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?
No I don’t work for BP and I live in Virgina within an hours drive on tidal water. It’s never been tried in 5000’ feet of water, but the mechanisms in place can accomidate the procedure, same mechanisms that are used in 200’ of water. The necessity of robotics is a pain, but they are clearly capable of performing the functions. The dispersent used is basically a strong detergent. I wouldn’t drink a glass of it but where did you come up with “extremey toxic”? The EPA’s whining because they have no data on the effect of 1 part per billion on the reproduction of coral and shrimp? Come on, get a grip, or stop using detergent yourself, you may be destroying a gulf. The long term effects won’t exist, bacteria will see to that.
I was wondering about that myself, Mojito, but hesitated to ask.