Of-course this is just of top of the head and maybe stupid
^^ This ^^
30 years ago, drilling a well at this depth was not possible. Drilling technology has advanced to the point where drilling at this depth is now possible. Technology has also advanced to the point where the "same shit they tried 30 years ago" is even an available option at 5000+ ft down.
As an engineer, I take offense when people come up with stuff off the top of their head and assume that teams of professionals haven't considered the same options and rationally analyzed the feasibility.
I can assure you, all the crazy ideas you can possibly consider, and more, are being discussed among the engineers at BP who actually have experience in this industry. Yes, this spill is horrible. No, I can't believe BP doesn't want to have this fixed ASAP. The engineers on the front line simply don't have time to address the media, therefore you are left with execs so far removed from the actual work that they look like incompetent boobs
Following the success of its recent live demonstrations of Orbo technology at the Waterways Visitor Centre in Dublin, Steorn is delighted to announce that its online development community will open for membership on 1st April 2010.
Orbo is a new technology from Steorn that provides free, clean and constant energy at the point of use. Orbo is controversial — it is an "over-unity" technology, meaning that it produces more energy than it consumes.
The Steorn Knowledge Development Base (SKDB), as the online community is known, is a collaborative environment designed to share, explain, employ and expand the science, engineering and intellectual property comprising Orbo technology. In short, it is ground zero for the Orbo revolution.
The SKDB will be the sole medium for the dissemination of Orbo technology and its future enhancements. All developments and improvements to Orbo technology will be shared amongst the members of the SKDB for further research and development.
The main focus of the SKDB at launch will be on the solid state electromagnetic configuration of Orbo, the development of which Steorn has recently completed.
Anybody willing to pay 419 Euros (564 USD) to find out what Orbo is?
Did I fall asleep?
For a little while.
+1 Sadly Funny
No matter which way you look at it the telephone number won't go away.
No matter which way you look at it, the horse and buggy won't go away.
And, in many areas in the world, including places in the industrialized world (driven through Amish country lately?), they haven't!
Today is a good day for information-gathering. Read someone else's mail file.
