--- R C Macaulay wrote: > At the end of the day the solution to the supply of > energy will be based on cost.
Well... cost AND politics... and cost (greed) works both ways; therefore it is possible that you would see Exxon funding the Sierra Club to keep this kind of thing from happening here. BTW - courtesy of Fred, here is the site for the only (reported) US trial of this technique: http://www.atomictourist.com/gasbug.htm The project "GASBUGGY" shot was part of the overall Operation PLOWSHARE (Atoms for Peace) program. It is not clear if Phillips was paid a royalty for the IP or not. This occured on December 10, 1967 and was a 29 kiloton nuclear explosive detonated at a depth of 4222 feet. There are now available the so-called suitcase weapons of a few kt or less, which would be better suited for minimal irradiation of the well. This would be the ideal use for the so-called "PFB" or pure fusion bomb, if such a weapon is more than myth (not clear but unlikely) ... ... which mythological weapon reputedly has NO fission trigger! only high explosives for igniting the fusion reaction -- and consequently leaves an almost undetectable footprint in the oil itself. Jones
