Will America Resort to ‘Nuking’ Gulf Oil Spill?
By Victor Thorn - American Free Press Issue 22 May 31 2010
Is detonating a nuclear device to shift our planet’s tectonic plates the only way to seal a spewing oil fissure 5,000 feet beneath the ocean surface? Incredibly, on May 12 science writer Jeremy Hus broached this topic: “Using a nuclear explosion to plug the gushing oil well in the Gulf of Mexico might sound like overkill, but a Russian newspaper has suggested just that based on past Soviet successes.”
According to a May 4 article by reporter Julia Ioffe, “The Soviet Union used this method five times to deal with petro-calamities. The first happened in Uzbekistan, on Sept. 30, 1966, with a blast 1.5 times the strength of the Hiroshima bomb.”
To accomplish this feat, strategically placed nukes would be positioned into holes drilled through the ocean floor, then discharged.
On May 14, this writer interviewed an oil industry insider who requested anonymity. He described an array of horrifying details that are being withheld by mainstream media sources.
“The pressure of this super deep oil pocket that BP drilled into is so great that it may be beyond all human technology,” he said. “It’s so monstrous, I’m afraid to even estimate if there’s anything in this world that can contain it. BP used every safety mechanism and discretion imaginable, but the oil and gas pressure literally blew the lid. The Exxon Valdez was nothing in comparison. If the public knew all the ramifications, it’d cause a worldwide panic. If this oil gets into the Gulf Stream and travels to Europe, it will cause a disaster for the entire globe.”
He continued, “BP hit the same pocket that Russians did a few years ago. The big difference is: Soviet explorers located this pocket on land, while BP attempted to excavate it at sea. The pressure is so exceedingly high that humanity has never confronted something of this magnitude. The amount of oil down there is beyond
comparison to anything we’ve ever discovered. Because of its immense nature, the pressure blew out every single safety valve; now BP is scared to death.”
When asked about the use of nukes to stop the volcanic flow of oil, this source said with regret: “The Russians could be right. Nothing but a nuclear device may contain this catastrophe. But there’s a tremendous danger associated with this tactic if it doesn’t work. It will cause an even bigger hole in the ocean floor, releasing massive amounts of crude oil that will gush out uncontrollably from the Earth’s [crust]. If that happens, the ecosystem and human race may never recover.”
Considering the high levels of radiation related to this procedure, Coast Guard Commandant Thad Allen offered another toxic alternative during a May 9 broadcast of Face the Nation.
If BP’s containment domes continue to fail, he said, “the next tactic is going to be something they call a junk shot.They’ll take a bunch of debris—shredded tires and golf balls—and shoot it into the preventer to see if they can clog it up and stop the leak.”
The gulf is being further contaminated by chemical dispersants sprayed by airplanes onto the spreading oil slicks (and now beneath the surface as well).
Jessica Resnick-Ault and Jim Polson compared these aerial scrubbing agents to household soaps and detergents that “can cause irritation to the nose and eyes, headaches and vomiting.” Unfortunately, John Williams, executive director of the Southern Shrimp Alliance, warned that these dispersants “may be more damaging than the oil itself.”