Comment on How Steven Chu Used Gamma Rays to Diagnose the BP Oil SpillparentComments−mieses16yto answer my own question ... Apparently the concern is that the rock layer above the oil is thin. (Any sources for how thin?). A nuke could fracture the rock layer and release all the oil at once.
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to answer my own question ... Apparently the concern is that the rock layer above the oil is thin. (Any sources for how thin?). A nuke could fracture the rock layer and release all the oil at once.