[DOWNLOAD] "Ready for "Beyond Petroleum?"" by Henry Robertson ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Ready for "Beyond Petroleum?"
- Author : Henry Robertson
- Release Date : January 22, 2010
- Genre: Science & Nature,Books,Politics & Current Events,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 48 KB
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The sea is no longer burning. The plague seems to have passed, leaving the Gulf and its coastal people to their slow regeneration. In the age of statistics bureaucrats tried to corral the blowout with numbers, but there is no suppressing the images of oily death and desolation. We cried for BP and the government to stop it. We cast blame and file lawsuits, anything but face the real question: What was that rig doing in 5,000 feet of water? Floating rigs like the Deepwater Horizon can sink a well through 10,000 feet of water and another 30,000 feet below the sea bed. The engineering challenges are enormous. The pressure at such depths is so great that poking a hole in the sea floor risks an explosive release of gas and oil--exactly what happened. BP unleashed forces it couldn't control.