Okay, so here's my stupid idea for possibly stopping the leak in the Gulf of Mexico, tell me what's wrong with it.
I figured since the well is so deep if you build a cylinder shaped explosive charge you could push it into the well while allowing the oil to flow around it until you get it way down into the well, lets say 1,000 feet, then detonate the explosive charge and collapse the well. Even if the well still continues to leak some oil, it could minimize the oil that is coming out of it to a very manageable level.
Since the explosion would have to travel over a mile up to the surface to find a source of oxygen it seems highly unlikely that it would catch any of the oil on fire.
So why isn't this possible? Just curious as to why this could not work.
Any geologist out there?
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