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Safe to say that the Department of Defense does not have a submersible with arms to shut off the valve of a deep-water oil well.
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Given that water could well become the oil of the 21st century, that's not a bad idea at all.
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In Acadia Parish, rescuers saved close to 80 people from rising water, including 20 at an oil well.
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For nine months the ship Transocean Discoverer Spirit used 360-degree rotating propellers to hold itself steady in the 3, 500-foot-deep water as diamond-tipped bits cut the deepest oil well ever--6.5 miles down.
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If the kitchen seems to have the oil end of the taste spectrum down, dishes involving water fare less well.
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But technological advances and improvements in recovery methods, as well as reduction of water usage and greenhouse gas emissions, have made oil sands a viable and popular option for the future of U.S. energy.
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Once oil hits land the Environmental Protection Agency would take over, as well as monitoring the and water.
WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing
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Since then, at least 5, 000 barrels of oil per day have erupted from the broken well pipe which is 5, 000 feet under water, 40 miles off the coast of Louisiana.
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