wrote:
: On May 30, 11:45*am, "MIB" wrote:
: "harry" wrote in message
:
: ...
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: [snip crap]
:
: Oh look, another googlegroups masturbation.
:
: Idiot.
:
: thread plonk

: Yeah, I especially liked the part where the "expert" in that lengthy
: piece claims using an atomic bomb to close the leaking well pipe is
: under consideration.


This was done successfully three times, and attempted once unsuccessfully, by the Soviet Union.
But these were surface wells, required new angled shafts to be drilled, and weren't surrounded by gazillions
of tons of frozen methane. Here's an recent discussion:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/03/us/03nuke.html

and other similar articles.

-- Andy Barss