re: #307 reine.de.tout

Oh, hell.
The leak appears now to be bigger than it was before.

They’re finally going to do what several oil experts who don’t work for BP have been saying…cut the pipe above the BOP and try top capping a single leak, rather than trying to stem the different leaks around…this will cause a temporary gusher so violent that a lot of people will take notice who have been trying not to pay attention, but at least we’ll have a single leak and they can try funnelling that oil to the surface so tankers can start sucking it up.

One problem, however, and a guy on NPR explained it well the other day, is that the pressure of a mile of water on top of the oil is actually causing it to separate into various parts - the light shit comes to the surface and gives that sheen, while heavier portions are achieving neutral bouyancy at various depths in the Gulf - where those plumes will strike ground nobody knows.