Solve : Bomb the Oil Well!?

1.	Solve : Bomb the Oil Well!?
Answer» Bomb the Oil Well! If this were a poll we could have: 1. That's silly. 2. Can't be done. 3. Bill Clinton says so. 4. First try Coke and Mentos. But it is not a silly question. Look at this story from the BBC. Quote Could explosives seal off the Gulf oil leak? BP's engineers have tried several methods to block off the flow from the well that is causing the oil SPILL in the Gulf of Mexico. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_and_environment/10318188.stm For some reason I suddenly thought of the "devil's cigarette lighter"... I can't remember but I think they did the same thing to put that out.In a STANDARD oil well fire they will set an explosive charge by the well head, and when it detonates it starves the well fire from oxygen, which puts out the fire. But the leak in gulf isn't on fire. But hey, we have plenty of nukes, and that should take care of it. Quote from: rthompson80819 on July 01, 2010, 05:58:30 PM In a standard oil well fire they will set an explosive charge by the well head, and when it detonates it starves the well fire from oxygen, which puts out the fire. But the leak in gulf isn't on fire. But hey, we have plenty of nukes, and that should take care of it. And every fish in the sea for the next 50 years too.Quote from: Helpmeh on July 01, 2010, 06:09:10 PM And every fish in the sea for the next 50 years too. It would be kind of like dynamite fishing, only the fish would glow in the dark.Quote from: rthompson80819 on July 01, 2010, 06:31:18 PM It would be kind of like dynamite fishing, only the fish would glow in the dark. As would we if we eat them!No need for a nuke at all...thermite would work just fine.some american will make a film about it and work out a way to cap the well in 2 weeks and save the world the BIRDS and fish the people's jobs and everything else , then they will all get medals then a year later the well will blow again

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Bomb the Oil Well!
If this were a poll we could have:
1. That's silly.
2. Can't be done.
3. Bill Clinton says so.
4. First try Coke and Mentos.

But it is not a silly question. Look at this story from the BBC.
Quote

Could explosives seal off the Gulf oil leak?
BP's engineers have tried several methods to block off the flow from the well that is causing the oil SPILL in the Gulf of Mexico.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_and_environment/10318188.stm
For some reason I suddenly thought of the "devil's cigarette lighter"... I can't remember but I think they did the same thing to put that out.In a STANDARD oil well fire they will set an explosive charge by the well head, and when it detonates it starves the well fire from oxygen, which puts out the fire. But the leak in gulf isn't on fire.

But hey, we have plenty of nukes, and that should take care of it.

Quote from: rthompson80819 on July 01, 2010, 05:58:30 PM

In a standard oil well fire they will set an explosive charge by the well head, and when it detonates it starves the well fire from oxygen, which puts out the fire. But the leak in gulf isn't on fire.

But hey, we have plenty of nukes, and that should take care of it.

And every fish in the sea for the next 50 years too.Quote from: Helpmeh on July 01, 2010, 06:09:10 PM

And every fish in the sea for the next 50 years too.

It would be kind of like dynamite fishing, only the fish would glow in the dark.Quote from: rthompson80819 on July 01, 2010, 06:31:18 PM

It would be kind of like dynamite fishing, only the fish would glow in the dark.

As would we if we eat them!No need for a nuke at all...thermite would work just fine.some american will make a film about it and work out a way to cap the well in 2 weeks and save the world the BIRDS and fish the people's jobs and everything else , then they will all get medals then a year later the well will blow again

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