IRA PLAY DOUGH POINTS TO QUICK SOLUTION FOR GULF WELL LEAK

For some reason I have been distracted from the ongoing catastrophe in the Gulf so I have been frustrated that BP has refused to stop the oil leak with a little explosion to destroy the oil pipe's access to the surface.  Today. I am pleased to see that a guest on Ira Flatow's Science Friday suggests crimping the leaking oil pipe with explosives, duhhhhh!   I agree that explosive charges could stop this leak rather quickly and that this could be achieved within a few days.

This "no brainer" and obvious solution is not being pursued because it would cost BP and its stockholders, something Ira Playdough doesn't discuss. 


So Ira gets an A for seeing the obvious solution but he gets an F for not insisting on this environmentally friendly solution.  He also gets an F for not seeing that politics and economics control the technology and science used for this situation.  Ira Flatow has mainly, however, hosted a discussion about how technology can stop the oil by saving the BP investment, by saving the pipes they have installed. 


Just think about it.  The United States blows up everything every day for fun and profit, war and more thrills.  Why is the US suddenly unable to blow up a blow out?  Profits!  Profits of BP shareholders.  They are willing to sacrifice the fish, the worms, the plankton, the turtles and fish, everything for their unholy profit.


That is why capitalism really is no good and has to be replaced by a noncapitalist system of ownership and production that is friendly to our Common Mother, Earth.  We don't really need big oil if we switch to other forms of energy.  Big oil is trying to keep us dependent on oil and blocks alternative energy development.