Deep-sea Ice Crystals Stymie Gulf Oil Leak Fix

An effort to use a 100-ton steel-and-concrete box to cover a deepwater oil well in the Gulf of Mexico was aborted Saturday after ice crystals encased the containment device. Meanwhile, thick blobs of tar began washing up on Alabama's beaches. (May 8)

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[BudPeters44]

how stupid can they get..So you don't try and cap it..you connect a tube to the top so you can direct the oil back into the tankers,and never try and stop the flow,just give it a place to flow where we want it,then with the flow ice crystals would not have time to form cause its not contained,just like putting a huge bucket with a hose on the end to let the oil flow..but in a tanker not our Oceans..Look i do plumbing and i could fix that leak...they are doing this on prupose..

[EpikKustumz]

screw a decision...all they need to do is DO IT! dont just talk about it

[Popteart]

I have that woman's sunglasses at 1:17, haha.

[SAVIOURJESUSAMEN]

@OPOCHKA do not blame God for the greedy men who owns the oil company

[crozzan]

@marcmantione I want to, but people like you make everyone want to change their minds.

[AngelaIsAwesome16]

pissed me off

[COAKD1]

I wonder if we all can work together in finding solutions for this mess.

[blindinya004]

So I guess the plan would be to cut my losses here in the south , but where would be a good place to go . Dallas or Pennsylvania ?

[RomeoCo]

Oh if they only knew what was actually to come.

[Bigtymme]

Yeaa I would say it failed.. you assholes! Alternative energy should have been a major option since the 80's... we should have had a full transition to alternative energy sources since the early 90's! Not fear-mongering here but the end result will have to be mass evacuations.