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By October 3, 2010...If they cant stop this leak.....
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[quote:tungfumastR NLI 519387:MV8xMDYwODU2XzE3MTk0ODU0X0EyOUQzNTM3] [quote:RememberThis] NoNoNoNoNONONONO A nuke would not be a good idea with a methane leak... KABOOOOM That is a possibility. That is why I suggested in bedrock beneath the sea floor by many thousands of feet. Away from both the sea floor and the oil field. Any source of methane inside the detonation would not matter....vaporized However...could a methane explosion travel downward thru the drill hole...doubtful [b]Methane[/b]: As a gas it is flammable only over a narrow range of concentrations (5–15%) in air. Liquid methane does not burn unless subjected to high pressure (normally 4–5 atmospheres). [/quote] The pressure is already pretty substantial and I don't think a nuke is going to lessen it any... [/quote]
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The entire Gulf of Mexico will be covered in crude.
I have an idea....probably crazy but....
A small intense long burn thermonuclear device detonated in the bedrock in a hole drilled parallel and close to the original shaft.
This may be enough to melt bedrock to magma and re-harden just long enough to seal this sucker off. The initial blast wave would push both upward and downward on the existing shaft.....what possible side effects could this have?
Previous devices tested in this fashion created a hollow area with smooth sealed walls....
Or am I out in left field here...
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