"Total dismissed the risk of blast at the platform, which was evacuated on Sunday, but one energy industry consultant said Elgin could become "an explosion waiting to happen" if the oil major failed to stop the leak off the Scottish coast soon."
-- I can't wait until scientists actually start addressing the impact of a release of trillions of cubic feet on natural gas being released under intense pressure from a reservoir 4,000 feet below the seabed. Of course the explosion risk has dissipated as all of the greenhouse gas that reached the surface without being absorbed or broken down has raced directly into the upper atmosphere.
-- "Nothing to see here folks. Move along." -- MCR
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