05-30-2010, 10:33 PM
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I did find a few things:
After weeks of BP´s damaged well releasing oil into the Gulf of Mexico, Russian newspaper Komsomoloskaya Pravda has suggested the United States use the same strategy they used to seal a number of oil wells - nuclear weapons.
The technique described involves drilling a hole between 25 and 50 metres from the oil well and setting off a customised nuke. Between 1966 and 1981 it was used five times for four successes, with the failure possibly due to bad positioning.
The suggestion is not without its problems, however, as pulling it off in a significant depth of water would provide a significant challenge. In addition, the environmental problems could compound if radiation is accidentally released.
After weeks of BP´s damaged well releasing oil into the Gulf of Mexico, Russian newspaper Komsomoloskaya Pravda has suggested the United States use the same strategy they used to seal a number of oil wells - nuclear weapons.
The technique described involves drilling a hole between 25 and 50 metres from the oil well and setting off a customised nuke. Between 1966 and 1981 it was used five times for four successes, with the failure possibly due to bad positioning.
The suggestion is not without its problems, however, as pulling it off in a significant depth of water would provide a significant challenge. In addition, the environmental problems could compound if radiation is accidentally released.
Gimme dat filet-0-fish............gimme dat feesh.