Offshore Oil Drilling and the Oil Rig Disaster in the Gulf

[Timkin]

At this point , NO ....  BP's CEO says ice crystals coming from the seabed ( I presume some sort of gas)  are containing inside the box and not only making it sort of bouyant but also clogging the hole I presume the oil is supposed to come out of..  They have set it aside for now and are trying to contemplate how to solve THAT problem.  I hope they can come up with something soon..

I know this is a really deepwater well....so I wonder why a really long hose ( the diameter of the exiting well hole where the oil is bleeding out , and obviously long enough to get up to a container ship or storage device)  with some sort of vaccum system on it could not be attempted...  Im only speculating. I would have to assume someone thought of this idea already.

[Timkin]

IF ( this is a huge IF ), BP makes more of an effort for cleanup,  than Exxon did , way back when their drunken captain ran the tanker aground , I would still continue to patronize BP. I just think they need to do everything and then some to fix this huge mess that is getting "huger" by the moment.

[civil42806]

Heres an interesting account of what happened from some of the survivors

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/08/us/08rig.html

[Bostech]

Yeah,think of all jobs that will be created from oil spill.
People who will try to stop leak,people to contain leak and collect oil,then you have to clean beaches,wash all birds,triple wash your oysters and fish,doctors and nurses who will heal you from cancers,fishermans who will be buying Xanax and Ambien,sale of alcohol and cigarettes will increase,rising oil prices will bring more profit to oil companies so they can spend it on more drilling,CNN and FOX have more material for their daily news.....it can even help tourism,where else can people go in world to see BIGGEST oil spill?
Think of possibilities.

[urbanlibertarian]

See "broken window fallacy":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window

[Sportmotor]

If someone flicks a match into the oil we can have the world's largest fishfry

[Timkin]

Does anyone even realize that oil companies currently have 68 million acres of leased federal land permitted for drilling that nothing is being done on?

Why would we want to permit even more land?

Which would make me pose the question , why not drill on this land, rather than in the Gulf or some other Ocean area?  seems like a dry land oil spill would be a hell of alot easier to approach on a cleanup than on water.... just MHO .

[Bostech]

I am thinking they should have not killed Saddam Husein.He probably went to Hell,hooked up with Satan and conviced him to revenge against USA by destroying oil well underwater so it is harder to stop leak.It all makes sense now.

[Dog Walker]

Funny!  Just think how much trouble we would be in if it were Dick Cheney!  He's much more powerful and evil than Saddam.

Talked with a marina owner on the Gulf Coast a couple of days ago who said that it was funny how Halliburton was either involved just before a disaster or just after one.

[Bostech]

Yes,Haliburton is EVERYWHERE...from Gulf Coast to Kosovo and ex-Yu,Iraq and Afghanistan.
And they moved their HQ to Dubai which show they feel there like at home and they are in bed with rich sheiks doing dirty business all over world.
If there was any sanity and justice in this world they should have been investigated top to bottom and press any criminal charges or shady business they are involved,instead they are roaming around world freely and do whatever they like.

[thelakelander]

What's up with Fox News? I've been trying to tune in to hear their opinion on the spill but they never seem to cover it.

[gatorback]

I can't figure out why  some channels report 5,000 barrels a day and others are reporting 200,000 barrels day

[Bostech]

5000 barrels or 200,000 gallons of oil.
And why would Fox News report on oil spill?They know oil spill will regulate itself and disappear on its own...sooner or later.

[Bostech]

And I wonder what this does to temperature of water?
Will temperature increase or decrease from all that oil?Can it increase intensity of hurricane or change climate since gulf stream travels far north and influences climate and weather.

[buckethead]

And I wonder what this does to temperature of water?
Will temperature increase or decrease from all that oil?Can it increase intensity of hurricane or change climate since gulf stream travels far north and influences climate and weather.

Only Bush can do that.