Title: Simmons Says Nuclear Device Only Option to Stop Oil Leak Source:
BBG URL Source:http://www.bloomberg.com Published:Jun 16, 2010 Author:None Post Date:2010-06-16 08:57:28 by war Keywords:None Views:8052 Comments:24
June 15 (Bloomberg) -- Matthew Simmons, founder of the Ocean Energy Institute, talks with Bloomberg's Lori Rothman about BP Plc's oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico and his view that the use of a "small-bore nuclear device" is now the "only option" to stop the flow of oil. (Source: Bloomberg)
A local Conservative radio talk show host, nuclear weapons designer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, professor of electrical engineering at UC Berkeley, and the guy responsible for figuring out how to put out the well fires and then cap the oil wells left by Saddam in Kuwait, says no. He says an attempt wouldn't work, and most likely would make the situation much worse.
A local Conservative radio talk show host, nuclear weapons designer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, professor of electrical engineering at UC Berkeley, and the guy responsible for figuring out how to put out the well fires and then cap the oil wells left by Saddam in Kuwait, says no. He says an attempt wouldn't work, and most likely would make the situation much worse.
You must be talking about Bill Wattenberg. He's a genious at logistical problem solving. He loves to use those railway flatbeds in various scenarios such as dropping supplies into areas from ultra high altitudes, and slowing the flow of Folsom Lake when the dam gates were stuck open.
He's usually got a solution to everything, but he's stumped on this one.
Like most... probably because BP isn't giving out all of the details.
I spelled his last name wrong.... it's Wattenburg. I've listened to him for years although not recently. He does his program most of the time from a little studio he built in the town of Greenville in Plumas County near Lake Almanor. I think there's about 2000 people living there.
