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From: jimp on 30 May 2010 14:39 In sci.physics Bret Cahill <BretCahill(a)peoplepc.com> wrote: >> >"Balloon on a stick" something like an angioplasty except leave the >> >bag in the pipe: >> >> >The coefficient of friction inside of an oily pipe is low so the bag >> >will need to be long enough to cover enough area inside of the pipe >> >for the traction force between the balloon and the pipe exceeds the >> >back pressure. >> >> I believe they have plans to do something just like that. Heard on the news >> about a plan to cut off the broken pipe and insert a new one into it with (I >> think) an inflatable seal. > > They should have had that ready from the beginning. Why? How many oil rigs blow up in a year? -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply.
From: jimp on 30 May 2010 19:28
m II <c(a)in.the.hat> wrote: > jimp(a)specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: > >>> They should have had that ready from the beginning. >> >> Why? >> >> How many oil rigs blow up in a year? > > > > Does it matter? One well in twenty years is one too many and just as > obscene. Yeah, it matters, and you have totally missed the point. All resources are finite and you allocate emergency resources by the likelihood of a given situation. > Anyone that tries to justify this disaster as a cost of doing > business should be castrated. The phrase "justify this disaster" is self contradictory babble. I have yet to hear anyone suggest that those responsible should be absolved from cleaning up their mess. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. |