It won't work. Sorry.
Cheers,
Scott.
my idea is different as you noticed
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Where's the oxygen going to come from to "burn" it?
It won't work. Sorry.
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Doesnt need oxygen, whole point of the idea
its a chemical reaction not a fire
check here under water http://www.youtube.c...tch?v=d0twTXVlneY more fun here http://video.google....1843493488769585# |
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Mythbusters Toast 1/2 Ton of Thermite
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Not the same thing.
That's a thermite reaction. You get similar effects dropping pure sodium or pure magnesium in water - lots of heat and lots of light.
"Burning" is oxidation of something. Putting thermite in a high pressure stream of oil and natural gas isn't going to make the oil and natural gas burn unless there's a significant source of oxygen. There isn't one under the ocean. (Recall that fiery blowouts on land used to be put out with dynamite (which blows away the oxygen for combustion).) Heating up a small portion of the stream to some high temperature isn't going to solve anything. I suspect the thermite would quickly be extinguished by the rushing oil and gas (e.g. quickly buried by a coating of tar). Plus, there's the minor issue of safely supplying thermite to the well head... It's not going to work. Sorry. Cheers, Scott. |
when msnbc thinks the prez is a tard
- (boxley)
- (27)
- June 16, 2010, 09:32:38 AM EDT
Depends on who runs against him, doesn't it?
- (Another Scott)
- (26)
- June 16, 2010, 09:44:01 AM EDT
brit view
- (boxley)
- (25)
- June 16, 2010, 09:52:57 AM EDT
My, things are interesing in Boxleyland. ;-)
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- June 16, 2010, 10:14:17 AM EDT
Yeah right
- (jake123)
- (20)
- June 16, 2010, 10:31:16 AM EDT
thermite works underwater
- (boxley)
- (19)
- June 16, 2010, 11:04:20 AM EDT
You're forgetting the First Rule of Holes.
- (Another Scott)
- (18)
- June 16, 2010, 11:28:29 AM EDT
an underwater torch is better than a spill
-NT
- (boxley)
- (11)
- June 16, 2010, 11:29:24 AM EDT
Explain to me what a torch or thermite is going to do.
- (Another Scott)
- (10)
- June 16, 2010, 11:34:08 AM EDT
here, have a boo
- (boxley)
- (7)
- June 16, 2010, 11:37:32 AM EDT
Heh.
- (Another Scott)
- (6)
- June 16, 2010, 12:05:58 PM EDT
Who is that mysterious stranger at the end of that page? :-)
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- June 16, 2010, 12:12:42 PM EDT
my idea is different as you noticed
-NT
- (boxley)
- (4)
- June 16, 2010, 12:17:17 PM EDT
Where's the oxygen going to come from to "burn" it?
- (Another Scott)
- (3)
- June 16, 2010, 12:33:26 PM EDT
Doesnt need oxygen, whole point of the idea
- (boxley)
- (2)
- June 16, 2010, 12:41:44 PM EDT
Mythbusters Toast 1/2 Ton of Thermite
- (boxley)
- June 16, 2010, 12:48:45 PM EDT
Not the same thing.
- (Another Scott)
- June 16, 2010, 12:54:43 PM EDT
BTW administration claims 40k bpd not 2 million
-NT
- (boxley)
- (1)
- June 16, 2010, 11:38:44 AM EDT
40k barrels/day * 42 gallons/barrel = 1.7M gal/day. HTH :-)
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- June 16, 2010, 12:00:08 PM EDT
Great comments here by an industry dude
- (lincoln)
- (5)
- June 16, 2010, 02:49:48 PM EDT
Thanks.
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- (1)
- June 16, 2010, 02:58:31 PM EDT
ditto, good read
-NT
- (boxley)
- June 16, 2010, 03:17:31 PM EDT
What a nightmare...
- (Another Scott)
- (1)
- June 17, 2010, 10:19:42 AM EDT
shelburn at TOD responds (on June 25) to DougR
- (Another Scott)
- June 26, 2010, 08:41:54 AM EDT
Just got around to reading all the TOD material, comments
- (Ashton)
- June 17, 2010, 04:03:53 PM EDT
British media is making sound like the US is anti-British
- (SpiceWare)
- (2)
- June 16, 2010, 11:05:25 AM EDT
we are
- (boxley)
- (1)
- June 16, 2010, 11:27:57 AM EDT
don't agree, calling something by it's old name is not anti-
- (SpiceWare)
- June 16, 2010, 11:50:36 AM EDT