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by **MoneyMelon** » Tue May 11, 2010 12:29 am

thefourthman wrote:but that's not a clog and they repeatedly say that ice crystals are clogging the system keeping it from working. The explanation I saw basically implied that with out the release of the oil it would not settle properly and would not containt the leak, however, it would seem to me that at that point you could just continue to attach concret blocks until the damn thing doesn't move anymore, oil is contained.

Well, I'm certainly no engineer, but I'm sure there's a reason why this isn't a simple fix.

by **Thunderstorm** » Tue May 11, 2010 12:32 am

If only Flipper were still alive...

by **Alchemic_Spider** » Tue May 11, 2010 12:32 am

MoneyMelon wrote:Well, I'm certainly no engineer, but I'm sure there's a reason why this isn't a simple fix.

I'm just waiting for some kid to say "Why don't we just vacuum it out?" and they all lift him into the air and have a fiesta like in the taco shell commercials.

by **MoneyMelon** » Tue May 11, 2010 12:35 am

Alchemic_Spider wrote:I'm just waiting for some kid to say "Why don't we just vacuum it out?" and they all lift him into the air and have a fiesta like in the taco shell commercials.

Like somebody's gonna say "Just get a big cork" and all the engineers slap their foreheads and say "Shit! Why didn't we think of that!" :lol:

by **thefourthman** » Tue May 11, 2010 12:35 am

MoneyMelon wrote:Well, I'm certainly no engineer, but I'm sure there's a reason why this isn't a simple fix.

I only assume two things with that 1. that getting the oil is still a priority
and
2. nothing when a corporation or the us government is involved is done simply. the simple solution would have been to have the damn safety valves. the simple solution to hiring people to do things on boats in the gulf waters was to hire the fishermen who couldn't do anything else, but they brought in other people for two weeks. I would guess they lowered it down saw it was clogged and gave up. Seems to me if the problem is ice crystals you warm the metal up and then lower it so it melts the ice...

by **MoneyMelon** » Tue May 11, 2010 12:35 am

thefourthman wrote:I only assume two things with that 1. that getting the oil is still a priority
and
2. nothing when a corporation or the us government is involved is done simply. the simple solution would have been to have the damn safety valves. the simple solution to hiring people to do things on boats in the gulf waters was to hire the fishermen who couldn't do anything else, but they brought in other people for two weeks. I would guess they lowered it down saw it was clogged and gave up. Seems to me if the problem is ice crystals you warm the metal up and then lower it so it melts the ice...

Well if you got all the answers, put on a scuba suit and pitch in already!

by **Alchemic_Spider** » Tue May 11, 2010 12:35 am

MoneyMelon wrote:Like somebody's gonna say "Just get a big cork" and all the engineers slap their foreheads and say "Shit! Why didn't we think of that!"

Well it won't happen with that attitude, mister!

by **Sgt.Marvel** » Tue May 11, 2010 12:37 am

thefourthman wrote:I only assume two things with that 1. that getting the oil is still a priority
and
2. nothing when a corporation or the us government is involved is done simply. the simple solution would have been to have the damn safety valves. the simple solution to hiring people to do things on boats in the gulf waters was to hire the fishermen who couldn't do anything else, but they brought in other people for two weeks. I would guess they lowered it down saw it was clogged and gave up. Seems to me if the problem is ice crystals you warm the metal up and then lower it so it melts the ice...

And set the oil on fire?

by **thefourthman** » Tue May 11, 2010 12:38 am

Sgt.Marvel wrote:And set the oil on fire?

warm metal will not set oil in salt water on fire.

by **Alchemic_Spider** » Tue May 11, 2010 12:38 am

Sgt.Marvel wrote:And set the oil on fire?

by **Alchemic_Spider** » Tue May 11, 2010 12:39 am

thefourthman wrote:warm metal will not set oil in salt water on fire.

I'd rather they didn't chance it.

by **Sgt.Marvel** » Tue May 11, 2010 12:40 am

MoneyMelon wrote:Like somebody's gonna say "Just get a big cork" and all the engineers slap their foreheads and say "Shit! Why didn't we think of that!"

Giant tupperware container, IMO

by **thefourthman** » Tue May 11, 2010 12:41 am

Alchemic_Spider wrote:I'd rather they didn't chance it.

one of the early solutions was to set the oil on fire, but the seas were too rough and put the fire out. trust me - warm (not glowing red losing the solidity of the structure molten hot) metal will not start a fire.