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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 11:50 AM Original message |
Why doesn't the U.S. own submersibles appropriate for the situation? |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
1. Why should we be stuck with that capital investment? |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 11:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. i believe they claimed they did. |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 12:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. A plan is not good enough - future drilling should stop |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
2. It's interesting to contrast this with nuclear technologies. |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
3. "nobody anticipated that we would ever have to do this" |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 12:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Gee didn't Condi say "No one anticipated 9-11' ?That wasn't true either. |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 12:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Valdez should have been a warning |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. The Montara spill in 2009 was the warning- |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 12:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. how did they plug the leak did the Australians do it? |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
5. The government probably developed them then gave the technology |
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mahatmakanejeeves (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
7. "For one thing, of course, it‘s cold. And then there‘s the pressure." |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
10. USA shouldn't have to, but it should have guaranteed that BP did before authorizing drilling. |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
11. If it's something that doesn't lead directly to big profits... |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
12. Hmm, had the U.S. started developing them 29 years ago, they might have something. |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
14. Obama has been in power 18 months; plenty of time to make some "changes" |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 12:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Plenty of time to commission and build a submersible? |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Plenty of time to have gotten interior under control and investigated before declaring |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 05:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. We HAVE one! The Alvin. See below!!!!!!!!!! |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
18. The submersible Alvin is still officially active and based at Woods Hole, Mass. |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
20. "nobody anticipated that we would ever have to do this"... |
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