So BP figures that all that pressure from that oil gusher won't

[Skidmore]

push little round golf balls up into the sea like the balls in the Lotto machine? Am I missing something in the science of this? Why do I have visions of a huge swell of golf balls boiling to the top of the sea? I'm sorry. I just don't think this will work.

[Autumn]

1. Doesn't some types of rubber swell when soaked in oil?

I seem to remember that but science class was a lifetime ago. I heard broken glass too. I don't get it.

[Rex]

2. They have no idea what they are doing, never did R&D on this kind of thing

so golf balls, huge lids, I'm wondering why they haven't stuffed Gush Limpballs into the hole yet. He alone could plug up three holes at once with his massive bullshittedness. This might be one time man can't beat nature.

[Lesleymo]

3. Golf balls and tires

What the heck? How on earth is that going to work if a massive steel and concrete 4-story dome didn't do the trick?

[carlyhippy]

4. i am surprised that the pressure from the gusher has not turned their "box" into a missle

[yella_dawg]

5. 210,000 gal. per day ~= 140 gal./min.

About the output you'd get from a 2" industrial water pump. The blowout is a considerably larger hole, under considerably more pressure. Plainly put, everything in the news is a lie. This thing has to be pumping an order of magnitude more oil at a minimum. The golf ball trick plays well on TV. Period.


yella

[tekisui]

6. They may cut the riser pipe before that.

Then, I think we will be even more screwed.

[IDemo]

7. They need to contract the job out to a qualified company

[Motown_Johnny]

8. Golf balls sink, if they floated I wouldn't spend so much money on them