tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5251183560375528307.post3570023051607302551..comments2024-03-28T21:34:42.328-05:00Comments on Bit Tooth Energy: Deepwater Oil Spill - the Presidential SpeechHeading Outhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01790783659594652657noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5251183560375528307.post-88694977139199243022010-06-17T22:09:41.763-05:002010-06-17T22:09:41.763-05:00Thanks for the response, the wife will sleep bett...Thanks for the response, the wife will sleep better!<br /><br />I'm enjoying reading this and TOD. Funny how rational people who seem to know what they are talking about puts the crazies in perspective.<br /><br />Thanks again!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01077869646489367420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5251183560375528307.post-86371337131669852232010-06-17T21:23:52.742-05:002010-06-17T21:23:52.742-05:00good lord, I'm embarrassed now, sorry Russ, Ki...good lord, I'm embarrassed now, sorry Russ, Kinuachdrach has got my vote for Pres..<br /> Sound reasoning, knowledgeable, and, well, Reaganesq.<br /><br />anyone else see a theme here?brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06911036379896402069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5251183560375528307.post-42090379044517873652010-06-17T20:57:53.667-05:002010-06-17T20:57:53.667-05:00Mdavid -- things could go horribly wrong, but they...Mdavid -- things could go horribly wrong, but they are not going to. <br /><br />Remember the reservoir is over two miles below the sea bed. That's a lot of rock. Realistic worst case scenario would involve hurricanes interrupting the oil collection and relief well drilling efforts -- spill continues through the next elections. The relief wells will work, assuming the well does not die a natural death before they get there.<br /><br />It is also worth remembering that Saddam Hussein blew up 700 oil wells when he was kicked out of Kuwait back in the early 90s. Several million barrels of oil per day blowing into the environment. Over a billion barrels of oil burned & spilled. Today, Kuwait is a thriving metropolis with a couple of million healthy people -- many of whom love to take their boats out into the (Persian/Arabian) Gulf at the weekend and catch fish for the barbecue.<br /><br />We can survive a blowout. We can't survive the levels of government debt, deficits, and incompetence we have at the moment. Ask your wife to worry about that instead.Kinuachdrachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13275320683766290581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5251183560375528307.post-33890362829393975112010-06-17T18:59:01.607-05:002010-06-17T18:59:01.607-05:00Please, a favor to a layman with a scared wife
W...Please, a favor to a layman with a scared wife<br /><br />We've read some apocalyptic posts about how horribly wrong this could go (seafloor collapse, uncontrolled venting of entire oil reservoir).<br /><br />Should I tell her to ignore this stuff--that the relief wells will work to stop this?<br /><br />ThanksAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01077869646489367420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5251183560375528307.post-18748640222113509922010-06-17T14:36:21.589-05:002010-06-17T14:36:21.589-05:00@ Thanks Bruce - hadn't thought it would get t...@ Thanks Bruce - hadn't thought it would get that far down the barrel - I don't think 50 people would ever vote for me - let alone millions. <br />But just in case, I am formally declining the offer this minute on the off chance it would ever come!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08328839008239018757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5251183560375528307.post-2019367306031637812010-06-17T11:18:50.282-05:002010-06-17T11:18:50.282-05:00Russ, I like your idea, but you better put a cap o...Russ, I like your idea, but you better put a cap on how long the junk shot goes on. You might be drafted for Pres.brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06911036379896402069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5251183560375528307.post-43525853568592908492010-06-17T08:52:45.074-05:002010-06-17T08:52:45.074-05:00What "President" Obama did was exactly w...What "President" Obama did was exactly what a community organizer would do -- squeeze a big corporation with threats of being a nuisance and make them set up a slush fund for the community organizer's buddies. That's all. <br /><br />Nothing to expedite killing the blowout. Nothing to facilitate sweeping up the oil at sea before it reaches land. Nothing to improve dealing with oil that does reach the shore.<br /><br />Obama's speech was a giant disappointment, and as HO points out, people will now have to go to the equivalent of the Motor Vehicle Department to get any help.<br /><br />I do like Russ's suggestion on a new junk shot. BP's foolish pursuit of cost savings created this mess. The Obama Administration's incompetence and foolish pursuit of political advantage is making the effects much worse.Kinuachdrachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13275320683766290581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5251183560375528307.post-35393401534043611062010-06-17T01:44:04.286-05:002010-06-17T01:44:04.286-05:00Try a new junk shot using first politicians and wh...Try a new junk shot using first politicians and when no more are around start off with the lawyers - doubt it will stop the oil but it would make the world a better place.<br /><br />Presidents first of course! <br /><br />RussUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08328839008239018757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5251183560375528307.post-36589140134818396152010-06-16T19:14:04.441-05:002010-06-16T19:14:04.441-05:00so, does anybody know how to stop the leak faster?...so, does anybody know how to stop the leak faster?d novahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12335357091737770718noreply@blogger.com