Posted on 05/15/2010 7:13:20 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
The US has sent a team of nuclear physicists to help BP plug the "catastrophic" flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico from its leaking Deepwater Horizon well, as the Obama administration becomes frustrated with the oil giant's inability to control the situation.
The five-man team – which includes a man who helped develop the first hydrogen bomb in the 1950s – is the brainchild of Steven Chu, President Obama's Energy Secretary.
He has charged the men with finding solutions to stop the flow of oil.
President Obama yesterday promised a "relentless" effort to resolve the problem as he criticised the "cozy relationship" BP and other oil companies have with US regulators in Washington.
He also denounced the attempts by executives from BP, Transocean and Haliburtion to blame each other during this week's congressional hearings into the rig disaster. "I will not tolerate more finger pointing or irresponsibility." Mr Obama said.
The five scientists visited BP's main crisis centre in Houston earlier this week, along with Mr Chu, and are to continue to work with the company's scientists and external advisers to reach an answer.
In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Mr Hayward said the five-hour meeting involved a "very deep dive" into the situation at hand, with "lots of nuclear physicists and all sorts of people coming up with some quite good ideas actually."
Pressed further about the meeting, he said they had "come up with one good idea" but declined to elaborate.
The five include 82-year-old Richard Garwin, who designed the first hydrogen bomb, and Tom Hunter, head of the US Department of Energy's Sandia National Labs.
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Yeah, let’s use a nuke on it! It’ll turn the ocean floor bottom into glass and seal off! Yeah, yeah, yeah! That’s it!
Evidentally, the Soviets have used nukes on their various spills.
Gee, they might ignite the whole Gulf in the largest hydro-petro-nuclear explosion in history...a first for Obama.
Actually, The Russians have done just that for over 40 years. I think it’s worth considering.
This has got to be the most insane idea I’ve ever heard.
LOL!
Obama finally heard my pleas! Nuke it from orbit! It’s the only way to be sure
Why not send Rocket Scientists now that Zer0 has shut down NASA?
That’s like sending a surgeon to repair a car!
like most doctors are dangerous if they touvh tools!!!
Why? Nukes are not the bogey man. They have uses beside killing people. The Russians have done this for decades.
Man. I didn’t realize Godzilla had such an issue with cellulite.
A gynecologist had become fed up with malpractice insurance and HMO
paperwork, and was burned out. Hoping to try another career where
skillful hands would be beneficial, he decided to become a mechanic. He
went to the local technical college, signed up for evening classes,
attended diligently, and learned all he could. When the time of the
practical exam approached, the gynecologist prepared carefully for weeks
and completed the exam with tremendous skill.
When the results came back, he was surprised to find that he had
obtained a score of 150%. Fearing an error, he called the Instructor,
saying, “I don’t want to appear ungrateful for such an outstanding
result, but I wonder if there is an error in the grade?”
The instructor said, “During the exam, you took the engine apart
perfectly, which was worth 50% of the total mark. You put the engine
back together again perfectly, which is also worth 50% of the mark.”
After a pause, the instructor added, “I gave you an extra 50% because
you did it all through the muffler, which I’ve never seen done in my
entire career”.
Between the nuke and the spill, it will be a mega environmental issue - a win-win for obungler - an excuse to get rid of both oil and nukes.
Is this scrappleface?! NUKE scientists to deal with a deep sea OIL well problem?!
And Mr. “It’s Never My Fault” Narcisist warns OTHERS not to finger point?!
PS If someone thinks those nuke scientists are being sent to nuke the well, we already have that option! This is a waste of time even for that...
Nothing like having Chu send his pals some work. At least obama didn’t ask Maya Angelou to round up a bunch of poets for the job.
Another “Laser-like focus”. Look for things to get worse...
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