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Sun May-09-10 11:35 PM
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What if we shot a wad of osmium into the gusher? |
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Edited on Sun May-09-10 11:38 PM by lonestarnot
It's heavier than water, but how does it react to cold temperatures? Sounds like ok Melting Point: 3045.0 °C - 3318.15 °K Boiling Point: 5027.0 °C - 5300.15 °K
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Sun May-09-10 11:37 PM
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1. That's what she said nt |
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Sun May-09-10 11:39 PM
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Sun May-09-10 11:41 PM
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How about corn slurry? The starch in it will clog up the best pipes.
Isn't that what they were looking at doing? Clogging it up? When corn slurry gets cold it turns to a thick gel like substance.
I saw the thing for hair donations... maybe they could create a giant HAIR CLOG and stop the flow. :shrug:
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Sun May-09-10 11:43 PM
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5. Hairballs sure stop up my cat. |
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But don't know about corn slurry. How well does it stick together in water?
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Sun May-09-10 11:58 PM
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Mon May-10-10 12:05 AM
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7. I've already read that pile. Thanks though. |
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Mon May-10-10 12:09 AM
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8. Had to read your OP twice |
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I thought it said
...shot a wad of Osmond into the gusher
I was gonna say, "The Osmonds shot their wad in the 70's"
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Mon May-10-10 12:12 AM
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9. Well their plan B is to shoot shit in the hole, so why not the heaviest element in the periodic |
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Edited on Mon May-10-10 12:14 AM by lonestarnot
table, albeit expensive, but fuck the expense. The most dense element, liquify it and shoot in in there. Could work if it didn't sink the boat.
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Mon May-10-10 12:16 AM
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10. Thos republikkans and their science |
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Four years ago they were suggesting we could handle the global warming crisis by exploding a nuclear warhead in the arctic The plan was to release all that ice which would cause the world to cool off
Never mind the radiation because the area is uninhabited And we all know that radiation doesn't travel with the winds -- I guess that's what they were thinking
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Mon May-10-10 12:18 AM
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11. Still no opinion on the element. |
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Mon May-10-10 12:33 AM
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I'm not big on the idea. I'm not sure it would do the trick
As heavy as it is, it may or may not plug the hole. Even if it did, there is the possible negative impact from pressure build up elsewhere It may not hold anyway.
The Dome idea seems to be a bust
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Mon May-10-10 12:23 AM
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12. What about unobtainium? |
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;)
Anyhow, I suspect Osmium is highly reactive and would form an oxide with water. Osmium's oxides might have totally different properties.
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Mon May-10-10 12:25 AM
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13. All the chemists are sleeping, but I know that platinum does not oxidize. |
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Mon May-10-10 12:31 AM
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14. True, but platinum is a noble metal (like gold) and doesn't react. Osmium, as far as I know, isn't a |
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noble metal.
Disclaimer: IANAC
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Mon May-10-10 12:38 AM
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Mon May-10-10 12:54 AM
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17. Wouldn't the gusher shoot it back out? Even if there was a clean opening |
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at the bottom of the pipe, there would still be a need for a way to clamp the plug in place. Or do you mean just dropping a huge pile of super-heavy stuff over the whole area? In which case there would be the issue of getting enough of the heavy stuff and making it land in the right place...
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Mon May-10-10 10:24 AM
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24. That is my idea. Enough of the shit to cover the top of a volcano. |
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Mon May-10-10 12:55 AM
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18. It may be counterintuitive but I'd pump Olean® down into that well |
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Edited on Mon May-10-10 12:58 AM by Brother Buzz
It should mix well with oil but and just may unstick that valve and allow it to be shut.
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Mon May-10-10 12:58 AM
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19. Can we cut to the chase here? |
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Mon May-10-10 10:25 AM
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:rofl: The old bushitler remedy for all.
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Mon May-10-10 12:58 AM
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20. If the well used pipes from my house, they'd be clogged by now... |
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Mon May-10-10 01:13 AM
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21. I think we should instead just try and shoot arsenic it there |
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Put enough in and we wont have to watch the devastation caused by the oil. Problem solved. Out of sight, out of mind.
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Mon May-10-10 01:24 AM
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22. Heavy crude is nearly impossible to bind to, it is very stable. And, |
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even if we did, wouldn't we just have a shitload of crude+whatever sludge on the bottom of the ocean?
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Mon May-10-10 04:22 AM
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23. heh, heh...you said shoot your wad into the gusher... |
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Mon May-10-10 10:26 AM
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