According to Wednesday's New York Times, the US government is not considering the possibility of detonating a nuclear bomb close to the source of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
People have been talking about it, though. On CNN last week, for example, anchor John Roberts suggested that we "drill a hole, drop a nuke in and seal up the well.”
And, as noted in Wednesday's New York Times article, there is a history of using nuclear bombs to seal off leaks:
But, understandably, the Obama Administration is not interested:
It seems that they share the sentiment of National Post blogger Matt Gurney. "What's worse than an oil spill?," asked Gurney. "A radioactive oil spill."
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