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2007-07-07 Science & Technology

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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-07-07 11:10|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 This should have been doen a long LONG time ago.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2007-07-07 11:59|| 2007-07-07 11:59|| Front Page Top

#2 The "Toxic Paint" is an anti-fouling paint designed to reduce fouling by marine life, such as barnicles etc, they slow doen a ship and cause much greater fuel usage to overcome the added drag (Hull no longer smooth)
It's usualy poisionous to barnicles, etc, that's the whole idea.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-07-07 12:21|| 2007-07-07 12:21|| Front Page Top

#3 If it's unsafe to scrub the bottoms in California then I guess the ships should just stay there to shed their paint naturally.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-07-07 14:49|| 2007-07-07 14:49|| Front Page Top

#4 Let 'em rust in place. See whether they disappear before the pacific plate breaks off.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-07-07 15:34|| 2007-07-07 15:34|| Front Page Top

#5 No Glenmore, that's what us lesser states are for. No doubt some San Franciscan group will suggest that the ships be scraped in Wyoming. That would create jobs, right?

Posted by James">James 2007-07-07 16:50|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com]">[http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com] 2007-07-07 16:50|| Front Page Top

#6 No, we lesser states are for producing oil and gas. For Florida, which won't allow drilling off their coast primarily because they think rigs 30 miles offshore would disturb the tourists (and rich coastal residents whose yachts leak more oil than we spill). But they are glad to take that nasty old hydrocarbon produced through the marshes of a second-class state like Louisiana (actually a third world state, but that's beside the point.)

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-07-07 16:57|| 2007-07-07 16:57|| Front Page Top

#7 It's our own damned stupid regulations that are causing the problem. If we didn't have laws that required us to remove all "hazardous" materials from the ships before scrapping, we could actually MAKE money selling these ships to Bangla or India for scrap. As it is, it now costs upward of 1 million to scrap a ship. Damned ridiculous, IMO.

Posted by Mac 2007-07-07 18:49|| 2007-07-07 18:49|| Front Page Top

#8 Tow them way out to sea, use them for target practice. End of problem.

Posted by Rambler">Rambler 2007-07-07 19:22|| 2007-07-07 19:22|| Front Page Top

#9 San Diego Bay has had it's share of environmental damage from the ship work. This is NOT a lefty issue IMNSHO. Adequate care to contain the debris has to be maintained. In CA's situation, the Regional Water Quality Board and Coastal Commission will enforce it. Usually, I hate these two - they are unregulated 'enviro-nazis'. In this case, these long-term hazardous materials need to be contained, and I don't mean by shipping them to TX, LA, MS or elsewhere

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-07-07 20:58|| 2007-07-07 20:58|| Front Page Top

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