What do you think this process might do to any wildlife that gets pulled in, or toward, the device?
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Martin Baxter <[email protected]>wrote: > > > If this works, there'll be a LOT of people, myself included, wondering why > they went to James Cameron first... > > > On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Kelwyn <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/deepwaterhorizon/7045250.html >> >> Actor Kevin Costner told Congress on Wednesday that he has a solution to >> ocean oil spills: a machine that separates oil from water. >> Costner said he has spent more than $20 million for the patent and >> development of the machines since 1993 because he was inspired by the >> Exxon-Valdez oil spill in 1989. >> >> "There's been some question as to why I'm here," Costner told the House >> Energy and Environment subcommittee. "I want to assure everyone here it's >> not because I heard a voice in a cornfield," a reference to Field of Dreams. >> In that 1989 film, Costner played the role of a farmer who turned his >> cornfield into a baseball field. >> >> The machines — marketed by Ocean Therapy Solutions — are like vacuum >> cleaners that suck up the oily water and separate the pollutants through a >> centrifuge. >> >> BP recently put in an order for 32 of the machines to help clean up the >> Gulf of Mexico, according to Ocean Therapy Solutions CEO John Houghtaling, >> who said the 32 machines could process 6 million gallons of water a day. >> >> > > > -- > "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell > wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > >
