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Ozymanithrax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-10 12:22 AM
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11. So far as I know BP is not a nuclear power...unless they are using a policy of nuclear ambiguity...
And what would be the ecologial impact?

I mean, they could run it like a test, drill a deep shaft, put the bomb in the shaft, fill it iwth concrete, and set it off so that subsidance destroyis teh well architecture, but that takes time.

Anybody know how this is done. Would Obama want to be the second sitting U.S. President to use nuclear weapons in anger.
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  -Nuking the Oil Well Trillo  May-24-10 11:04 PM   #0 
  - What about the MOAB and bunker busters?  gmoney   May-24-10 11:33 PM   #1 
  - We don't need to bounce the ground. We need to fuse it.  boppers   May-24-10 11:42 PM   #3 
  - MOAB won't work under water  CLANG   May-24-10 11:45 PM   #4 
     - Exactly. eom  Purveyor   May-25-10 12:00 AM   #5 
     - Yeah kinda missing half of the fuel+air bomb equation.  Statistical   May-25-10 09:38 AM   #21 
  - It wouldnt surprise me if they were considering it and to be honest and  cstanleytech   May-24-10 11:34 PM   #2 
  - That's what should happen but  deconstruct911   May-25-10 12:01 AM   #7 
  - "Now how else would they make a buck?" Thats their problem, not mine.  cstanleytech   May-25-10 12:54 AM   #13 
  - Seize the Profits!!!!  Mojeoux   May-25-10 03:04 AM   #18 
  - Hmm. But what if it all went horribly wrong. Say, the oil caught fire and the methane ignited.  readmoreoften   May-25-10 12:00 AM   #6 
  - Don't worry. BP doeasn't have any nukes.  CLANG   May-25-10 12:01 AM   #8 
     - Heh.  spoony   May-25-10 12:09 AM   #10 
     - That's a good point. But does anyone in the govt know how to precisely lay a nuke into an oil well?  readmoreoften   May-25-10 12:25 AM   #12 
        - You don't. You drill a shaft parallel to the leaking well.  Statistical   May-25-10 09:44 AM   #23 
  - No one in their right mind would consider this.  MilesColtrane   May-25-10 12:06 AM   #9 
  - Actually anyone in their right mind should keep in mind all options.  cstanleytech   May-25-10 01:00 AM   #14 
     - stop for a moment and listen to yourself.  Javaman   May-25-10 08:33 AM   #19 
        - Actually no a nuclear demolition charge.  Statistical   May-25-10 09:45 AM   #25 
        - Hey I am not thrilled with the prospect myself, hopefully  cstanleytech   May-25-10 03:44 PM   #29 
           - saving it by irradiating it. nt.  Javaman   May-26-10 10:09 AM   #32 
              - Your concern would valid if we were discussing  cstanleytech   May-27-10 01:18 AM   #33 
                 - big or small radiation is radiation. nt  Javaman   May-27-10 08:11 AM   #34 
                    - My, you must have strong shoulders from all that digging your doing.  cstanleytech   May-27-10 11:33 AM   #37 
  - So far as I know BP is not a nuclear power...unless they are using a policy of nuclear ambiguity...  Ozymanithrax   May-25-10 12:22 AM   #11 
  - The Russians have done it several times???  Lagomorph   May-25-10 01:10 AM   #15 
  - A little info  Statistical   May-25-10 09:50 AM   #27 
  - "set it off so that subsidance destroyis teh well architecture"  pa28   May-25-10 02:54 AM   #17 
  - How would that be classified as "in anger"?  Statistical   May-25-10 09:48 AM   #26 
  - Unpredictable results. Could make matters worse.  moondust   May-25-10 01:14 AM   #16 
  - The nuclear option?? I think everyone is still keeping their powder dry.  madinmaryland   May-25-10 09:18 AM   #20 
  - Beyond stupid  snooper2   May-25-10 09:39 AM   #22 
  - Nothing will happen until their Replacement Well...err 'relief well'  NorthCarolina   May-25-10 09:45 AM   #24 
  - This would be the last resort if the relief wells fail.  Ganja Ninja   May-25-10 09:53 AM   #28 
  - "It's a last resort" Exactly!!  cstanleytech   May-25-10 10:06 PM   #30 
  - What kind of wave would that ignite 1 mile under water?  itsrobert   May-25-10 10:08 PM   #31 
  - Oh joy...  AsahinaKimi   May-27-10 08:19 AM   #36 
  - If the oil cartel has vested interest in this awful idea-it'll be considered.  mod mom   May-27-10 08:13 AM   #35 
 

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