20 oil rigs missing in Gulf of Mexico

[Voodoo_Chile]

Is there any science behind this idea of hydrogen fuel cells, becuase I dont see how its supposed to work.

This has been around since WW2 when the Germans developed them (So I read in an Article on this yonks ago). They had perfectly wroking prototypes but I can only Imagine why they were never used immediatly(Oil Companies being their usual Greedy selves) So it was locked away. And now we need it but we cant Get them readily other then as someone mentioned in Japan.

So prepare to pay through the nose for oil lads. Currently in Ireland we're paying €4.10 per gallon Which compared to Finland isnt too bad.

 

[baxter]

Not much, really. Sea water is pumped into the oil fields in order to force the oil to come out. No pumping = no oil.

This is true and most wellheads are controlled subsea, with emergency cut off valves built into the subsea structures. In the event of a sudden loss of power, or as appears to have happened, a rig moves out of position these valves will close automatically sealing the well. It is unlikely there will be any environmental damage, but I hope all the guys out there are ok

 

[Que-Ever]

solution to everyone's problems.

 

[colson]

Make hydrogen fuel cells available, hybrid cars, hydrogen cars, electrical fuel cell units for homes,, mass produce them and make them viable. All these working alternative technologies that arnt being used or encouraged as much as they could be because they are a threat to the modern oil economy. We deserve a viable cheaper alternative.. I demand, and so should all of us.. a viable clean economy that can be implemented before its too late.

Hydrogen is too unstable. Have you ever heard of the heinburg (spelling?) zeppelin? It exploded and the German's thought it was sabotaged but it was just hydrogen reacting with the environment wildly because it is a very unstable gas. So they probably haven't made a big push on it because the tech isn't good enough yet.

 

[Tr0n]

Not really...They actually believe it was a spark, but a new theory states:

Another popular theory put forward referred to the film footage taken during the disaster, in which the Hindenburg can be seen taking a rather sharp turn prior to bursting into flames. Some experts speculate that one of the many bracing wires within the structure of the airship may have snapped and punctured the fabric of one or more of the internal gas cells. They refer to gauges found in the wreckage that showed that the tension of the wires was much too high. The punctured cells would have allowed hydrogen out of the Hindenburg, which could have been ignited by the static discharge mentioned previously. This, however, remains speculation, because no concrete evidence has shown that the gas cells were punctured, and no eyewitness accounts back up this hypothesis.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindenburg_disaster

 

[colson]

Just today i was down town and I seen one of the gas stations selling gas for $1.05 (Canadian) which is not an outragous price in these incredible last couple of months. The big suprise was the line up though. Must have been like 20 or so cars lined up to get the cheap gas before it hikes up to extreme costs probably on the weekend. This is pretty unusual to becaue I live in a small town. This may not sound like a big deal to you Europeons who are incredibly compacted into small areas paying an arm and a leg for gas and shit but that is pretty huge for around here.