Nuke the oil spill?
May. 30th, 2010 03:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mattbellI'm not an expert in this area by any means, but I find this an interesting approach. Apparently the Russians successfully sealed several large natural gas and oil leaks this way a few decades ago. It's starting to get serious media attention.
http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2010/05/nuke-bomb-oil-spill-cleanup-crazy-russia-gulf-bp
Sure, detonating a small nuclear weapon deep underwater will release some radioactive pollutants into the deep ocean. Is that better or worse than an ongoing leak that's releasing tens of thousands of barrels of oil a day and damaging hundreds of miles of coastline? I don't know.
http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2010/05/nuke-bomb-oil-spill-cleanup-crazy-russia-gulf-bp
Sure, detonating a small nuclear weapon deep underwater will release some radioactive pollutants into the deep ocean. Is that better or worse than an ongoing leak that's releasing tens of thousands of barrels of oil a day and damaging hundreds of miles of coastline? I don't know.
