The New War on Oil: why not blast the spill hole with hundreds of bombs?
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From: T. Keating on 28 May 2010 08:59 On Fri, 28 May 2010 12:00:17 +0000, Zerkon <Z(a)erkonx.net> wrote: >On Thu, 27 May 2010 18:05:21 -0700, Immortalist wrote: > >> Why not bring in the submarines and blast the spill hole with more 500 >> torpedoes quickly? That is after dropping a couple hundred tons of scrap Torpedoes simply don't operate at that depth. Even if they could, they would just make more holes for the oil to escape out of. >Metal right on top of it? Wouldn't this super-heat the metal and the >> earth near the blow hole? And then just keep bombarding the mess >> imagining you are G.W. Bush going to Cheney style war. Nothing you've proposed will fix the problem.. only make it worse.. > >Why not? Isn't it obvious? This would vaporize and blast the toxic >dispersant Corexit up into the atmosphere only to fall as acid rain, >harming Chevron's herbicide market across the entire Eastern US at least http://www.valdezlink.com/corexit.htm "MSDS here for Corexit 9527 saying 38% is 2-butoxyethanol?" CH3-CH2-CH2-CH2-O-CH2-CH2-OH From linked MSDS, actual percentage is 30 to 60% by weight. Another 10 to 30% by weight is Organic sulfonic acid salt.. X-C-SO3. (Strong acid) 1 to 5% is Propylene Glycol. >as there would be little herb left for Ortho to cide making your idea a >Communist plan. Just what Obama wants! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2-Butoxyethanol "2-Butoxyethanol is a primary ingredient of various whiteboard cleaners, liquid soaps, cosmetics, dry cleaning solutions, lacquers, varnishes, herbicides, and latex paints. It also seems to be excellent at killing most insects and arachnids." "It is the main ingredient of many home, commercial and industrial cleaning solutions, such as Simple Green All-Purpose Cleaner. " from the MSDS.. "Eye and skin irritant. Repeated or excessive exposure to butoxyethanol may cause injury to red blood cells (hemolysis), kidney or the liver. Harmful by inhalation, in contact with skin and if swallowed.Do not get in eyes, on skin, on clothing. Do not take internally." I.E.. Not a Herbicide, but instead it's an Insecticide. |