is probably obvious that I am an inexperienced engineer, especially when it involves a such a pressing problem as that which is currently in the gulf of mexico. I think, that despite the shearing techniques at the top of well, there is still a possibility to plug this well, though it would have to involve parties with both the technology and "approval" to accomplish the plugging. I do not believe that the present people involved have any such intentions of stopping this leak and thus are essentially are involved in acts of treason against the earth. The pressure at that depth, though intense, are not insurmountable. Again, despite the shearing at the top of the well that leak can be plugged by placing an inflatable plug that uses an internal liquid instead of a a gas, which should perform with more strength and reliably at relatively untested. The plug would have to be made of a type of strong thick rubber that can function at those temperatures and pressures to create a functioning seal inside the well once inflated. To overcome the intense pressure of the oil gushing out the installation of the inflatable plug would have to include a weight on top the plug significant enough to press down with enough mass to push and hold it in place, guided and anchored by rovs, and perhaps shaped like a half sphere, or v, so as to let gushing oil past with minimal resistance as it is placed. This technique could also be used on smaller leaks is near by pipes, which i am guessing there still are, by rovs that have strong enough robotics to insert smaller inflatable plugs at such sites. I know that this idea is not unique to me, and i know that most likely this method could have worked within a few weeks of trying, which is why it is sad to have to write about it at this current stage of this horrible disaster.
As a additional note I think this cruddy occurrance only goes to illustrate the importance of using earth surface biological derived fuels to power both diesel and gas engines until new technologies are developed. m(ost humans are still earting fairly fatty foods.) In my opinion it is becoming obvious that taking oil out of the earth is harming it in the quantities in which we are extracting it, especially with the safety technology that had been developed by such a tiny investment in relation to profits. Removing such quantities of mass from the earth can only be morphing its internal functioning siginificantly in ways not yet fully understood in terms of geophyscical processes, whereas this near star has been there everyday for eons, and the earth itself generates electricity which is obvious by its magnetic field and the lightening and such. i hope this leak is stopped soon and not just written of even for a month because somehow relief wells are seen as the only option, though that seems to be what people resigned themselves to early on and nopw quite a significant and somewhat irreparable damage has been done for most carbon based life in that region and on earth as a whole of unknown depth.
