A long time ago there was some concern when the Red Chinese got the bomb, as in nuclear. Not to worry, because even if they have the bomb, they have no way to deliver it: they don't have a missile that could do the job. But they don't need a missile, they could just ship it over as cargo and no one would find out until it was too late. Or they could just take it down to the Gulf of Mexico and drop it over the side, let it sink to the bottom and then detonate it. When it went off it would send a tidal way 200 miles inland on Gulf Coast of the US.
And now we want to use a nuke to try to and stop the BP oil leak in the Gulf. Hmm. Wonder if that is such a good idea. Of course, this is all just rumor and speculation. I guess we will just have to wait and see if any facts emerge.
Speaking from experience : An underground nuke creates a large glass bubble in the rock, but also makes new cracks in the surrounding rock.
ReplyDeleteThe glass bubble would seal off the existing broken pipeline (temporarily) but the new cracks would let the high pressure oil get through over a large area.
And after a week or so the glass bubble collapses, letting the original leak restart.
All in all, a stupid idea, worthy of Dubya :-(