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It may be easier to build a dam from South Florida to Cuba and then to Yucatan, and then drain the Gulf of Mexico.
Look at depth charts before talking up Fluor Constructors or Halliburton. Looks to Uncle Al that some of your dam will be rather extensive, top to bottom,

http://www.gulfbase.org/facts.php

Good project, though! After we suck out all the oil we fill the hole with industrial and nuclear reactor waste, then let the water back in. Safe storage plus cooling for 10,000 years, no sweat.

Uncle Al
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(Toxic URL! Unsafe for children and most mammals)
http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/qz3.pdf