In the case of this platform failure, it is the same type of behavior. And, I am very suspicious about how this high technology drilling platform allowed combustible gasses to gush out onto the platform deck. How is it possible? These platforms are engineered to such an advanced technology, there is no way that such an event could happen unless it was intentionally allowed to happen. I say it was intentionally allowed to happen to score points against the drill here, drill now efforts. It was intentionally allowed to happen to score points for the environmentalists who are failing in their efforts with the global warming carbon credits scheme.
This disaster will hurt America, no doubt about it. It is the burning down of Capitalism before our eyes.
bttt
We have The Mob from the Southside of Chicago along with their far-flung international "interests" ensconced in the White House, so we can't legitimately rule out anything. They have too much at stake already as they've been laying the ground work for many, many years. Their mind-set is to do what they have to do.
We have more to fear from the enemy within than from the enemy without.
We must pull out all the stops to defeat them in every election...even if the 'RAT is only running for dog-catcher in a little town of 50 people.
And anyone who votes third party is casting his vote for a 'RAT.
bttt
Here's one possibility:
Friday 04/30/2010 Halliburton and the Gulf Disaster [Greg Pollowitz]
WSJ:
"An oil-drilling procedure called cementing is coming under scrutiny as a possible cause of the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico that has led to one of the biggest oil spills in U.S. history, drilling experts said Thursday.
"The process is supposed to prevent oil and natural gas from escaping by filling gaps between the outside of the well pipe and the inside of the hole bored into the ocean floor. Cement, pumped down the well from the drilling rig, is also used to plug wells after they have been abandoned or when drilling has finished but production hasn't begun.
"In the case of the Deepwater Horizon, workers had finished pumping cement to fill the space between the pipe and the sides of the hole and had begun temporarily plugging the well with cement; it isn't known whether they had completed the plugging process before the blast.
"Regulators have previously identified problems in the cementing process as a leading cause of well blowouts, in which oil and natural gas surge out of a well with explosive force. When cement develops cracks or doesn't set properly, oil and gas can escape, ultimately flowing out of control. The gas is highly combustible and prone to ignite, as it appears to have done aboard the Deepwater Horizon, which was leased by BP PLC, the British oil giant.
"Concerns about the cementing processand about whether rigs have enough safeguards to prevent blowoutsraise questions about whether the industry can safely drill in deep water and whether regulators are up to the task of monitoring them.
"The scrutiny on cementing will focus attention on Halliburton Co., the oilfield-services firm that was handling the cementing process on the rig, which burned and sank last week. The disaster, which killed 11, has left a gusher of oil streaming into the Gulf from a mile under the surface.
"Federal officials declined to comment on their investigation, and Halliburton didn't respond to questions from The Wall Street Journal.
The rest of the WSJ article is here.