I’m no expert, but it has certainly worked before, it’s also not that big a leak into a huge body of water with a lot of dispersant (detergent) involved. I love FR but some of you all need to get off the sensationalism of the while event. It will be contained and most likely with minimal damage to the environment. Then we need to tap it again, with proper oversight. This is a huge pool of oil under very high pressure, and we need it!
Boy, are you wrong! That said, I am in no mood to argue with you about it.
You are entitled to your opinion. Many others would find fault with it, however.
This is an event not seen before. BP is doing everything they can I’m sure and I am grateful for their drawings to explain what they need to do. If this fails the Gulf will not start recovery until it is stopped. Let’s all pray this works. Until then lets respect this catastrophe for what it is.
As you said, you are no expert and but would like to tell us where this has worked before at a depth of 5000+ feet under the sea?
I would bet the farm you don’t live on the coast but since you choose to hide which state you live in, I guess we can’t know for sure.
Do you have any clue as to how much extremely toxic dispersant has been pumped into the water to hide their messy oil spill? Are you aware that most of the oil spill is under the water and that some deep water reefs are now void of fish and other sea life?
Are you aware that shrimpers south of Key West pulled up nets with oil on them an shrimp covered with oil? Do you know how far that is from the spill? I’m NOT anti-offshore drilling. However, they should be completely prepared for every worse case scenario and ready to go on day one. They weren’t.
It is a big leak, you just don’t see it. It’s all in little droplets from the surface to the bottom for hundreds of miles and NOBODY knows what the long term effects of this will be. It may not be a big deal to you, it is a big deal to most. Do you work for BP by any chance?
I think we all are waiting with “tightened sphincters” right now!
Random thoughts-
This has been a REAL MESS beyond comprehension and I think it has changed a lot of opinions about offshore drilling, environmentalism, etc. among conservatives.
We’ve all learned more than we ever wanted to know about drilling, pressure, ROVs, and what the heck a BOP is!
All that to say that while I agree with the fact that we NEED the oil, I am starting to be of the opinion that companies need to stay the heck out of the DEEP water until they have MULTIPLE containment plans, emergency plans, the needed emergency equipment, and a FOOL PROOF method of getting at the oil! We are now reading about shortcuts to save money, a seal not being in place, a dead BOP battery, etc. NONE of that should have been allowed to happen and heads should have rolled on the spot!
An “oops” moment in a regular work environment equates to a huge inconvenience to people, but we get on with our lives.
An “oops” moment on an oil platform equates to loss of life and an environmental catastrophe as we are seeing.
Yes this is the first accident in YEARS, but the gulf and the gulf states cannot afford any more accidents.
ONe has to wonder how much oil would have made it to LA if the drilling operation would have been surrounded with a boom for a 10 or 20 mile radius at all times while drilling was going on AND what if they had constantly been burning the oil contained in those booms.
I know the smoke would have been horrendous, but would THAT have been worse than what we now have? WHich is the lesser of 2 evils?