[GonzoGOP]

I don’t know that I’d use a nuke, but a big enough explosion on the sea bed would probably work...

Or just crack up the rock formation holding back the oil so that instead of having one big leak you would have thousands of little ones. It is easier to plug the one big leak. The problem is that they are in a catch 22. They can't install a new BOP until they cut off the pipe. But the crimped pipe is what is slowing down the leak. So if they cut off the pipe, and then can't get the new BOP on immediately they are going to have a spill 10 times worse than they do now.

The guys who make that call are either going to be heroes or villains. No middle ground on this one.

[dennisw]

I think a properly placed nuke would glass it over and seal it

[babygene]

“Or just crack up the rock formation holding back the oil so that instead of having one big leak you would have thousands of little ones.”

The actual oil deposit is 3 miles beneath the ocean floor, and it won’t be rock all the way down. You couldn’t crack that much rock even with a nuclear bomb. However, you could compact enough of it to stop it up...