The Essence of Existence

Words are like magic that float through the air
Swirling in their eloquent mystery
They cling to you unlike anything else in the world
Without them we are useless beings in a desolate universe
With them there is beauty and turmoil

Actions are like daggers
Cutting through the wind
Bringing essence to life
They are neither constructive nor deconstructive
They are everything and nothing at the same moment

Life is the experience of a mental conception
Although our existence is embraced as fact
The question remains as to whether it is an illusion
Or that life is fact and concepts are an illusion

Question everything
Answer nothing
These are the challenges we face
To answer answerless questions and question questionless answers

Shark in the Water Part II

Some food for thought... What if its not stopping the leak that needs to happen? What if it is that BP and it engineers need to create a way that organizes the flow and brings the actual gusher to the surface to work on as opposed to just trying to cap it and "turn it off" under water. It is obvious we can't do much underwater, but what about on the surface? What if a simple plumber has the answer as to how to turn off this leaking faucet? Maybe it's not how to "stop" the leak we need to be thinking about first, but reorganize the plan and figure out how to bring th leak to a place where we can then stop it. What I have been looking for is the actual design of the top hat itself. Oil is still leaking from it and I think I have a kindergarden idea as to how to bring the leak to the surface so we can actually see what we are working on as opposed to relying on secondary eyes (the underwater camera). I think the best way to approach this is exactly how we would approach a leaky sink pipe. Only this leaky sink pipe is underwater. I understand this complicates things, but how do we bring this leak to an area where we can work on it? My uncle has done lots of work around the house, from redoing our bathrooms, putting in new water heaters, insulating and dry walling, painting, cauking (sp?), sanding, refurbishing, you name it and he learned how to do it all himself and watching him I have learned a thing or two about how remodeling and house piping works. Any plumbers out there? You guys are the ones who probably have the answer. Sure the technology is on a much larger scale than any of you have probably ever worked on ever, but the concept and the idea is the same, its a leak in the pipe that needs to be fixed.

My idea for this leaky pipe might be simple and it probably won't work, but it's still an idea. First we need a pipe not with a sit on top design, but that the bottom part of the pipe sinks into the leak. Both ends must be sealed to avoid getting water inside the pipe, but at the top of the pipe is two buttons; one to open the bottom seal and one to open the top seal. The pipe needs to be as long as it takes to reach the surface of the ocean and before the pipe is even put into place the area of the leak needs to be cleanly severed and a thread needs to be created to screw on an attachment connector. Once the attachment connector is in place two ships each carrying one end of the pipe along with cranes to place the pipe must position itself where the middle of the pipe is over the area of the leak then the cranes play a balancing act role to position the pipe (mind you as this is going on both ends must be sealed air tight) into the connector attachment and the smallest part should sink into the opening once in place the button to open the bottom seal needs to be pushed in order to relieve the pressure of the gushing oil. Once the pressure is released into the pipe workers must quickly, but safetly screw the pipe in place with the connector attachment or screw the connector attachment in place which ever would be more effecient. Then once all is in place and the workers have a clear view of the pipe protruding from the water they must open the top seal of the pipe to release the last of the pressure from the oil to prevent another blow out. If done in a timely manner with the seal releases, the pressure can escape without harming any individuals. Plus with push button seals (of course these seals would need to be extensively tested the make sure they work before putting the convert pipe in place) it gives the workers the opportunity to release the pressure from the pipe that will build up if only capped which could lead to another explosion. Once the pipe brings the leak to the surface were the workers can actually see what needs to be done from there and can work on it effectively hands on it is likely that this will contain the leak or atleast bring it from the ocean floor to an area where the workers can actually work on the leak as effectively as they can and can actually see what they are working on as opposed to, as I mentioned before, secondary eyes and have a direct vision of what they are working on.

This idea is not an easy task, and it might even sound similar to other ideas, nor will it be cheap, but hey it's still an idea and if anyone has any better ones SPEAK UP! This leak obviously isn't going to stop itself.

Shark in the Water

And who might this shark be? Any guesses? Anyone? Yes, the first blog I am posting is on this tragedy which I am sure plenty of people have already blogged about, but it is a BIG deal. BP is currently our shark in the water. This oil spill didn't claim just 11 lives. It claimed millions, probably billions of lives and they are acting as if that is not a big deal, well, atleast a big of a deal as it really is. I mean think about all the families out there who were struggling because of the economy as it was. Now that many more people are out of work and the industry they know is no longer there. Does BP have any idea that because making a buck was more important than the safety of the crew members and of the Gulf of Mexico itself, how many billions of dollars they have just lost because they did not want to spend the couple of millions of dollars the make sure that the rig was safe to work on? Or how many billions of dollars are now lost in the Gulf not only of their money but of many of the citizens of the southern states whose livelihood was in the Gulf? It's amazing to see how bad they don't want to take responsibility for their actions when that very concept itself is costing them more then they really know.

Now lets take a look at the lies. How many times has BP try to manipulate the truth? How many false estimates will BP give us before they give us an accurate one? And why in the hell are they being allowed to give us this hoopla? Don't get me wrong, we need oil. Without energy the world will go back to the Dark Ages where everyone is stealing from and killing each other just to survive. But isn't this a big enough sign to tell us that we need alternatives? That America should be investing more in other energy resources and not more in oil just like the rest of the developed world? If we don't start now we are on a sure fire path to self destruction and what took this country roughly three centuries to build to be where we are today to go down in only decades. This should be alarming everyone around the world. But forget about the should this and should that. I am no scientist by any means, but there are plenty out there and there are plenty of scientists in training, USE YOUR HEADS AND COME UP WITH A PLAN! We can only throw so much money at this disaster, but without an adequate plan that money to stop this spill is meaningless.

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Feel free to comment on any thoughts about this blog or the oil spill itself, I would love to hear what you all have to say!