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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 04:06 PM Original message |
Matthew Simmons of Ocean Energy Institute was on the Dylan Ratigan Show on MSNBC. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. Gene Ray is on the internet. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. o...mi...gawd!!!!!! |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. Son of a bitch. I've been wondering privately if the second relief well is for a nuke. |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 04:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Yeah, it is. It's scary shit. I hope the two relief wells |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
4. Oh boy. |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
5. So what does this guy know about nuclear phsics? |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 04:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. He doesn't claim to know nuclear physics. He is just saying that a |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 05:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Okay, he's one guy, and well informed about geology |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 06:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. "well informed about geology" |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 04:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Presumably more than you do about logic. |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 04:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. HE has no fucking clue what the consequences would be |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 04:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. It's physics. |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 04:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I do. HEre's why |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 12:34 AM Response to Reply #12 |
29. Which doesn't require a degree in nuclear physics. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 10:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. it's times like this I really miss Richard Feynman |
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Smashcut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 04:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Simmons knows more about oil geology than you could ever hope to know. |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 04:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. YEt he knows precisely nothing about the physics of a nuclear blast |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 06:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. dude he's head of a think tank! those guys are never wrong |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 06:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. And you do? Thanks for the laugh n/t |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 06:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Matthew Simmons is an investment banker. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
11. try to fix one disaster with another.... |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 05:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. +1 |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
14. Ignore anyone who uses the word "nuclear" in regard to this. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 06:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. You sure that still will work if they've lost the well and especially |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 06:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I'm CERTAIN we'll never explode a nuke in the gulf for this. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 09:54 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I'm nowhere near buying a nuclear option but I am saying relief wells may not work |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
22. Is there a video or transcript? |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 08:19 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Here's a video of the episode the OP refers to: |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 11:32 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Thank you PB! n/t |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 11:32 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Thank you PB! n/t |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
27. May I interject some hsitory here? |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 12:45 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Thank you for that info! n/t |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
33. If that's the case then maybe several relief wells will be needed. |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 01:08 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I agree. It's not like the oil companies can't make money off the deal. |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
35. Let's Nuke here''s why |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Not that I'm promoting the nuke option because I think it won't be needed but ... |
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