HAMMOND, La. – At first, BP tried to stop the oil rushing into the Gulf of Mexico by flipping a blowout preventer switch. A week ago, they attempted to capture the leak with a 100-ton box. Now they've hit a snag as they try to guide a mile-long tube into the gusher to siphon the oil.
link: Salazar: Latest effort to stop oil leak hits snag - Yahoo! News
I mean, really. What's wrong with these guys?
This thing sounds like when my kitchen faucet sprang a leak - actually, a row of three or four leaks - back a while ago. Eventually I had to have it replaced (the plumber explained those kitchen faucet things are not, like, a pipe inside but actually two half pipes stuck together and then chromed over and where the leaks were was in the seam between the two halves) but, I say, but the duct tape worked for a while. Which is a whole while longer than any of these hotshot plans BP comes up with.
Plus, you can get it in different colors, which gives the whole project a festive look in a sort of sacrilegious way.
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