Comments on: BP to Try “Junk Shot” to Halt the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill http://inhabitat.com/bp-to-try-junk-shot-to-halt-the-gulf-of-mexico-oil-spill/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Tue, 21 May 2013 14:17:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Karlin http://inhabitat.com/bp-to-try-junk-shot-to-halt-the-gulf-of-mexico-oil-spill/comment-page-1/#comment-228428 Karlin Wed, 26 May 2010 19:33:05 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=116103#comment-228428 No, it wasn't a "defective blowout preventer" - it got broken during previous operations and they KNEW it. The drillers noticed "chunks of rubber" and alerted the BP guys, but the BP guys ignored it and pushed ahead anyhow. And then it exploded. That came from the testimony of Mike Williams. See this link> http://tinyurl.com/2u4nyjp No, it wasn’t a “defective blowout preventer” – it got broken during previous operations and they KNEW it. The drillers noticed “chunks of rubber” and alerted the BP guys, but the BP guys ignored it and pushed ahead anyhow. And then it exploded.

That came from the testimony of Mike Williams.
See this link>
http://tinyurl.com/2u4nyjp

]]> By: Fury5498 http://inhabitat.com/bp-to-try-junk-shot-to-halt-the-gulf-of-mexico-oil-spill/comment-page-1/#comment-228261 Fury5498 Wed, 26 May 2010 00:23:46 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=116103#comment-228261 Ive seen a bunch of different solutions and Im glad that Obama finally told the head of the whole operation to,\"Plug the Damn Leak.\" The solutions that make the most sense to me are dredging the coastline to make a coastline barrier reef which would prevent all of this oil from collecting on the shore. Yes some of this oil has already made it to the shore but a lot of it has not. If we wait too long though it will make it into the marshes and coast of Louisiana as well as our neighboring states. Another good solution I heard about today is making a blockade using Supertankers. These tankers have pumps that could pump the oil and water into tanks, take it to another vessel or refinery that could seperate the oil from the water and be returned back to sea. It would take 5 of these supertankers to do something like this. As long as we have to sit here and let the people running this show tell us well we can do this but it will take a couple of weeks or a month, I dont understand why this is being allowed to happen. I live in Louisiana and I\'m just going WTF people. We are talking about livelyhoods here about to be devastated more so than when Rita and Katrina came through this area. I just hope that whatever they do they do it soon because Hurricane season is just about to start and all we need is a big storm to blow all this mess inland. We wont just be talking coastline anymore if this happens. We might just see this oil spill end up in places like Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, and the list goes on. DO THE RIGHT THING PEOPLE AND PLUG THE DAMN LEAK NOW!!!! Ive seen a bunch of different solutions and Im glad that Obama finally told the head of the whole operation to,\”Plug the Damn Leak.\” The solutions that make the most sense to me are dredging the coastline to make a coastline barrier reef which would prevent all of this oil from collecting on the shore. Yes some of this oil has already made it to the shore but a lot of it has not. If we wait too long though it will make it into the marshes and coast of Louisiana as well as our neighboring states. Another good solution I heard about today is making a blockade using Supertankers. These tankers have pumps that could pump the oil and water into tanks, take it to another vessel or refinery that could seperate the oil from the water and be returned back to sea. It would take 5 of these supertankers to do something like this. As long as we have to sit here and let the people running this show tell us well we can do this but it will take a couple of weeks or a month, I dont understand why this is being allowed to happen. I live in Louisiana and I\’m just going WTF people. We are talking about livelyhoods here about to be devastated more so than when Rita and Katrina came through this area. I just hope that whatever they do they do it soon because Hurricane season is just about to start and all we need is a big storm to blow all this mess inland. We wont just be talking coastline anymore if this happens. We might just see this oil spill end up in places like Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, and the list goes on. DO THE RIGHT THING PEOPLE AND PLUG THE DAMN LEAK NOW!!!!

]]> By: notthenuthere http://inhabitat.com/bp-to-try-junk-shot-to-halt-the-gulf-of-mexico-oil-spill/comment-page-1/#comment-226873 notthenuthere Tue, 18 May 2010 14:43:28 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=116103#comment-226873 WOW, someone seriously did not do their homework here...... the \"Garbage Shot\" or \"Junk Shot\" is a binding agent of glof balls, Tied Rope, Tennis Balls and a long term Biodegradable \"Glue\". It\'s not like their throwing Milk Cartons in it?!?! This technique was invented during the Gulf War to stop surface blow outs. It\'s very effective, except noone has ever tried it underwater. Furthermore, that is not a Blow Out Preventer. That is a Surface Valve. A BOP is over 6 stories high. Regardless, people are working around the clock to help stop this. If you really want to be helpful, log off your I-Pad, and get your butt to Louisiana and help me clean up these beaches. WOW, someone seriously did not do their homework here…… the \”Garbage Shot\” or \”Junk Shot\” is a binding agent of glof balls, Tied Rope, Tennis Balls and a long term Biodegradable \”Glue\”. It\’s not like their throwing Milk Cartons in it?!?! This technique was invented during the Gulf War to stop surface blow outs. It\’s very effective, except noone has ever tried it underwater. Furthermore, that is not a Blow Out Preventer. That is a Surface Valve. A BOP is over 6 stories high. Regardless, people are working around the clock to help stop this. If you really want to be helpful, log off your I-Pad, and get your butt to Louisiana and help me clean up these beaches.

