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Colin Powell seems to get it:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/30/colin-powell-oil-spill-is_n_594779.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/30/colin-powell-oil-spill-is_n_594779.html</a><br>
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I had wondered about binning the breach zone with steel walls, filling
it with rock, and melting it in place with...I dunno, a reactor?? Where
would we get a ready-to-melt-everything-but-itself reactor?? But even
so, I wasn't sure that the oil wouldn't leave a channel through the
homemade lava and I'm sure there are plenty of other showstoppers with
that idea.<br>
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On 5/30/10 10:13 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:
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cite="mid:AANLkTikOcZtC0brAmoLUoCePRv9StFWihYvifRHWCcGQ@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/us/30rig.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/us/30rig.html</a>?<br>
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Time to start pumping the well head full of execs yet?<br>
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Does anyone know of a single component compound that reacts with mixed
organics to make a solid? Drilling mud is a lubricant. They need to
pump in a fast-setting glue. However, since the article talks about the
screw ups in the valve and the cement well casing I'm concerned that
with the well pressure a plugged head will only force a leak (or
blowout) near the head in the sea floor. The cement casing is supposed
to act as a reinforcement but there are reports that the material used
was substandard (thanks Haliburton!) and poorly installed.<br>
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Maybe since the riser pipe is still attached to the head they can beat
on it with the "top cap" box and crimp it down to cut the flow. Who
knows. Maybe a slow crimping cutoff of the flow will not shock the
casing and allow a temporary blockage with the sub-floor fracturing of
the crappy casing they are worried about.<br clear="all">
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James P. Kinney III<br>
Actively in pursuit of Life, Liberty and Happiness <br>
Doing pretty well on all 3 pursuits <br>
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