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What are these plumbing things called?
What are these plumbing things called?
Yea, I know they're a plug, but what's the actual name? They're a rubber device with a bolt in the middle. When the nut is tightened on the bolt, the rubber expands to form a tight seal inside a pipe. I've seen them used for basement floor drains, during flooding. Also used for temporary plugs in any pipes. I've also seen them sold for boating. I dont know much about boating, but I assume they are some sort of plug for the bottom of the boat. I'm asking this because I cant understand why this method has not been tried on the BP oil pipe in the ocean. It's a 20 inch pipe, as I saw on the news. Why cant they make a 20" plug of this type, and their robots can tighten the nut. Why is this so difficult? Seems that the BP company workers are all total idiots. They stuck what looks to be a 6" pipe in the hole. Like what the f__k is that going to do. Sure, they're getting some of the oil up that pipe, but think about this. They had to make and install one mile of pipe, and it only solved a small percentage of the problem. It took them weeks to do this, and it's not doing much good. Wouldn't it have been easier to take down a 20 inch plug that probably weighs 50 lbs at most, and tighten a nut. Seems to make much more sense than one mile of pipe that probably weighs many tons. Anyhow, what are these plugs called? As soon as I know, I'm going to find who manufactures them, and see if they can make something to help. Relying on BP is about the same thing as a doctor putting a bandage on the finger of someone who just had a heart attack. Since BP has proven they are completely illiterate, the time has come for all of us to find a solution. If we keep relying on the idiots from BP, pretty soon we'll all be affected. |
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