BP oil leak victims

[SteveR]

well im sure my plan would work just needs a bit of extra work give me a blank check and 2 weeks id have that thing plugged

Haha!

 

[Wulfonce]

Gulf oil spill underwater footage.

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[screaminleeman]

So, does nobody else knows EXACTLY what exploded? The source/ megatonage of the explosion?

Thanks, at least I know now that I am in good company with the masses that have no clue as to what REALLY happened! It is a shame that we will probably never learn the truth!

 

[SteveR]

I don't know, sorry.

 

[freeskier]

So much for Obama's "transparancy"!

Can anyone answer a few questions for me not being made clear by the media that I have access to?

1. What exactly "exploded"?

the explosion was caused by natural gas forcing its way up the pipe under extreme pressure.

2. What is meant when we are told a "mile" deep? Does this mean over 5,000 feet from the water surface to the guld sea bed, or does this include the depth of the "well" underground?

the seabed is 5000 feet below the surface of the ocean. the well continues for another 10,000 feet. the pipe is a total of approx. 15,000 feet.

3. If the "mile" is to the seabed, then this structure is large enough to contain over four world trade centers. We are aware that it required a very precise explosion from a 747 jet that HAD to be FULL of rocket fuel to acomplish the destruction. What could have caused the "explosion" with the magnitude to bring down a structure four times the size of the world trade center that is specifically built to withstand the incredible power of the sea itself? Sorry, I do not buy that some worker who passed wind while smoking a ciggy caused this!!

it appears that shortcuts were taken in the drilling process which allowed natural gas to leak in to / around the pipe, force its way up, and explode.

4. I was always under the impression that oil was pumped up to the surface. On land, you always see a structure that looks like a giant rocker arm moving up and down to "extract" the oil from the earth. If it is pressure from the earth itself that forces the oil up, then why is this not an incredibly common occurance in the worlds oceans? The earth is 75% covered with water and over 90% of the earths volcanic activity occurs below water. If pressure is what forces the oil up, then how does a volcano that forced magma from the liquid core of the planet (far below the level where oil resides) NOT cause this? Heck Krackatoa blew so hard that it blotted out the sun for a decade in the in the first millenium AD and no oil??? Undersea earthquakes with power measure on the richter scale can open city sized rifts on the sea floor and spur enormous tsunami's and yet again NO OIL!

is your question "why do volcanos not spill oil?" i don't know.

5. If Earth does provide the "force" power to bring the oil to the surface, then what is the need/ requirment for the "human made" power source that exploded with the magnitude to bring down this structure four times the size of the world trade center to be contained in the oil well?

the equipment is a drill. drills are used to reach the oil & gas. as you can immagine, putting a drill 3 miles deep requires some large and expensive machinery.

6. Lastly, Operation Desert Storm gave us a direct look into some terrorist activity. The first thing that the Iraq forces did in Quatar was to "blow up" the oil fields to distract the opposition to "dealing" with the repair of them. If all that is required to cause this type of devastation in deep sea oil rig is a combination of a fart and a cigerette, are we already doomed?

this is a little oversimplified of a view don't you think.

 

[Szar]

Simple solution is a mini nuke explosion at the site of the leak. It would seal it of.

Thing is they still want that oil, so no deal.

 

[frasertheking]

Simple solution is a mini nuke explosion at the site of the leak. It would seal it of.

Thing is they still want that oil, so no deal.

any chance of explaining how a large explosion would help ?

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

actually a small nuke would seal it most likly

 

[frasertheking]

actually a small nuke would seal it most likly

ha sounds very eco friendly, i can just see a large explosion followed by all the oil in the deposit pumping out, catching fire and things becoming 10x worse

 

[Warborg]

Who are you to decide how long threads go on for? Not being rude but we have tones of threads that go on and on about nothing, this is actually interesting. Tell me why it needs to stop?

You failed to read what I posted, I said 3 threads not 3 pages. I could care less how long a thread goes on and I have even posted throughout the first thread which is several pages already.

As far as who I am is a person who uses common sense