it on top of it.
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Criminals at BP won't dynamite the well shut because they want to harvest their precious crop.

ENORMOUS find; one of the largest ever.

They could dynamite it shut (most likely; no nuke needed) but won't.

And unfortunately our COWARDLY president doesn't have the balls to declare the US Military in charge of this operation.

(Where are barack obama's BALLS? Maybe he left them in Kenya where he was born)

I'm hearing the US Army Corps of Engineers is furious at BP's stonewalling and lack of a clear plan.

This is very bad. A real fear is acid / poison RAIN, including crop destruction.
 
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Criminals at BP won't dynamite the well shut because they want to harvest their precious crop.

ENORMOUS find; one of the largest ever.

They could dynamite it shut (most likely; no nuke needed) but won't.

And unfortunately our COWARDLY president doesn't have the balls to declare the US Military in charge of this operation.

(Where are barack obama's BALLS? Maybe he left them in Kenya where he was born)

I'm hearing the US Army Corps of Engineers is furious at BP's stonewalling and lack of a clear plan.

This is very bad. A real fear is acid / poison RAIN, including crop destruction.
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They won't dynamite it because they don't know how that would affect the entire well's structural integrity.

It is NOT one of the largest ever. BP's CEO put the figure around 50 million barrels. Other people have put the estimate to 1 billion barrels but I have a feeling that is from conversion errors (42 gallons = 1 barrel).

For a quick comparison, the Prudhoe Bay field contains 12 billion barrels. There are a couple of fields in California with 1-2 billion barrels (and 10000 wells covering tens of square miles). Saudi Arabia's proven reserves are around 250 billion. This is a relatively small field, but every little bit counts when we're using oil at the current rate.

So you want to put the military in charge? How many people in the military have ever drilled a well? Completed a well? Designed a well? Recovered from drilling mishaps? How many deep water ROVs does the military have? And operators to run those ROVs? Do they have the necessary valves, pipes, fittings, sensors and other miscellaneous equipment to do ANYTHING regarding petroleum production? Didn't think so.

The only people/companies who can fix this problem are the ones who created it. The military has no idea how to fix it... and why would they? Their job is to protect us, not fixing oil wells.
 
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