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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-12-10 05:54 PM
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Will The Large Cap Stop The Oil In The Gulf?
Or will it leak around it?

does the well just need to be blown up to cap it?

How much oil in a tarball anyway?

This seems to make high speed rail seem more appealing than drilling more offshore wells

What say you?

:beer: <------ Oil?
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TK421 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-12-10 05:59 PM
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1. I say we're fucking doomed....how you been?
:-)
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-12-10 06:01 PM
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2. That's a pretty heavy topic for the lounge.
Edited on Mon Jul-12-10 06:43 PM by Gormy Cuss
Hiya, SPK!


eta: Oh Yeah! IBTL.
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-14-10 01:01 PM
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6. I don't know how much the cap weighs
but it is probably pretty heavy

IBTL
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-12-10 06:28 PM
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3. I haven't had an oil-can in years...


:beer:

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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-12-10 08:32 PM
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4. They have the new cap on they just need to do some pressure tests to see if anything
is leaking. Let us cross our fingers and hope the pressure is very high cause that will mean the cap got all the oil.
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petronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-12-10 08:49 PM
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5. I have performed a series of bathtub experiments with a garden hose and a walnut shell,
and I calculate a 75% chance that it will hold.

:silly: (Actually, I have no idea - I'm optimistic, but that's only because I hope it works.)

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