So, if I understood what the two oil people said, then the following is true:
1. the top kill has a low probability of success
2. even if it does succeed, they are stopping a “mouse” leak and ignoring the “elephant” leak
3. there is a huge (the size of MD and one other state I forget) oil plume out in the gulf and BP has treated it with a toxic “dispersant” that will make it sink to the ocean floor where the public won’t see it - it is thick and gooey and god knows what it will do to sea life in that large area
4. there’s a good chance they are putting on a show for the public with this top kill crap
5. they are ignoring advice to get tankers in there and giving a poor excuse as to why they won’t do it
We also know that the Feds aren’t doing a thing about this and the two oil guys think it will take the military to clean up that plume and to assist with stopping the leak.
One can’t help speculate as to what is really going on here. We have a pretty good idea that Obama wants to nationalize the oil industry in America. We have read that he and BP are pretty cozy, despite the “plug the damned hole” remark. If this oil disaster ends up causing complete devastation of the gulf and the gulf states, would that not then allow Obama to make his move on the energy industry “for the good of the people” and because those money grubbing, too-cheap-to-have-adequate-safety-measures corporations can’t be trusted?
Would you consider posting this video as a news item on the side bar in morning prime time so we can get a lot of people to watch it? (by the way - amazing that MSNBC is actually guilty of some real reporting! or maybe its part of BO’s agenda, don’t know)
There are a number of people here who know off shore oil drilling well enough to be able to watch this and give a very useful evaluation of what was said in the video.
That was very informative - thank you for posting it even though I did not like what I learned.
Those two guys weren’t sure what was causing the errant plume. BP isn’t exacting reporting on it but is treating it with dispersant. How would it look if a big’ol tanker parks over the plume and lowers an over-sized upside down funnel to collect the slime?
Obama is useless unless you need your Country ruined ASAP. Congress is deciding on much more tax is needed on a barrel of oil to cover cleanup costs in the gulf and BP will walk scott free because they are to big to fail.