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The question could be done by the pelican turned brown because the oil spill in Gulf of Mexico.

Exausted, he try to reach one of the oil containment boom. Will it survive? Maybe. And us? Could we survive in a world full of risks?

The former Russian minister of nuclear energy has a proposal that justifies this concern. He said: ?a nuclear over the leak. I don’t know what BP is waiting for, they are wasting their time.? For him, the problem can be solved with 10 kilotons of a nuclear explosion capacity.?

The idea has been aired on the Internet, but he American govern has repeatedly discarded it and BP executives do not consider the option. So, what to do to stop 60.000 barrels of oil a day thrown in the sea?

According to the Soviet ex-minister, an explosion underwater in the Gulf of Mexico would not be harmful and would not cost more than US 10 million. The sum represents an economy if compared with the 2.3 million that BP is paying to clean the sea. The American researcher Milo Nordyke agrees that a nuclear explosion is a ?logical last-resort solution? for BP and Washington. He understands that the radiation risks are not a concern, and there is 80% to 90% chance de block the oil with a nuclear explosion. And what we with 10 to 20% chance risk?

A former energy adviser to Bush also supports this decision.

Soviets seem to be experts in this kind of problem and have already used a nuclear blast to seal an oil leak in Urtabulak, in Uzbekitstan. Now is in Louisiana! Besides, from five times they did it, they failed one or twice. A city was affected with a blast and some oil gas leaks reappeared. Could it happen in Gulf of Mexico?

Vladimir Chuprov from the Greenpeace office in Moscow thinks this is a crazy idea, and the international community should not pay attention to it. ?Russians are masters in offering things, specially insane ones.?

I agree. And you?

Source: World Environment news.