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Old 06-22-2010, 08:26 AM
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Default Re: What if the BP gusher can't be stopped?

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Originally Posted by Dingfod View Post
If it cannot be stopped, it flows until either the well is depleted to equalization with the pressure at the bottom of the water, or it erodes the well bore to the point that it caves in on itself, sealing itself off. In the case of that 1910 well blowout, that took 17 months. Oddly enough, that is about the length of time the Iceland's Eyjafjallajokullvolcano erupted in 1821-23.
And oddly enough, the gestation period of a sperm whale is around 17 months. And sperm whales were hunted for their................OIL.

That's right, HUNTED.
BY THE BRITISH.

Coincidence?

I
THINK
NOT

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