Please help me understand the BP oil spill. I see the footage of the oil plume and wonder how wide it is when it reaches the surface.
This question tells me why capping the pipe is not feasable. But what about creating a thermal column of warm(er) water to help "focus" the oil plume to a more concentrated area on the surface while the relief well is being drilled? Thanks for your explanations...
posted by DB Cooper
on Jul 4, 2010 -
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Why is it so impossible for BP to create a tightly sealed solution for the failed blow-out preventer in the Gulf of Mexico? Sure, there's the cap, but..
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posted by hanoixan
on Jul 2, 2010 -
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Who is the senator who was very vocal about getting access to the live feed of the BP oil spill in the Gulf?
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posted by photoslob
on Jun 30, 2010 -
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Any ammo for an argument with someone who doesn't think the BP oil spill is bad?
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posted by adverb
on Jun 14, 2010 -
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What conservation or local groups are currently working on cleaning up the oil from the BP oil spill, especially in terms of wildlife? I'd like to donate as I'm not able to volunteer.
posted by questionsandanchors
on Jun 3, 2010 -
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Many pictures of the oil spill show the booms washed up on shore, or filled with oil on the wrong side.
An example of this. Why is the oil always on the wrong side of the boom? Are these booms really doing anything? Shouldn't the oil be gathering on the other side, ready to be skimmed and cleaned?
posted by ShootTheMoon
on Jun 2, 2010 -
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Wont the BP oil well run out of oil at some point? How long could it possibly keep spewing? Don't wells run dry? (Sorry if I am hopelessly naive. I've never thought about oil wells in my life before this.)
posted by Sully
on May 31, 2010 -
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Please tell me why this idea about stopping the unstoppable gusher will not work: I remember vaguely learning of something called Venturi's law in science class - that if you restrict the flow of a fluid, the pressure goes up. Thus to lower the oil pressure enough to allow the mud to push it down, perhaps they should actually open it up rather than try to plug it.
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posted by Astragalus
on May 31, 2010 -
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The stock price of BP is at about $42/share. When the US Market opens after Memorial Day, the price will have surely fallen because of the company's failed "junk shot" and "top kill".
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posted by CollectiveMind
on May 30, 2010 -
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The
NYTimes has an article this morning about the next trick to stop BP's oil spill in the Gulf: the "junk shot" (basically stuff a bunch of junk in the pipes to clog it). Looking at the left half of
this picture I'm wondering why they can't do that dynamite trick used in
There will be blood (1:14 in the clip) ... just drill down a couple hundred meters to the pipe, send some explosives in and let the earth stop the leak. Anyone know why not?
posted by pjenks
on May 15, 2010 -
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How do you get work as an 'oil spill hand' ? How many general laborers were hired to clean up the shoreline after the Exxon Valdez disaster? What will the potential employment scenario be for oil spill hands (general labor) in the unfolding disaster in the Gulf.
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posted by Muirwylde
on May 9, 2010 -
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Can anyone address the possibility/ likelihood of ocean floor subsidence in the Gulf of Mexico and adjacent continental shelves due to the rapid depressurization of pockets of hydrocarbons as a result of the BP Oil Disaster/ Spill? Will the ocean floor open up to allow sea water to fill the ever-growing vacuum/ void?
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posted by mickeefynn
on May 3, 2010 -
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What is today's date in the BP (carbon dating) calendar?
posted by eleanna
on Feb 19, 2010 -
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Me = fat guy, annual health checks = "A" grade. What gives? Actual data inside, BP, LDL, HDL, Cholesterol etc, inside...
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posted by lundman
on Nov 17, 2009 -
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