Mike Papantonio on Hardball-"Bring In Tankers To Siphon Up The Oil"-5/24/10

[eleny]

Run time: 04:45 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj1bAQvTRWg   Posted on YouTube: May 24, 2010 By YouTube Member: keithmsnbcer Views on YouTube: 1   Posted on DU: May 24, 2010 By DU Member: eleny Views on DU: 2974

 
Mike Papantonio was interviewed after David Axelrod was interviewed today on Hardball with Chris Matthews.

[gateley]

1. K&R - I wish Obama could hear what he had to say. nt

[Cattledog]

2. The Salt Marshes in Saudi have not recovered.

The beaches have, but the salt marshes are ruined as will be the Gulf marshes.

[eleny]

4. I'd like to read more about that

I'm sure I can find something with Google searches.

Thanks

[swilton]

11. Whether or not the salt marshes have been ruined

that doesn't excuse them from listening to what Papantonio has to say and trying the method of deploying the tankers.

They could also listen to what he has to say about getting on the bully pulpit - Obama is guilty of trying to employ ordinary same-old, same-old, Washintonian-ese methods in an extraordinary situation.

And I agree with him - SCREW Axelrod....one of many corporate hacks that I'm tired of hearing from.

[tomm2thumbs]

3. a powerful interview - connected - stood in stark contrast to the previous guest

that would be David Axelrod

[WillyT]

5. Again... Big K & R !!!

:kick:

[eleny]

8. Thanks, WT!

[bbgrunt]

6. kudos to Pap! We need a lot more like him!

[niceypoo]

7. "Its like asking Al Capone to clean up Chicago"

[eleny]

9. Olbermann just asked why "that man" (BP's Tony Hayward) is not in jail

[merkins]

10. Right on, every tanker on earth should be there sucking it up

[tinrobot]

12. The problem is that a lot of the oil is too deep

When a tanker spills oil, the oil stays on the surface, making it easy to siphon.

Since the oil is coming from a subsurface leak and not a tanker spill, the majority of it is below the level where a tanker can suck it up.

I'd say siphon as much surface oil as you can, but don't expect miracles.

[valerief]

13. BP and the US govt are willfully committing planetcide. nt

[avaistheone1]

14. Mike Papantonio was on Thom Hartmann this morning.

OMG! Excellent interview.

K&R

[AtheistCrusader]

15. They can't.

The tankers are full, mostly sitting offshore as 'storage' when they manipulate the oil inventories to increase pressure on the price of oil.

They don't unload until inventories hit that magical 'constrained' value bump. So it's not like they have a bunch of empty tankers sitting about to do anything with.

[The Wielding Truth]

17. Can't the full tankers be emptied into containment tanks? We need to get this

crude oil out of the Gulf now.

[Joanne98]

18. If they did that everybody would know they've been manipulating the price of oil.

[AtheistCrusader]

19. Sure, but why bother?

The government isn't putting their feet to the fire, so let the speculators drive up the price of oil a bit, makes it easier for BP to pay for the fines and cleanup and all that.

Besides, nobody wants seawater contaminated oil mucking up the inside of a tanker, sheesh.


It's like you thought they had an interest in the environment.

[RoccoR5955]

16. Damn Right... BP has to be responsible

And they MUST bring those tankers to the Gulf.
I thought about the pressure gradient thing, and it's plausible. The oil is under so much pressure, that in order to plug it up, you have to exert equal or greater pressure to contain it. At about a mile underwater, it's a lot of pressure. I don't think that there's the technology to do this at this point in time. Yeah, we could pressurize concrete and inject into the hole, but the opposing pressure would be too great, because it's the pressure of a mile of water PLUS whatever is coming up out of the ground. Therefore I have to agree with Pap, in that they are NOT going to be able to plug this one. Not until the well runs "dry," or the pressure equalizes.