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it's a stunt, there's too much water polluted for these little machines to have any effect
What is the holdup?
Has British Slimetroleum installed and using them or not?
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it's a stunt, there's too much water polluted for these little machines to have any effect
Last edited by boutons_deux; 06-25-2010 at 05:04 PM.
They've started using them. cannot recall the source, but I head it several days ago.
Each machine does 2,000 barrels per day.
BP bought 32 of them......do the math.
That's a lot of daily cleaning.
Here's an update:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_ts2851
Interesting stuff.
Bizarre, tbh.
Once Costner saves the world, the America people really need to take a step back and show some gd respect for the Movie Wyatt Earp. Tombstone is good but Costner's take is right up there as well imfo.
I believe each centrifuge treats more than that figure...
"proved effective at processing 128,000 barrels of water a day"
that's barrels of water with oil in it, not barrels of oil
The %age of oil in/on polluted water must vary a lot. Hard to say how much water has to be sucked up to remove 1 barrel of oil.
I expect the BP lawyers will use this cheap technial stunt in court to build their case of BPs's "best efforts" and "good faith" to get their penalties reduced by MUCH more than Costner's separators cost.
BP s bag lawyers: "We're really, really sorry, and we really, really tried"
Business-friendly, Repug judge: "penalty reduced by 90%" (like in Exxon's case).
.... in 2030.
Last edited by boutons_deux; 06-26-2010 at 10:49 AM.
Thanks Chump but again when are they going to have them operational?
Working?
boutons_deux i think Costners machines may be effective but agree with you on British Slimetrolleums motives. Why weren't these machines purchased and installation began the day after the spill? Costners been hawking them for years, well known of.
Concur on some corrupt judge also. I'm sure you saw the drilling ban lifter get exposed for all his oil boi stocks.
They have been using them.
They have to skim the water off the surface before they can use them. they aren't for cleaning up the spill, but separating the oil and water after it's picked up.
Interesting article from the Financial Post. It should piss everyone off but, many in here will just blame Bush, instead.
Avertible catastrophe
Avertible Catastrophe, indeed.Why does neither the U.S. government nor U.S. energy companies have on hand the cleanup technology available in Europe? Ironically, the superior European technology runs afoul of U.S. environmental rules. The voracious Dutch vessels, for example, continuously suck up vast quan ies of oily water, extract most of the oil and then spit overboard vast quan ies of nearly oil-free water. Nearly oil-free isn't good enough for the U.S. regulators, who have a standard of 15 parts per million -- if water isn't at least 99.9985% pure, it may not be returned to the Gulf of Mexico.
When ships in U.S. waters take in oil-contaminated water, they are forced to store it.
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The Americans, overwhelmed by the catastrophic consequences of the BP spill, finally relented and took the Dutch up on their offer -- but only partly. Because the U.S. didn't want Dutch ships working the Gulf, the U.S. airlifted the Dutch equipment to the Gulf and then retrofitted it to U.S. vessels. And rather than have experienced Dutch crews immediately operate the oil-skimming equipment, to appease labour unions the U.S. postponed the clean-up operation to allow U.S. crews to be trained.
Thank you liberal federal bureaucracies and unions for making the crisis worse.
LOL...
I just posted something using the phrase "sensible regulations" in another thread. Applies here too.
prove the 'unions' have anything to do with it.
Yoni doesn't work on proofs, with him and his ilk, it's all belief, detached from reality, polluted with ideology.
well he does have an article that states it was union thing so .......
verification of the Financial Post article?
Find it hard to believe CNN or 60 minutes or someone has not picked up on it if the article is true....
Repugs would be all over it if Obama turned down competent Dutch help?
You said it wasn't a crisis when you couldn't blame Obama.
Make up your mind.
Anyone else here get the sense that some people here just keep googling until they find an article that supports their position?
LOL Financial Post
Costner is such a badass. Amazing actor too.
I am beginning to wonder if the Financial Post article is real or if it's something Rush Limbaugh whispered into the Repug posters ears in a dream.
Speaking of Rush whispering into ears, Wild Cobra where are you reading that the Costner machines are operating?
Outrageous and stunning if the refusal of Dutch and other countries with superior oil sucking capabilities offering immediate help is real. Anyone should rip Obama and any and all obstructionists a new one IF the article is accurate.
Of course. You can always find articles on both sides of the issue. the key is sticking to valid ones, and being careful not to use ones like Common Dreams, the Huffington Post, and others that disregard the truth just for a charged story.
lol 'valid ones'
You ever read very many articles from Common Dreams or the Huffington post that you know the truth about?
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