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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 02:58 PM Original message |
Engineers to build giant dome to contain US oil spill |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. Considering the oil was underprivileged in the first place, this will work out quite well for it. nt |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 03:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Ok,Barbara B. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. "...This idea didn't exist until now. It has never been fabricated before." |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 03:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. My vote is for a crew led by Bruce Willis |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 03:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Best part of the movie you are refering to? Bruce Willis dies at the end. |
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CLANG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 03:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Willis, Clint Eastwood, Will Smith, and Tom Hanks should be able to fix this. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
6. This seems similar to the "giagantic block of ice" the Futurama crew used to combat global warming. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
8. "... And then Lancelot, Galahad and I leap OUT of the dome, taking the oil by surprise." n/t |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 03:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. "Oh......" |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 03:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. And then the ladies would swoon and reward you with silk scarves and |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 03:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. LMAO |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 04:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
28. Tha is awesome |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
10. That dome won't survive the first tropical storm |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 03:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Its a Tax write off |
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Brother Buzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 03:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. A tropical storm at 5000 ft? |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 03:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Its pouring out at 5000 feet below sea level so you are saying |
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Brother Buzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 04:19 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Currents, yes, swells, no. The tempest on the surface would have no impact at that depth |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 04:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Look at a satellite picture and tell me that |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 04:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Still shaking my head |
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Brother Buzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 04:49 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. A satellite photograph of a yet to be installed containment dome 5000 feet under the surface? |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 04:55 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Yes the size of Rhode Island by the time they get it done |
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Brother Buzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 05:12 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. You understand the damn dome is designed to trap the escaping oil at the source? |
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icnorth (954 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
11. Bravo Tony... |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 03:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. These are the same folks who said that the eleven missing |
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icnorth (954 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 04:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. The only safety factor for these "folks" |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
12. Will there be room to house the "drill baby drill" folks under the dome? |
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icnorth (954 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 07:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
33. Nome isn't big enough to |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 08:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
35. Dream on |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
14. "..ward off the threat of an environmental disaster" |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
19. I think it will work. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 04:11 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. We do the reverse with the leaky roof in our warehouse... |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 04:13 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. They will probably use a base that floats |
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BrightKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 04:40 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. A simple non rigid solution could be done much faster. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
22. To greatest page |
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gov for sale (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
34. 2nd dome for d-bag lobbyist and sellouts that delivered new offshore oil policy |
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