Plans to nuke BP oil spill gathers steam

[Treblaine]

NUKE IT FROM ORBIT

Damn Ninjas!

 

[JEBWrench]

So they run the risk of making the hole in the sea floor bigger?

I don't think this is a good idea.

It'll give them place to put the water from the melting ice caps.

This idea is clearly FERPECT!

 

[HK_01]

Yeah, I guess that could work and it would be better for nature than just letting the oil run on for another 3-4 months.

 

[Colonel Mustard]

KILL IT WITH NUKES!!!

Spoiler

Best. Death. Ever.

Seriously though, this strikes me as a bad idea; you get fallout and an even bigger hole in the ocean. Not to mention that if you get radiation in the gulfstream them it's going to spread out across the entire planet. So we can effectively say goodbye to food from the seas...

Not to mention it would seriously Cthulhu off. And he's already annoyed enough about this spill as it is.

 

[PurpleSky]

How awful of an idea! Maybe a regular bomb, but a nuke? Wouldn't that be... bad? I mean, wouldn't all that radiation be harmful to wildlife and humans who swim in the ocean?

You wuss, radiation makes people grow big, and strong, as opposed to killing them in a painful and horrible death.

Be a man, eat a battery a day!

I was gonna respond but you said it perfectly.

 

[EMFCRACKSHOT]

Do we really want a horde of Godzillarish Zombie Dinosaurs spilling out of the Gulf of Mexico?

Yes, yes we do.

Nuke it up man, even if it fails it will look awesome

 

[Cabisco]

YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!

That'd be awesome! And you yanks'd finally use your nukes instead of just letting them sit and collect cobwebs.

Who knows what other issues can be solved with nukes?

I'm in agreement, I want any excuse to finnaly see a nuke go off in HD! their should be a programme on tv were we can watch it go off live.

Just saying...

 

[Blitzkreg]

They should just attach a really big pipe to wherever the oil is leaking from, that then diverts back into the system. Easy.

Try as they might, that would take months to drill, because when they do that WITHOUT millions of gallons of oil spewing out it still takes awhile.

Nuke actually would work... This problem is bad and no one seems to realize that there are no good ideas on how to stop it.

 

[Cabisco]

Instant reply: Iiiii like it!
[sup][sup]even though none of the pods I'm tracking are in the Gulf anymore[/sup][/sup]
But in reality, I know that things cannot be that simple.
*sighs*
Ah well. Good to know there are still people who love explosions that much out there.

I was about to quote someone saying about marine life being affected then putting "somewhere, Neonbob just got a semi".

I apologise for a double post if I just did one, but i'm just reiterating, we need to watch this in high def. This is why I got HD afterall.

 

[sabbat]

They want to do WHAT? Yeah, stop one thing hazardous to the environment by using another. Don't worry, they have plans to seal off the massive radiation problem by creating THE NEXT ICE AGE.

 

[FetaFrosch]

can this get any worse? http://z0r.de/?id=1214

 

[Billion Backs]

Rev 8:10-11
"And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter."

Unsettling.

Uh, actually listening and believing any religious prophecy makes you religious. Or at least a complete nut. No offense to all the chestnuts, hazelnuts, and all other members of the edible nut family in the audience.

No it doesn't.
It makes me a curious sort who was bored one day while unemployed and was having a good chuckle at the crackpots. At the same time, it's definitely a nice little tie in, is it not? Is it that unbelievable that throwing a nuke into the ocean may carry radioactive particles through the currents, poisoning not only the ocean, but our freshwater (read: drinkable) waters as well?

For my own part, I'd say organized religion is a human construct established to maintain control over the masses. Some religious ideals are quite sound. It's the rote, pomp and ultimate corruption that is not.

Remember, there is some semblance of truth in the Bible (for example). Many of the stories in the Old Testament probably did occur in some form or another. But like the telephone game played by children, the original story has been warped and distorted into the fantastic through constant word of mouth re-tellings of the tale.

For example, there probably was a large flood at some point. Maybe some guy did build a boat and was thus kept relatively safe. It's dubious however that the flood was "world encompassing" and that the man saved two of every animal. There may have been a very large, powerful soldier named Goliath who was slain by a rookie named David. It is dubious that that Goliath was 20 feet tall and that a single stone took him down.

Does understanding this make me religious? No, it doesn't. It does however make me more knowledgeable. People who don't learn from the past are doomed to make the same mistakes. I'm quite content to gain as much knowledge as possible, from as many sources as possible in order to be better equipped in my own life.

A secular example would be that I dislike Rush Limbaugh. But I did read both of his books when I was in high school. Why would I do that you may ask. I answer: in order to better understand his (and many in the ultra-right wing community) thoughts, arguments and ideals. Having that knowledge and understanding, I'm better equipped to counter or *gasp* even accept them as the situation dictates. Remember, a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Now, if you want to cover your ears and ignore anything that you disagree with, or consider uncool, that's your perogative. But be aware, that path only leads to ignorance.

I'm not sure what most of your rant aside from the first paragraph is directed at, considering that I haven't said anything opposing it.

I suppose I'll have to reiterate. If you reject religion on rational grounds, there's no reason not to reject any type of prophecy as well.

The ancient people had no nukes, they weren't better then us scientifically, medically, or otherwise. Trying to apply something that was written centuries ago to something people would only know about for the past, say, century or so, is simply silly.

And thanks a lot for assuming a lot of shit about my character.

 

[Neonbob]

Do we really want a horde of Godzillarish Zombie Dinosaurs spilling out of the Gulf of Mexico?

Now Pimppetter2 is going to want to do that immediately as well.
This is an awesome turn of events!

Instant reply: Iiiii like it!
[sup][sup]even though none of the pods I'm tracking are in the Gulf anymore[/sup][/sup]
But in reality, I know that things cannot be that simple.
*sighs*
Ah well. Good to know there are still people who love explosions that much out there.

I was about to quote someone saying about marine life being affected then putting "somewhere, Neonbob just got a semi".

<_<
I will neither confirm nor deny that. You'll just have to use your imagination there.

 

[kannibus]

In the immortal words of one Nelson Muntz: "Gotta nuke something."

 

[El Poncho]

Here is what I think we should do, inspired by Patrick

 

[Korten12]

yeah this is a really bad plan...

 

[crimson5pheonix]

You know, if we ignore the radiation part of this, it's still bad. It may fuse the rocks together (one of the coolest sounding solutions ever), but it will kill anything within a large radius by collapsing their gills or lungs.