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Kinda like BP - how prophetic


Listening to the scientific jargon including caps, shafts and so forth along with total abandonment to logic because of money, I hope the BP incident in the Gulf of Mexico does not have a similar conclusion as this movie!

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After the first explosion and subsequent quakes, they consider drilling a relief well to alleviate the pressure. The well-drilling specialist says it'll take TWO MONTHS and the hole will only be 4 feet across!!

NOT BIG ENOUGH OR FAST ENOUGH!!

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...And Tsar Bomb was supposed to detonate all the hydrogen in our atmosphere, the LHC was supposed to create a black hole, global warming was going to raise the sea levels five feet and Three Mile Island was going to doom us all to Nuclear Zombie-Hood but Tsuruga, Fukui, will.

God, when will this junk science clap-trap end? Please, more soap and opera, and less Soap Opera.
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