That oil leak will reach the Louisiana coast in

[malaise]

three days. It will be a major ecological disaster.

[BrklynLiberal]

1. DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

With all the technology and all the money that oil companies have, one would think that by now they would have developed the ability to capture leaking oil out of the water BEFORE it hits the shore and causes Exxon/Valdez syndrome.

Since they did not do anything to avert this kind of situation after that tragedy, it seems obvious they have no intention of spending any of their time and money preventing these kinds of horrific ecological, manmade disasters.

[malaise]

6. Stopping the leak will take weeks

Watch how little coverage this receives.

[BrklynLiberal]

8. This is beyond disgusting!

[icnorth]

7. Technology is somewhat hampered by

the fact the problem is located some 5,000 feet below surface.

[BrklynLiberal]

9. Did the oil company have no idea that they were drilling that deep?

Technology should be such that the depth of the spill's origin should be irrelevant.

The oil companies managed to come up with the technology to get that deep to FIND and Drill for the oil, so I do not find the depth at which the problem exists to be an adequate excuse.

[icnorth]

13. The problem is technology isn't at a stage to handle

this disaster quickly. In all probability the plan is still in the analysis and engineering stage, and they will be operating in a hostile environment at a pressure of approximately 2250 psi. Can technology seal the well head? Yes, but according to many engineers not quickly and not easily; that is the reality.

[icnorth]

15. One other little wrinkle that

complicates the problem. The platform off which they could normally operate is gone.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Yes it will.

Plus, it's a horrible waste.

[villager]

3. How can there be an "ecological disaster" in a red state!?

That's hippie commie talk!

[malaise]

10. True

Vitter can stop it with diapers.

[BrklynLiberal]

18. LOL

:rofl: :rofl:

[icnorth]

4. What's a little oil leak and the loss

of some unmarketable marine life? What with today's technology and all, any new oil rigs will be made safe and secure as a toad in God's pocket. :sarcasm:

[hlthe2b]

5. Drill, Baby, Drill!

:sarcasm:

[Purveyor]

11. Just damn. I lived on Galveston Bay some 10 years ago and we still had to watch for 'tar balls'

on the beach from an oil spill that had happened some 12+ years earlier.

What a sad, sad mess.

[SidDithers]

12. K&R...nt

Sid

[EFerrari]

14. .

:(

[Kalun D]

16. ALLRIGHT!!!

This should make Obama's offshore drilling campaign more viable and popular than ever before.

YEEeeeeeee HHAAAAAAaaaaa!!!!

[BrklynLiberal]

17. Yep. Every silver lining has a cloud, I guess.

[spanone]

19. there you go....we shit in our living room again

[malaise]

20. Even dogs know to go next door

:hi:

[spanone]

21. when will we ever learn???

:hi:


meanwhile, this bloomed on our deck....

[icnorth]

22. Doug Suttles, chief operating officer - BP Exploration...

It could take hours or it could take months to stop a 42,000-gallon-a-day oil leak polluting the Gulf of Mexico at the site of a wrecked drilling platform. Whether the environmental threat grows many times bigger depends on whether the oil company can turn the well completely off...

Crews are using robot submarines to activate valves at the well head in hopes of cutting off the leak, which threatens the Gulf Coast's fragile ecosystem of shrimp, fish, birds and coral. If the effort fails, they'll have to start drilling again.

The submarine work will take 24 to 36 hours, Doug Suttles, chief operating officer for BP Exploration and Production, said Sunday afternoon.
"I should emphasize this is a highly complex operation being performed at 5,000 feet below the surface and it may not be successful," he said.

http://www.newser.com/article/d9fad0oo1/complex-underwater-operation-could-be-quick-fix-for-gulf-oil-leak-drilling-needed-if-it-fails.html