Posted on 05/30/2010 10:54:47 PM PDT by mojito
In his May 28th interview with Bloomberg's Mark Crumpton and Lori Rothman, Matt Simmons of energy investment bank Simmons & Company, provides some stunning revelations on what is really occurring in the Gulf of Mexico, and proposes that the only effective way to contain the leak is to relieve BP, bring in the military, and do what the Russians have done on comparable occasions, namely explode nuclear weapons within the wellbore.
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In addition to his radical solution, Simmons also points out that "Top Kill" is a sideshow and the real problem is 5 to 7 miles away, where a second fissure is "releasing a plume the size of Delaware and Maryland combined." If Simmons is indeed right, and the only recourse left to Obama is to nuke the seabed, the repercussions for his already shaky political situation will be tremendous.
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Using a bomb to destroy a hole.
I believe they’ve known this from the beginning.
They’re just scared sh!tle$$ to do it.
I believe they’ve known this from the beginning.
They’re just scared sh!tle$$ to do it.
0bama is damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t.
Would have to be fairly low yield. Set aside politics. Call in the Russians. They’re experienced in this matter!
Nuking the oil leak?
Is this for real or just some crazy theory?
Apparently, it’s for real.
The envirowhackos would faint at the mere suggestion.
Call in the Russians. They’re experienced in this matter!
I agree.
It’s for real. I haven’t read the article or seen the video, but I’ve heard that the heat generated would turn the sand into glass and seal the area with glass. Like a giant old-fashioned Ball Jar lid.
This gutless wonder doesn’t have the stones.
Yes Matt you are so right, and why don’t you have the aliens in the space craft you’re in help us?
The envirowhackos would faint at the mere suggestion.
Mess their pants, too.
Maybe I’m wrong, but I don’t think a “taylor made” nuke would do much harm at that depth. Unless it opened up some near by fissures.
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