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Originally Posted by Webstral
Does anybody know why a nuke would be an option for shutting off the flow of oil?
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The environmental fallout from the spill is already bad enough -- fishermen especially may be having a really tough time of making a living for the next decade. The Gulf is also already warming with time -- if you go down to Padre Island, for example, and get into the water, it feels as warm as bath water. I wouldn't even want to think about the environmental damage an underwater nuke would cause. In my mind, that's not an option anyone should consider. Nuclear weapons were useful only once in history, to stop the need for an invasion of Japan that would have cost the lives of millions. Since then, they've been nothing but an expensive curse, and a Damocles sword hanging over the world's heads. There's no constructive use for nuclear weapons anymore, regardless of how you use them.
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