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I've heard the theory that with the relief well approach, BP would have been able to continue getting the oil. With the threat of the moratorium, the relief well would have been the only way to continue getting the oil.
Maybe it is too much paranoia, but ever since I heard that theory, I can't completely shake the feeling that there might have been something to it.
Third paragraph: > "Finally!" said Renee Brown, a school guidance counselor visiting Pensacola Beach, Fla., from London, Ky. "Honestly, I'm surprised that they haven't been able to do something sooner, though." Seems like an odd choice for the first quote in the article. Shouldn't they have chosen someone obviously qualified to comment?
Most people think it's just a long pipe going down there, and you can put your thumb in it.
i'd like a 2nd opinion from a 3rd party, just to be sure.
Well, obviously it sucks that it took so long, and so much damage has been done, but nonetheless... this is great news, if true. Let's just hope that this new cap holds up until the relief wells are finished and things are truly under control. Wonder how long the cleanup process will take? Can something of this magnitude even ever be completely cleaned up?
"Can something of this magnitude even ever be completely cleaned up?" Likely no. Certainly improvements can and will be made, but there will be irreversible damage, at least on a human timescale.
Well, obviously it sucks that it took so long, and so much damage has been done, but nonetheless... this is great news, if true. Let's just hope that this new cap holds up until the relief wells are finished and things are truly under control. Wonder how long the cleanup process will take? Can something of this magnitude even ever be completely cleaned up?
One week after the moratorium on offshore oil drilling has been rejected. Coincidence? I've heard the theory that with the relief well approach, BP would have been able to continue getting the oil. With the threat of the moratorium, the relief well would have been the only way to continue getting the oil. Maybe it is too much paranoia, but ever since I heard that theory, I can't completely shake the feeling that ther…
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Most people think it's just a long pipe going down there, and you can put your thumb in it.
Most people think they should have this "cap" on stand-by on every drilling rig out there.
I guess if the reparations from BP are fair, the right thing should happen (e.g. they should keep those domes on hand if that is cheaper than paying out the reparations every 10 years or however often this sort of thing seems to happen.)
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Most people think it's just a long pipe going down there, and you can put your thumb in it.
Most people think they should have this "cap" on stand-by on every drilling rig out there.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Most people think it's just a long pipe going down there, and you can put your thumb in it.
Most people think they should have this "cap" on stand-by on every drilling rig out there.
Yes, it failed but there is no guarantee that "this cap" will succeed in the case of another BOP failure.
Third paragraph: > "Finally!" said Renee Brown, a school guidance counselor visiting Pensacola Beach, Fla., from London, Ky. "Honestly, I'm surprised that they haven't been able to do something sooner, though." Seems like an odd choice for the first quote in the article. Shouldn't they have chosen someone obviously qualified to comment?
Most people think it's just a long pipe going down there, and you can put your thumb in it.