]]> By: bpisdeadtome http://inhabitat.com/bp-to-try-junk-shot-to-halt-the-gulf-of-mexico-oil-spill/comment-page-1/#comment-225720 bpisdeadtome Thu, 13 May 2010 22:11:10 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=116103#comment-225720 What's even better is that if the junk shot "works", a few months from now we'll be seeing oil gushing out underwater after the pressure blows out the side of the Mississippi Canyon. Using a crude last-resort method, despite other much more viable options that are being firmly advocated by other oil companies, in a location that is known to be geologically unfit for it, all while slapping Mother Earth across the face: BP, "Make the day a little better". What’s even better is that if the junk shot “works”, a few months from now we’ll be seeing oil gushing out underwater after the pressure blows out the side of the Mississippi Canyon. Using a crude last-resort method, despite other much more viable options that are being firmly advocated by other oil companies, in a location that is known to be geologically unfit for it, all while slapping Mother Earth across the face: BP, “Make the day a little better”.

]]> By: Bitbyte http://inhabitat.com/bp-to-try-junk-shot-to-halt-the-gulf-of-mexico-oil-spill/comment-page-1/#comment-225651 Bitbyte Thu, 13 May 2010 16:52:35 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=116103#comment-225651 I don\'t understand why they don\'t just use SuperGlue or a stronger version of plumbers foam that they use to fill cracks? Why use junk? Are they idiots or just really smart? I can\'t tell. I don\’t understand why they don\’t just use SuperGlue or a stronger version of plumbers foam that they use to fill cracks? Why use junk? Are they idiots or just really smart? I can\’t tell.

]]> By: goodbyegalaxy http://inhabitat.com/bp-to-try-junk-shot-to-halt-the-gulf-of-mexico-oil-spill/comment-page-1/#comment-225254 goodbyegalaxy Wed, 12 May 2010 15:11:35 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=116103#comment-225254 Solutions that solve the problem in a few days have been announced as solutions that require months also. I hope intermediate solutions are under design. One could be a system that works by sheering the pipe off the top of the blowout preventer (not shown) and designing and building a new vertically bolted preventer that bolts around the existing bulk head that allows oil to flow until its in place. Designing, machining and delivering something like that could take a month. Solutions that solve the problem in a few days have been announced as solutions that require months also. I hope intermediate solutions are under design. One could be a system that works by sheering the pipe off the top of the blowout preventer (not shown) and designing and building a new vertically bolted preventer that bolts around the existing bulk head that allows oil to flow until its in place. Designing, machining and delivering something like that could take a month.

]]> By: cybervigilante http://inhabitat.com/bp-to-try-junk-shot-to-halt-the-gulf-of-mexico-oil-spill/comment-page-1/#comment-225183 cybervigilante Wed, 12 May 2010 06:22:20 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=116103#comment-225183 I'm in favor of a "junk shot." Load a big tube up with Goldman-Sachs investment bankers and shoot them into the well. Kill two birds with one stone. I’m in favor of a “junk shot.” Load a big tube up with Goldman-Sachs investment bankers and shoot them into the well. Kill two birds with one stone.

]]> By: sickspeed http://inhabitat.com/bp-to-try-junk-shot-to-halt-the-gulf-of-mexico-oil-spill/comment-page-1/#comment-224988 sickspeed Tue, 11 May 2010 16:30:55 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=116103#comment-224988 i dont know why they dont just try hovering a giant upside down funnel over top the leak with a heated screen filter in it to melt any frozen debris chunks. assuming the oil is buoyant, that is. i dont know why they dont just try hovering a giant upside down funnel over top the leak with a heated screen filter in it to melt any frozen debris chunks. assuming the oil is buoyant, that is.

]]> By: matt7195 http://inhabitat.com/bp-to-try-junk-shot-to-halt-the-gulf-of-mexico-oil-spill/comment-page-1/#comment-224986 matt7195 Tue, 11 May 2010 16:24:19 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=116103#comment-224986 I feel like we're stuck in a terrible bugs bunny cartoon where Elmer tries creative and senseless ways to get Bugs and scraps each one to try something stupider. It would be funny if it didn't make you want to cry. What I don't understand is why the dome solution was scrapped instead of fine-tuned. If the only problem was crystallization on the outflow, the same device could be used again with a cap and explosive blow-out trigger to clear the blockage once it's lowered. But of course asking for an oil company to work logically and address problems as they arise is like asking monkeys to create a court of civil law: they won't listen, and you'll probably end up with poop on your face. I feel like we’re stuck in a terrible bugs bunny cartoon where Elmer tries creative and senseless ways to get Bugs and scraps each one to try something stupider. It would be funny if it didn’t make you want to cry.

What I don’t understand is why the dome solution was scrapped instead of fine-tuned. If the only problem was crystallization on the outflow, the same device could be used again with a cap and explosive blow-out trigger to clear the blockage once it’s lowered.

But of course asking for an oil company to work logically and address problems as they arise is like asking monkeys to create a court of civil law: they won’t listen, and you’ll probably end up with poop on your face.

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