Energy expert: Nuking oil leak ‘only thing we can do’

Re:Energy expert: Nuking oil leak ‘only thing we can do’ by Zarkonnen on Monday May 31, 2010 @03:15PM (#1393220)

Alternatively, as some have suggested, a nuke will cause most of the oil field to spill into the ocean at once, producing delicious armageddon.

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Re:Energy expert: Nuking oil leak ‘only thing we can do’ by JshWright on Monday May 31, 2010 @05:24PM (#1393535)

You expect a nuke (of any size) to blow a hole through half a dozen _miles_ of rock?

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Re:Energy expert: Nuking oil leak ‘only thing we can do’ by dinde on Monday May 31, 2010 @04:15PM (#1393383)

I admit I've been curious about exactly it would look like and what would happen if the entire underground oil field were to somehow spill into the ocean at once.

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Re:Energy expert: Nuking oil leak ‘only thing we can do’ by fleitz on Monday May 31, 2010 @03:49PM (#1393309)

I'll bring the balsamic you bring the bread?

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Re:Energy expert: Nuking oil leak ‘only thing we can do’ by jarin on Tuesday June 01, 2010 @03:54AM (#1394583)

Yep, it'll also ignite the Earth's atmosphere and boil off the oceans!

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