Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said they had no more tactics left in their arsenal following BP’s latest failure to plug the leak.
“And the fact is the best technology in the world, with respect to that, exists in the oil industry.”
Responding to calls for the armed forces to take control of the oil spill disaster, Mr Mullen said: “We’ve looked at that continuously since the leak started – whether or not we would have submersibles that could go do this.
Experts are experts, eh?
Who would have thought it?
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1 Tim Newman // Jun 1, 2010 at 9:17 am
I’m glued to my screen watching the live feed of the ROVs as they prepare to cut the riser with a diamond saw. For oil and gas geeks, this is like watching the moon landing live.
2 JohnRS // Jun 1, 2010 at 4:40 pm
Experts may well be experts, but that wont stop the White House amateurs from meddling.
3 Dead like me » Blog Archive » Easy Private Student Loans No Credit Check: // Jun 20, 2010 at 4:32 am
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