Comments on: Is oil exploration getting safer? http://www.embracingchaos.com/2010/06/is-oil-exploration-getting-safer.html Analysis of Trends in Technology, Business, Society Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:52:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: James http://www.embracingchaos.com/2010/06/is-oil-exploration-getting-safer.html/comment-page-1#comment-2163 James Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:58:30 +0000 http://www.embracingchaos.com/?p=1047#comment-2163 Spike, because nuke plants cost three to five times as much per kilowatt hour as wind and coal. Spike, because nuke plants cost three to five times as much per kilowatt hour as wind and coal.

]]> By: spike http://www.embracingchaos.com/2010/06/is-oil-exploration-getting-safer.html/comment-page-1#comment-2122 spike Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:03:12 +0000 http://www.embracingchaos.com/?p=1047#comment-2122 so, deepwater was drilling under about 5000 feet of water, but how far down was it drilling into the earth - is it really 6 miles? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill#Deepwater_Horizon_drilling_rig http://www.deepwater.com/fw/main/Deepwater-Horizon-56C17.html another friend asks: If we can drill 6 mile holes out in the middle of the Gulf, why can't we drill 6 mile holes at nuke plants and just drop the waste down the hole. :-) Top the last 4 miles off with concrete and drill a new hole as needed. so, deepwater was drilling under about 5000 feet of water, but how far down was it drilling into the earth – is it really 6 miles?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill#Deepwater_Horizon_drilling_rig
http://www.deepwater.com/fw/main/Deepwater-Horizon-56C17.html

another friend asks:
If we can drill 6 mile holes out in the middle of the Gulf, why can’t we drill 6 mile holes at nuke plants and just drop the waste down the hole. :-) Top the last 4 miles off with concrete and drill a new hole as needed.

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