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Politics : President Barack Obama
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To: koan who wrote (77331)6/4/2010 6:52:26 PM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (2) of 149317
 
Reality sucks...checked his ego and found it wanting. This turns out to be real life, and not a movie. No reset buttons, no "Cut...take 2" here.

James Cameron backs off "Morons" comment

On MSNBC, James Cameron has backed off his previous comments or at least provides more context. Basically he never got to finish what he was trying to say. He related the story, that watching the media early on, "these [BP] guys" seemed like "morons," but after meeting with petroleum engineers and other professionals he realized that the problem was a lot more complicated than he realized - specifically talked about downhole well integrity issues which he admitted he didn't understand originally. Overall, he was quite respectful and rational. He did say his group thought top-kill couldn't work because of injection pressures limited by well integrity downhole.

Cameron also suggested that the fed govt needs there own intervention team or at least qualified engineers to monitor private intervention efforts. He also offered his groups submersible fleet for research farther afield or later on, but said BP was right to say they didn't need his submersibles as they now have what they need in that regard.

I guess you can't blame the guy for wanting to help, and then quickly figuring out he was out of his depth.
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