Quote Originally Posted by Rodri View Post
Neko, considering this specific set of circumstances, I would consider a nuclear option insane, yes. Ideas with technical merit created this problem in the first place.
I reckon I'm grumpy, due to not sleeping well, but...

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This is the same FUD that gets spread in regards to nuclear power stations.

Also, we are not discussing the merits of drilling for oil here but what needs to be done and I was giving a reason why such a method could be catastrophic if it failed.
OK, so we want to gloss over the fact that by-products of oil drilling are already carcinogenic and/or radioactive?

The "drilling mud" that they used? Guess what? It's not "mud" in the sense of dirt and water. It's got stuff in it that's also carcinogenic and/or radioactive.

Guess what they're going to be pumping into the relief well to try to block it...

Guess what came up through the current BOP when they tried "Top Kill".

Guess what the cummulative effects of all this carcinogenic and/or radioactive material has...

The problems that have been caused already are a major global disaster as it is. This is America's Chernobyl. The last thing needed is to risk increasing that disaster to a magnitude that is unimaginable.
FUD...