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BP oil spill planet killerBy Michael Webster: Syndicated Investigative reporter. June 15, 2010, at 3:30 PM PDT
Millions of
listeners heard on the popular Coast to
Coast Am radio show recently that the BP oil
spill is a planet killer. Talk show host Ian
Punnett welcomed two guests,
Jim Bell
during the second hour and Minister
Lindsey
Williams
in the 3rd hour, for a discussion on the
Gulf oil crisis as well as alternative
energy. In the second hour, Minister Lindsey
Williams, who once served as a chaplain for
the oil companies operating in Alaska,
shared what he claimed to be the "real
story" behind the Gulf oil crisis. He
explained that, in the 1970's, Russia
drilled over 40,000 feet into the ground and
discovered abiotic oil, i.e. oil which
replenishes itself via an as-yet-unknown
natural chemical process. The off-shore
drilling done by BP in the Gulf of Mexico,
Williams said, was their attempt to create a
similar super-deep well and access this same
abiotic oil. However, according to his
sources, BP insiders and U.S. Government
officials the pressure from this pocket of
abiotic oil in the Gulf was so great that it
burst all the safety valves on the floating
platform.
Williams went on to allege that oil industry insiders believe that the only method to stop the flow of oil in the Gulf is via a nuclear device and even that has potential for catastrophic results. Bell, who rejoined the conversation in the fourth hour, agreed with Williams about the potential danger of using a nuke to thwart the spill because it could "pop the bubble" and cause all of the underground oil to emerge simultaneously. On the potential long term effects of the crisis if the flow of oil is not stopped, Bell speculated that it could reach Europe within three years through the Gulf Stream. Additionally, Williams observed that the overwhelming amount of dangerous gasses, which are also being released from the disaster, could be swept along the East Coast should a hurricane arrive in the Gulf. Williams stated that those same dangerous pollutants are in the air in alarming amounts and getting more dangerous everyday. He further indicated that the oil pressure coming up the oil deep water pipe was running between 20,000 and 70,000 PSI. Last night on the Coast to coast Am show Science Advisor Richard C. Hoagland commented on the oil spill in the Gulf. He warned listeners that an even worse catastrophe could be looming if a giant gas bubble that has formed at the site of the leak on the ocean floor should blow. Hoagland said the pressure in the pipe is 100,000 or more lbs of pressure per squire inch or PSI. Both agreed that BP nor anyone else knows how to shop this amount of pressure coming from the largest and deepest underwater oil well on earth. Williams said "that the dangers from this run away well is a planet killer and we may not be able to stop it." Mankind could be doomed. Bell, who calls himself an "ecological designer," blamed the oil spill on a corporate culture which focuses on making a profit by way of "taking short cuts" that, ultimately, result in situations such as the one in the Gulf of Mexico. He put forward the notion that the ideal scenario to break free of corporate controlled energy is to aggressively pursue efficient solutions which would make the transition away from oil easier and faster. Using solar power as an example, he theorized that, with good leadership, it would take about 40 years for such a transition to take place.
According to
writer Jose Lugo in
the movie Armageddon, there was a scene
where Steve Buscemi who played the part of a
reluctant-hero-astronaut and while sitting
and waiting for liftoff, he uttered a
profound philosophical statement;
"Hey
Harry, you know we're sitting on 4 million
pounds of fuel, one nuclear weapon and a
thing that has 270,000 moving parts built by
the lowest bidder, makes you feel good
doesn't it"?
In the
movie, this statement was made by an oil
drilling roughneck to other roughnecks; but
it says so much about the oil business and
today's corporate culture. It's the
reckless, do it quick, cheap and dirty
routine.
Lugo
went on to say that the Gulf of Mexico oil
spill disaster is a case in point. The
disaster started with an explosion that
nobody was ready for. Then the oil companies
(BP and Transatlantic) discovered that they
had absolutely "NO PLANS" to handle the
unfolding disaster, they had to think things
up as they went along. They had only one
shut off station in one location, that
malfunctioned! Reckless, quick, cheap and
dirty!
Williams said that the amount of oil gushing
from the well is much greater than BP and
the amount the Government is reporting as
only one million gallons a day. Both guests
surmised that the more accurate amount
gushing from the well is in the millions of
barrels. Why didn't they have shut off
valves along the pipe line? They did
but all the system was overwhelmed by the
great pressure of the blow out.
But
the most anguishing question remains, "Why
didn't they have a back-up plan?" Things
happen in the ocean--hurricanes, sinking
ships, equipment breakdowns, Murphy's Law
etc.. Why didn't they have plans for these
possible disasters? Because no commercial
company has ever drilled that deep before
this is a
super-deep well with a mile of sea water on
top of it. The pressures alone at those
depths are enormous and may have contributed
to the failures.
During the
program it come out that there are multiple
holes in the pipe and that more oil is
gushing from fissures as far away from the
well head as 20 miles.
Hoagland said that at the sea bed at the well for miles around it is a bubble and it is growing, believed to be pressure from a huge natural gas build up that could blow at any time and kill many there and in the general area working to stop the rush of the largest out of control oil leak that man has ever known.
Michael Webster’s Syndicated Investigative Reports have been read worldwide, in 100 or more U.S. outlets and in at least 136 countries and territories. He publishes articles in association with global news agencies and media information services with more than 350 news affiliates in 136 countries. Many of Mr. Webster’s articles are printed in six working languages: English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish. With ten more languages planed in the near future. Mr. Webster is America's leading authority on Venture Capital/Equity Funding. He served as a trustee on some of the nation’s largest trade Union funds. A noted Author, Lecturer, Educator, Emergency Manager, Counter-Terrorist, War on Drugs and War on Terrorist Specialist, Business Consultant, Newspaper Publisher. Radio News caster. Labor Law generalist, Teamster Union Business Agent, General Organizer, Union Rank and File Member Grievances Representative, NLRB Union Representative, Union Contract Negotiator, Workers Compensation Appeals Board Hearing Representative. Mr. Webster represented management on that side of the table as the former Director of Federated of Nevada. Mr. Webster publishes on-line newspapers at www.lagunajournal.com and www.usborderfirereport.com and does investigative reports for print, electronic and on-line News Agencies. All of Mr. Webster's articles, books/CD's can be read or downloaded free at: http://www.lagunajournal.com/michael_webster.htm or MICHAEL WEBSTER'S OTHER WRITINGS Contact e-mail: wibcom@aol.com
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