| British Petroleum seems to have an eco-disaster | | | | with oil industry backgrounds. Even the Russians |
| of mega proportions on their hands in the Gulf of | | | | had an idea; go ahead and nuke the seafloor with |
| Mexico. The attempt to drill from the ocean floor | | | | a mega nuclear weapons, and that will cave in the |
| at a depth of 5000 feet, and down another | | | | drilling hole, and solve the problems? |
| 13,000 feet is an unbelievable undertaking. And | | | | Yes, that's what I thought when I saw that |
| humans do have the technology and ability to do | | | | quote, and even though it might work, that's a |
| such things, but apparently they ran into a bit of a | | | | scary notion. |
| snag, one which will cost us all dearly for a decade | | | | Well you know the Russians and their whole |
| to come. | | | | "Father-of-all-bombs" attitude, I think they just like |
| People are already talking about how this might | | | | to blow things up, and when it comes to nuclear, |
| affect drilling in Alaska by Royal Dutch Shell, and | | | | well you know? I don't feel very safe. Actually, I |
| the future of drilling near the North Pole or issues | | | | don't feel safe when it comes to Russia with |
| with China drilling off the coast of Cuba and the | | | | regards to Hydro Power, Nuclear, Oil, or any other |
| Gulf Currents in case of a spill. Now then, under | | | | form of energy. i.e. Chernobyl, Submarine Nuclear |
| such extreme conditions it will cost a lot more to | | | | Accidents on K-8, K-19, K-171; |
| get the crude oil out of the ground than it does in | | | | Sayano-Shushenskayah Hydro Plant, or the 1994 |
| places like the Middle East where it is very near | | | | Usinsk Oil Spill. |
| the surface, and the price per barrel for | | | | Yes, Russians have one heck of a record when |
| extraction almost makes it free to bring up, which | | | | dealing with their own problems, it seems they |
| allows for huge profit margins, and helps keep our | | | | are solution is always; Wing-it, Blow-it-up, pretend |
| price of fuel quite low. | | | | it didn't happen? "Ha ha ha, ah those crazy |
| The higher the costs in the future and the less | | | | Russians, heck man, well at least they do |
| we drill, the greater challenges for price we will | | | | something? Obama just votes present!" Said one |
| have at the top of the supply/demand curve. And | | | | think tank member at one of our recent |
| don't think there are not financial interests out | | | | meetings - and I suppose it is important to |
| there to trade that commodity to the hilt. | | | | employ at least a little bit of humor considering |
| So what is BP going to do about this oil spill? Well | | | | this overwhelming eco-system disaster in the oil |
| they have all sorts of plans, and they've asked | | | | industry. |
| for people to write in suggestions, and they've | | | | Please consider all this, and thank you very much |
| already gotten 3000 suggestions (in just a few | | | | for listening. Sincerely, Lance. |
| days) from engineers, citizen scientists, and folks | | | | |