Placing a dome over the oil spill....

[howard112211]

This is heading towards becoming the biggest ecological disaster in US history.

I think we should use the same term as the Russians: Sarcophagus



edit: Picture Source http://www.subbrit.org.uk/rsg/sites/c/chernobyl/index.html

Engineers raced yesterday to build a giant containment dome in case robotic submarines fail to stop oil gushing into the sea from a sunken rig in the Gulf of Mexico.

British energy giant BP is operating four robotic submarines some 1,500 meters (5,000 feet) down on the seabed to try to activate a blowout preventer that can cap the oil well.

But two days of efforts have yielded no progress and placing a giant dome over the leak is now considered the best solution to ward off the threat of an environmental disaster from the huge slick developing off the Louisiana coast.

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=136215

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

1. Are you joking?

I haven't had my morning coffee yet and I don't see any srcasm tags. :shrug:

[howard112211]

2. No, unfortunately not.

Placing a dome over the oil spill is being considered as "the" solution.


http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=136215

[Soylent Brice]

3. posted yesterday:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8226634