Guard watches coast for oil slick's first wave

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Originally Posted by Trample the Elderly

Look, take away the aspect that there might be an agenda behind this.

It's very simple.

Basic Plumbing 101:

1. Unscrew the bolts holding the couplers together.

2. Take off the damaged pipe.

3. Have another pipe with a relief valve on it and the bolts pre-welded in ready. Make sure the relief valve is open so the pressure from the oil will not blow off the new pipe.

4. Bolt on the new pipe.

5. Close the relief valve.

Problem solved.

Only problem, that's one big ass reservoir of oil. For all we know we may have tapped into the an infinite reservoir of oil beneath the oceans. We don't know. It's obvious when you have a huge body of liquid under the pressure of the earth's crust squeezing the oil out. The oil is not flowing out it is under pressure so a valve will not be strong enough. We have to match that pressure to stop the flow. I don't think the relief well will work either. This is biblical.