Top Kill or Bottom Nuke?

Since the top-kill (a phrase that needs a post all to itself) has failed, BP now wants to nuke the well. 


Nice! 

Of course the US disagrees. Spills need to be in other backyards before bad ideas begin to look like good ones. (Though, of course, one hopes no one considers it an 'option' in Nigeria or elsewhere.)

Maybe they should consider the worst case scenario.