There's no substitute for seeing firsthand a well being drilled.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
That's what makes writer's block so painful. You think the well has run dry, maybe somewhere in the heavens the tap has been turned off. That's beyond frightening.
Deep ocean drilling is not new.
I used to like to dig myself a hole just to see how long it took to get out of it.
It is no use asking me or anyone else how to dig... Better to go and watch a man digging, and then take a spade and try to do it.
When you're in a hole, stop digging.
It is a good thing to follow the First Law of Holes: if you are in one, stop digging.
In reality drilling is the slowest, dirtiest, and most expensive way to solve our energy crisis.
The fact that drilling won't solve every problem is no excuse to do nothing at all.
I was trained in seismic prospecting. We'd drill a deep hole and put dynamite in the bottom and blow it up remotely, which would give you a cross-sectional picture of the subsurface, which tells you where to drill.
We don't have a monopoly. Anyone who wants to dig a well without a Hughes bit can always use a pick and shovel.