I think expanding the capacity of surface capture (by adding more vessels) to process more of the current plume will be the answer, up until the bottom kill is attempted. This is actually what they are working on now. The main delay comes from the relatively slow speeds in sea transport, getting...
We're obviously going to need a way to separate the gas from the oil before filling the balloons. Also, we will need to figure out how much gas to put into the balloons, since they will expand considerably as they rise.
My own (unexperienced) take on using explosives, conventional or nuclear, would be that the possibility of creating a much larger problem makes such an approach "a terrible idea". I picture creating a few acres of fissures in the seabed that leak oil in a way that would be much harder to manage...
Thankyou, that makes sense.
There is some interesting discussion going on at another forum called The Oil Drum I think people here might enjoy if anyone wants to check them out. Some political, some more technical.
This has been mentioned by many others in one form or another, place a new valve body on top of the existing one. It doesn't seem to be a solution anyone is interested in, I'm wondering why it wouldn't work?
If it were lowered with the valve open, to help prevent it from being blown away...
They say that incandescent bulbs waste a lot of energy in the form of heat, while cfl's do not. I want to understand why this is so. They both produce white light? Is it a difference in the radiated spectrums of each type of bulb, or does it have to do with the mechanics of making light by...
I know only a little about chemistry, but am curious as to what makes up the white/blue crystalized corrosion that sometimes gets into the terminals on car batteries? What reaction is happening, etc. Also, does the polarity of the terminal favor the reaction, one any more than the other + vs -...
I am in no way an expert on gasoline or diesel, but from my understanding both are a mixture of many different ingredients, so I don't know if there is necessarilly a single chemicle formula for either. One way to approach it would be to find some of the major ingredients that go into diesel...
HI, I couldn't decide which forum was the best to post these in. I have two questions regarding electricity and getting shocked, or electrocuted.
1. Being shocked from the spark plug leads on either small engines (lawnmowers) or cars. Classically, on either of these, you have a coil which...
I have noticed on cast iron surfaces that have been heated pretty well, they form craters on the surface. I have seen it on exhaust headers on cars where the timimg was wrong. I was wondering if this is a standard phenomenon and what action is occurring here to cause this?
thanks
John