VIDEO: High-Res Footage of Ongoing BP Oil Leak

This whole thing is so f-ed up.

the video was taken down.

Am I the only one getting "Video not Available"?

Still up here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23y [...] r_embedded

The Gulf Stream is going to take that oil straight back to BP in Europe.

It still works for me and it's the same video mattclary linked to...

had no idea how they gotta clean up the mess ~
drink it ?!

Here's a crazy thought... Why haven't they just placed either a pipe or a hose over the top of it? To collect the oil that comes up and process it? Or am I missing something

Shell Gasoline & Co. has technology that scrapes oceans floors for oil deposits etc.

Why can't BP consult with other Oil Companies to adapt their competitors' technology to help solve the problem?

For the link to the picture above:

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/BP-BP- [...] -7027.html

Make it stop flowing somehow and then to rid of the oil in the ocean already, apply its opposite: an acid.

I hate that I can't edit my post... correct linkage

http://www2.ucar.edu/news/oil-spill-animations

You can... click on "Read the comments on the forums" and edit your post there.

Eh "This video is no longer available"

dragonsqrrl - On Tom's "Guide" you cannot edit your post.

Thanks mlopinto2k1. I couldn't find the usual edit button. I thought I was going crazy for a while there. lol.

From what I understand they are doing that right now. The video above is from June 3, before the new cap and hose assembly were MacGuyvered in. That said, the cap is not perfect, and oil can still leak up around it. Also, there is a need to pump chemicals in which prevent methane ice (I believe methane) from forming and clogging the whole thing up, which further prevents a perfect seal. BP states that they are collecting oil from the broken well-head, just inefficiently. Regardless, still a cluster f**k, surrounded by a circle jerk.

Is it me or does that not seem like its kind of weak, pressure wise?

Take a cap with a valve, weld it to the bottom of the existing pipe. When completed, close the valve.

I know this is arm chair engineering but....

BP leak HD video link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPYyeJCAJKM

I'm sorry, but who allowed them to build this rig without a backup plan or two. In Canada we use half-a-billion dollar emergency shutoff valves on our rigs, and drill emergency reserve wells as well. I don't understand how you can drill a mile below the ocean for oil and not even take into consideration the risks.

because oil companies have the government in their pockets. This is the direct result of corporate funded campaigns and lobbying. its sick.

I'm waiting for the 3D video.

It scares me that people like you actually exist. An acid is the opposite of an oil? What?????? Good God.

Also, do you have any idea how much acid you would need to make even the slightest change in an ocean? Even if you could, and you can't, do you think anyone would want to kill all the fish and plant life by doing this? Have you ever heard the saying "the cure is worse than the disease"? Of course, it wouldn't work anyway.

Your post is remarkably offensive. It scares me that people actually can believe stuff like this. Please at least tell me you're not American. I am hoping our education system isn't THAT bad.

Check this out, it is the best way I've seen to clean up the spill. I guess if MIT or some other ivy league school had brought this idea to the table Obama would be all over this. You would see hay all over the gulf. Because the idea come from one of those gun toting, God loving, country boy no one wants to use the idea.It is just to simple, fill a 100 barge with hay, a hay blower & cover the oil in hay, problem solved. When did America stop listening to the simple ideas to fix big problems, why because they did not come from the elites.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5SxX2EntEo

Add billions of barrels of acid to the ocean? Yeah that's a good idea . . .

It amazes me that they have neglected so many things in all this. They could have got a new pipe in place long before now. They could have put oil floats on the surface of the ocean to stop as much oil getting out of the Gulf.

no longer available?why they took it down??

Just reading the comments on that video, people are acting like it's a new idea. We have known hay works for years. It's just not possible on such a large scale.

Your not missing anything, the very same thought came to mind. I don't care how deep it is, they got a damn camera down there.

Could you image if Bush was still the President & it has been months, the oil well is not capped. Oh what would people say. Why is it that a man made debacle happens & no one blames Obama but have a mother nature catastrophe and everyone blames Bush. The chain of command in a disaster like in Katina is first the city, then state, then FED. They had it backwards, everyone pointing fingers at the Bush/FED & not the city/state. Now people are blaming everyone but Obama & his people.

Why?

I know its not a new idea but it will work or at lest try it. When I would work on my car & spill some oil I would use hay because most of the time I do not have kitty litter.