[ale] BP knew of problems 11 months before the rig blew

[Jerald Sheets]

Seriously...

This conversation needs to die.

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Jerald M. Sheets jr.




On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 8:31 AM, Lightner, Jeff <jlightner at water.com> wrote:

> After being gone on vacation for a week it is nice to come back to find ALE
> is still dedicated to promoting Linux...
>
> :p
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Larry
> Johnson
> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 8:15 AM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
> Subject: Re: [ale] BP knew of problems 11 months before the rig blew
>
> Forgot the link:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpPNQoTlacU
>
> Larry
>
> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 8:14 AM, Larry Johnson
> <larryfeltonjohnson at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 7:44 AM, Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com>
> wrote:
> >> Damon L. Chesser wrote:
> >>> For crying out loud.  Use a very large HE explosive or a very small
> >>> tatical nuke.  Hole sealed, oil in the area neutralized.
> >>>
> >>> Of course we can't use a nuke, after all nukes are BAD.  NOT.
> >>
> >> I've heard the concern with using a nuke is that it could set off a
> >> caldera type reaction, which we certainly don't want.  Can't recall
> >> where I got that though.
> >>
> >
> > To put it mildly I'm skeptical of the competency of any of the people
> > thus far in charge of this catastrophe to make informed decisions
> > involving nuclear blasts.  But that being said here's a link to a
> > Soviet film describing a nuclear blast they used to stop a natural gas
> > fire.
> >
> > Larry
> >
>
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