Codeine
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Fri May-21-10 01:22 PM
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but they don't have heavy manipulation equipment that could do anything. So far as observation goes the remote vehicles will do that just as well at no risk to human life.
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| -BP says they should have the gusher stopped by early August |
NNN0LHI |
May-21-10 12:39 PM |
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Are they trying to be funny? AUGUST? |
aquart |
May-21-10 12:40 PM |
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No - this is when the first relief well will reach the existing borehole. |
DURHAM D |
May-21-10 12:51 PM |
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Reading the technical information available at "The Oil Drum" blog |
nenagh |
May-21-10 01:07 PM |
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Yes - it is excellent. |
DURHAM D |
May-21-10 01:16 PM |
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Good information for you there .... |
nenagh |
May-21-10 01:24 PM |
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Some of it has been easy for me. |
DURHAM D |
May-21-10 01:29 PM |
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Or, alternatively, make the whole thing worse. |
damntexdem |
May-21-10 01:09 PM |
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I honestly don't think it can make it worse - |
DURHAM D |
May-21-10 01:13 PM |
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How sad is it that we have to HOPE they do so? |
Ignis |
May-21-10 01:58 PM |
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You know the tragedy is that in one blog entry they speak.. |
nenagh |
May-21-10 01:31 PM |
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Oh, you think they won't lie to your face then? |
aquart |
May-21-10 03:01 PM |
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Tell that to the animals. nt |
zanana1 |
May-21-10 12:41 PM |
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Estimate based on what? |
tridim |
May-21-10 12:42 PM |
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the fake spill #s, which our NOAA countenances |
amborin |
May-21-10 12:52 PM |
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Early August? Is this something from The Onion? |
proudohioan |
May-21-10 12:45 PM |
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Oh goody! Just in time for Labor Day gas price hike! |
mikelgb |
May-21-10 12:45 PM |
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unacceptable |
amborin |
May-21-10 12:51 PM |
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They think they are God. They don't care what we think. nt |
flamingdem |
May-21-10 12:54 PM |
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then what would you have them do at this point? |
Hempathy |
May-21-10 06:53 PM |
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The first relief well was started on May 2... |
SidDithers |
May-21-10 12:53 PM |
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Florida will need to change their advertisement to Black Beaches |
liberal N proud |
May-21-10 12:54 PM |
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Not just Florida, try New Jersey! nt |
flamingdem |
May-21-10 12:55 PM |
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No kidding |
liberal N proud |
May-21-10 01:06 PM |
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is this a friday news dump? |
nashville_brook |
May-21-10 12:57 PM |
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A dump? More like the whole outhouse! |
Wednesdays |
May-21-10 05:29 PM |
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This is pretty much in line with the original relief well estimates. |
Codeine |
May-21-10 12:57 PM |
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August of what year????? |
AnArmyVeteran |
May-21-10 12:58 PM |
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Oh well, no worries then. |
Rex |
May-21-10 12:59 PM |
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OK, someone please educate us? Aren't there four submarines that can dive 5000 feet? |
ShortnFiery |
May-21-10 01:00 PM |
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No. |
dgibby |
May-21-10 01:04 PM |
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The navy deep diving sub "Alvin" can go 3 times this depth. |
Webster Green |
May-21-10 01:08 PM |
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Right, I can't quote the source but I heard on CNN that only 4 submarines are capable of |
ShortnFiery |
May-21-10 01:12 PM |
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Cool! |
dgibby |
May-21-10 01:17 PM |
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DSV Alvin and DSV Sea Cliff can dive far in excess of 5,000 feet. n/t |
racaulk |
May-21-10 01:11 PM |
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Well, I saw a woman on some news show yesterday (CNN?) & she said yes |
blueworld |
May-21-10 01:11 PM |
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This is a GLOBAL Disaster. Call them up?!? |
ShortnFiery |
May-21-10 01:13 PM |
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France. nt |
DURHAM D |
May-21-10 01:17 PM |
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My understanding is that the relief well [s] have to be drilled down... |
nenagh |
May-21-10 01:19 PM |
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They could observe |
Codeine |
May-21-10 01:22 PM |
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You're certain on that? Sure that these deep sea subs don't have manipulation equipment? |
ShortnFiery |
May-21-10 01:25 PM |
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Heavy duty manipulation equipment that could work |
Codeine |
May-21-10 01:31 PM |
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How about this: Get the brightest engineers to devise a hair-filled thick ... |
ShortnFiery |
May-21-10 01:42 PM |
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There is no way on earth |
Codeine |
May-21-10 01:46 PM |
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OK, thanks. |
ShortnFiery |
May-21-10 01:55 PM |
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In what way exactly could/would you imagine that they'd assist? |
Hempathy |
May-21-10 06:51 PM |
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By August, |
dgibby |
May-21-10 01:02 PM |
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What they say is true: they SHOULD have it stopped by August. |
damntexdem |
May-21-10 01:08 PM |
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WTF?!?!?! |
disillusioned73 |
May-21-10 01:11 PM |
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We're already in deep shit, |
dgibby |
May-21-10 01:21 PM |
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Thanks for the welcoming.. |
disillusioned73 |
May-21-10 02:43 PM |
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Outrage won't make the relief well drill any faster, |
Codeine |
May-21-10 01:24 PM |
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No it won't.. |
disillusioned73 |
May-21-10 02:47 PM |
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Hell, there are informed people here on DU that don't give a damn about the oil spill |
earth mom |
May-21-10 07:46 PM |
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They don't care. |
blindpig |
May-21-10 01:20 PM |
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My proposal is this: offshore rigs MUST from now on have relief wells mostly pre-drilled. |
TwilightGardener |
May-21-10 01:34 PM |
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That's not a bad idea, really. |
Codeine |
May-21-10 01:48 PM |
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I woudl say it is like starting a fire then trying to build fire hydrant network. |
Statistical |
May-21-10 01:49 PM |
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Doesn't matter. |
blindpig |
May-21-10 02:11 PM |
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Translation: We'll stop the leak when it runs out of oil. nt |
NoGOPZone |
May-21-10 01:26 PM |
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If that were the case- it would be spewing for years to come. |
Hempathy |
May-21-10 06:56 PM |
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I'm assuming that's August 2010? |
lpbk2713 |
May-21-10 01:28 PM |
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August?! Fucking August?!!! |
Kitty Herder |
May-21-10 01:47 PM |
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We may be very well looking at a massive extinction level event / collapse of the ecological chain |
Dank Nugs |
May-21-10 02:15 PM |
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The nuke? |
Statistical |
May-21-10 02:22 PM |
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When that one's done, thousands more are waiting to happen. 50,685 other holes in the gulf. |
NYC_SKP |
May-21-10 02:50 PM |
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BP has ANOTHER, BIGGER disaster waiting to happen in the Gulf. |
Karenina |
May-21-10 05:48 PM |
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DUer 157099 says they should have already stopped the gusher |
Duer 157099 |
May-21-10 06:57 PM |
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Considering the amount that has gushed out in a month, imagine three more |
TK421 |
May-21-10 08:10 PM |
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