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Suck it up

by YankeeJim | May 30, 2010 at 06:04 am

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Reports the past week from CNN and MSNBC indicate that very little has been done in the Gulf by BP to remove the oil. I suspected removal was delayed because the spill was continuing and they thought they would do the job once instead of continuous mopping.

Without a solution in sight, it is time to start sucking it up in earnest, IMO.

It seems to me that the action to remove the oil is very late at this stage. The US Environmental Protection Agency, Department of the Interior, and Department of Homeland Security should be mopping like crazy at this point, sending the bill to BP.

President Obama is apparently still trying to locate the buckets and the mops as the sucking up operation is not apparent.

“As 'top kill' effort fails, BP must fall back on oil spill containment strategy

By Joel Achenbach and Alec MacGillis

Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, May 30, 2010

It is the well that will not die.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/29/AR2010052900561.html?hpid%3Dtopnews&sub=AR

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Spydermonkey

at 06:44 on May 30th, 2010

Why doesn't BP just face the music and get the Gov. to put a small nuke at the well head. Oil stopped.

Because BP wants the oil under the well head.

Because of GREED.

YankeeJim

at 09:12 on May 30th, 2010

I have heard about the idea to explode the well, but the physics of that doesn't make sense to me. That would just result in a big splatter and compound pollution.

My thought would be constructing a large plastic baloon and capturing the oil in it for extraction at the top. But, the best scientists in the wolrd are working the problem, so they say.

René

at 08:04 on May 30th, 2010

Well, spyder, my thought was their 'kill' job failed because they did want the oil.

and what a brilliant idea, Jim. please let Jindal know, as he seems to be the loudest voice.

YankeeJim

at 09:34 on May 30th, 2010

Colin Powell remarked:

"Powell wouldn’t say whether the military should take over the operation, but added, “whether it's Army, Coast Guard, local forces, it is time for a comprehensive, total attack on this problem, to protect the shoreline, to protect the livestock, to protect the wetlands, but most of all to give the people in that part of our country a sense of hope that this is going to be solved.”

Spydermonkey

at 10:08 on May 30th, 2010

Well,

discuss the potential for using a nuclear bomb to stop the leak, and Brownfield said that yes, it was decided a viable way to stop it -- it has been done four times previously.

YankeeJim

at 11:53 on May 30th, 2010

Well, it is about time that you coughed up some facts on this.

"Brownfield: Yes, I think -- stopping the spill immediately. And the reason why we haven't seen that option is because, frankly, BP is still at the helm. I think President Obama needs to take charge of this, bring all the assets of our military to bear, bring the U.S. Army Corps of engineers, bring the U.S. Navy, and bring in all the private-sector organizations that have the equipment for deep-sea operations to make this happen. Let's explode this, collapse the well, and put an end to it."

That's the American way, when in doubt, blow it up!

YankeeJim