Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

Bill Clinton Suggests Blowing Up the Well in Gulf

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread		 This topic is archived.
Home » Discuss » Political Videos Donate to DU
 
Segami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 03:39 PM
Original message
Bill Clinton Suggests Blowing Up the Well in Gulf
 
Run time: 01:59
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqL8sSaTQYA
 
Posted on YouTube: June 28, 2010
By YouTube Member: FreedomsLighthouse
Views on YouTube: 0
 
Posted on DU: June 28, 2010
By DU Member: Segami
Views on DU: 1337
 
Here is video of former President Bill Clinton saying that the 1st priority of the U.S. Government in the Gulf Crisis is to "fix the leak." Looking for someone to blame should be put off until the leak is fixed, most of the oil is prevented from reaching shore, and until the oil that reaches shore is cleaned up. Only then, he said, should the focus be on holding people accountable.

Clinton also said it may become necessary for the U.S. Navy to "blow up the well" to stop the leak on the floor of the Gulf. He said that can be done without using a Nuclear Weapon.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
Dawgs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 03:41 PM
Response to Original message
1. Isn't BP just a few weeks or days away from getting the relief well installed?
Not saying they are for sure, but why take the chance no making it worse when we appear to be so close?
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
SlipperySlope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 03:45 PM
Response to Reply #1
4. relief wells
Relief wells are likely to come in mid-August.

There is no guarantee they will work. It is the most proven way to stop a flowing well; in fact it is basically the *only* way to stop a flowing well. It still isn't always successful.

I give the entire dynamic kill effort somewhere between 60% to 80% chance of working. Blowing up the well is an option but it would be a whole other kind of crapshoot.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
kirby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 03:51 PM
Response to Reply #1
6. Mid to late August n/t
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
obxhead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 04:17 PM
Response to Reply #1
12. One relief well is fairly close, but the progress will slow
as they get closer as they have to be extremely accurate to hit the target. They are still on schedule for mid Aug, provided a hurricane(s) does not cause delays.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 03:42 PM
Response to Original message
2. Oh, shit.
Clinton says blow it up.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
ChiciB1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 03:46 PM
Response to Reply #2
5. Isn't There Some Fear About Nuclear Fall Out?? Or Is He Thinking Of
blowing it up in some other way?? Sorry, I'm in a real hurry and didn't check the link, just asking!

I check later to see how this thread is going!
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Duppers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 03:44 PM
Response to Original message
3. does the big dog have a degree in engineering?
no.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 03:58 PM
Response to Original message
7. Best guess: Lead poisoning.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 04:00 PM
Response to Original message
8. Reaganesque.
:cry:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 04:02 PM
Response to Original message
9. I seriously doubt Clinton has any inkling what he is talking about.
Blowing something up results in creating smaller pieces or weakening a structure.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
AtheistCrusader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 04:09 PM
Response to Reply #9
10. It's been done before.
Even with nukes. Basically, you put it someplace lateral to the well, off to the side. The explosion doesn't actually penetrate the well, the rock is shoved sideways and cuts off the well.

I suppose you could probably do it with a really big conventional bomb, but nuclear would be better.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 05:03 PM
Response to Reply #10
14. All I can see happening is caused fractures around the well
creating additional openings for the oil to leak out.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
AtheistCrusader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 05:12 PM
Response to Reply #14
17. It would seem so, but since it's not an open air explosion
it all goes into heat, which fuzes the rock. Kind of nifty the way it has played out in the past. Whether or not it would work here probably depends on what kind of rock the sea floor is, and how much 'play' you have above and below the point you choose to detonate the bomb.

Questions I hope the Army Corps of Engineers is working on, in case the relief wells fail.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Duppers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 06:21 PM
Response to Reply #10
20. what about the fragility of the bedrock and possibility of a large amt. of methane
being released?

Talk about nightmare if that happened.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
AtheistCrusader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 06:53 PM
Response to Reply #20
21. Agreed.
However, I know of no 'safe' way to stop this leak. If the initial problem, as BP claimed, was the pressure was too great for the BOP to stop, what guarantee do we have that the pressure won't simply blow out the two relief wells as well?
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
sasquuatch55 Donating Member (701 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 05:07 PM
Response to Reply #9
15. LiberalFighter: You are absolutely right, can't get it through thick skulls!
nt
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Skink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 04:16 PM
Response to Original message
11. Who says Clinton doesn't get CIA briefings.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
grahamhgreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 04:50 PM
Response to Original message
13. We don't need to 'look for who to blame' - We need to prosecute those we know are responsible! nt
Edited on Mon Jun-28-10 04:50 PM by grahamhgreen
The entire framing is BS
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Greenheron Donating Member (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 05:09 PM
Response to Reply #13
16. Cigars
President Clinton" We should put a cigar down it". Now that would have been some good stuff right there.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
grahamhgreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 05:45 PM
Response to Reply #16
19. LOL!
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
90-percent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 05:20 PM
Response to Original message
18. My favorite celebrity physicist
Edited on Mon Jun-28-10 05:20 PM by 90-percent
My favorite celebrity physicist, Dr. Michio Kaku, repudiated the "nuke-the-well" option quite concisely on Keith Olbermann a month or so ago.

Bill Clinton should take a taxi over to City College and have a quick chat with Michio. He won't be so ignorant next time after spending a while with my favorite TV physicist.

Oh, and Bill Nye the Science Guy is my favorite celebrity mechanical engineer.

-90% jimmy
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Segami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 07:18 PM
Response to Reply #18
22. Nothing more than Big Dawg still trying to be Big Dawg. Thats sound advice for Bill.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Quixote1818 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 07:34 PM
Response to Original message
23. Here are some articles about this. Quite interesting
Edited on Mon Jun-28-10 07:45 PM by Quixote1818
I made the same suggestion a few weeks after it started.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_and_environment/10318188.stm


http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0529/energy-expert-nuke-oil-leak/
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue May 07th 2024, 02:19 AM
Response to Original message
Advertisements [?]
 Top

Home » Discuss » Political Videos Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC