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2010-05-21 Home Front: Culture Wars

Kevin Costner's Gonna Clean Up the Gulf Oil Spill?

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Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2010-05-21 07:27|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Yup , credit where credit is due. Fair play Mr Costner , just dont make Waterworld 2 !

Posted by Oscar 2010-05-21 09:15|| 2010-05-21 09:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Obviously, it will be a good thing if it works. Win or lose, it points up that the big oil companies never would have developed such a thing, as it would be an admission that "spills will happen."

Posted by M. Murcek 2010-05-21 09:54|| 2010-05-21 09:54|| Front Page Top

#3 I hope he makes a good profit on his investment.

Posted by Penguin 2010-05-21 10:18|| 2010-05-21 10:18|| Front Page Top

#4 Thought for the day: BP's main business is reselling imported oil. Drilling for oil here is just a sideline to them. Look at the situation out there in the Gulf now. They didn't own the drillship, they don't own the drillships trying to drill the relief well now, they don't own the BOP's. I don't know if they own the riser pipe or just rent it from ABB Vetco (who's now owned by GE). They probably rent their drill pipe from some other rental company. I don't know if they owned their BOP's or just rented them from Cameron.

Why would they develop oil separation machines when it doesn't look like they've developed anything else.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-05-21 11:07|| 2010-05-21 11:07|| Front Page Top

#5 It should work. One mis-statement though - the largest won't separate 210,000 gallons of oil from water per day, but will separate 210,000 gallons of fluid into its oil and water parts.

Posted by Glenmore 2010-05-21 12:31|| 2010-05-21 12:31|| Front Page Top

#6 Interesting. Costner was pretty convincing in "The Guardian", playing a Coast Guard Search and Rescuer. He is really dedicated about maritime issues. Worth seeing that movie.

Posted by GirlThursday 2010-05-21 16:29|| 2010-05-21 16:29|| Front Page Top

#7 Probably works better than hay offshore. Should be able to stick a hose down into the plume, and not just address the surface slick. Good on him.

Posted by KBK 2010-05-21 21:41|| 2010-05-21 21:41|| Front Page Top

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