oil spill

[littlejoe]

hello friends Does anyone here think they can stop that oil spill. OR do you think we have to wait until the well runs dry. Love in Christ littlejoe

[MorningGlory]

hello friends Does anyone here think they can stop that oil spill. OR do you think we have to wait until the well runs dry. Love in Christ littlejoe

I believe they will get it capped although it may take way too much time. It could take YEARS for that well to expire; it's an experimental one that had barely been tapped. This is truly one of the worst disasters in U.S. history. It won't stay a U.S. problem if it continues unabated for a long time though. Mexico and Latin America, Cuba and other island countries close to the Gulf of Mexico will eventually be affected as well.

[Matthitjah]

Sadly, they are about to take a move that they and the Federal Government admit will likely increase the flow by 20% with no guarentee of capping it. Considering the track record of lies and the mishandling of this mess thus far. I'm assuming that the probability of them speaking the truth on the 20% increase in flow to be between slim and none.

I personally believe this spill will spell the end of Obama's Presidency. I also personally believe it is Judgment from the hand of God.

dave

[humbleseeker]

This whole thing is why we should allow drilling closer to land in shallower water, not in the ocean 5,000 feet down.

[Fraught]

impossible to consider that it couldn't be stopped. not an oil spill, tho - an oil gusher. this is a tragedy. i can't even watch news coverage about it, it grieves me that much.

[other one]

We hear a lot of doom and gloom and disaster talk, but one should understand that most of the people we hear discussing this has a serious agenda. I don't think there is anyone we can trust for the truth.

As for the thing they are about to do, there may or may not be a higher flow of oil from the well, but it does seem a better chance of slowing it down. and they may well be able to put the oil into tankers and use it for domestic production.

They are going to cut the well head above the blow out preventer so that they can get a better fit over the pipe and make for a smaller connection. The problem with the first try was that the dome they put over it was very large and that let the methane gas expand too much, too quickly and formed methane ice christals that were much lighter than the sea water at that depth and the thing would stop up and have a tendacy to float off the leak. Until they get the releaf wells drilled, there is going to be some oil leakage.

If one studies the geology of the area, one will find that oil seeps out of natural formations on the bottom of the gulf, and has for a really long time, so the gulf can deal with some oil. It will take some time to deal with it, but it should help the job market in the area especially if BP really does pay for it all.

We need to also remember that there are hundreds of chemical companies and refineries back up stream from those areas and have been polluting those same areas for years and years.

We'll just have to see how it goes..........

[georgedrw81]

This what happens when goverments follow the path of corporations and interest groups which influence them. It shows the goverments inability to do anyhting against them as well, even when the oil well will be closed. They tell us how much money it is costing bp but not what the people living in the area are affected.

Praying

[Matthitjah]

It also shows us what happens when Government follows ill advised regulatory policy fueled by Leftist Politics. Shutting down all drilling except the kind that is far off the coast and in deep water has led to this tragedy.

[Guest HIS girl]

I am gobsmacked with how long this is taking to "fix".... ..

everyone loses out here..

[Blien]

If this oil spill destroys 1/4 of all life in the ocean because they can't plug it then that should be interesting. The oil does look kinda red like blood already...