BP deploys Costner's oil machine in Gulf cleanup

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N18140078.htm

Hollywood star Kevin Costner joined BP's efforts to clean up the oil-fouled Gulf of Mexico on Friday as the British company began deploying his "dream" machine to separate oil from water.

BP acquired 32 of the centrifuges to help remove some of the oil that has been gushing into the Gulf from its blown-out well in the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

The units are being deployed after BP tested them to see if they could handle the crude leaking from an undersea well for two months at an estimated rate of up to 60,000 barrels a day (2.5 million gallons/9.5 million liters).

"At its core, my dream, this machine, was designed ... to give us a fighting chance to fight back the oil that's got us by the throat," Costner told reporters.


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http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/Costner-to-supply-32-machines-to-cleanup-effort-96701009.html

[AnnieBW]

1. At least SOMETHING Good came out of "Waterworld"!

It sure wasn't Kevin's acting. Or the story, no matter how well-meaning it was.

[annabanana]

2. I must be the only person in the world

who actually liked that movie. (I also liked Isthar, weird, right?)

[wildflower]

5. You're not alone, I liked it too

But this is the first time I've admitted it in public :) ... how about you?

[annabanana]

8. (it's one of my shameful secrets. . . )--n/t

[KurtNYC]

7. waterworld was a financial flop bc it cost too damned much but

it remains a fun and watchable movie even now. That it seems to take itself too seriously only makes it funnier. It is unintentionally funny and I love that. Like Julia Child and Barbara Woodhouse.

[PearliePoo2]

3. Wishing sucess to Mr. Costner.......

The gulf will be waiting.......
K&R

[rbixby]

4. Has anyone seen pictures of these machines?

I've been curious about what one of these things looks like or how it works.

[Kokonoe]

6. It spins the mixture, and the heavier water goes

Out the side, and the light oil goes out the top.

[northernlights]

10. centrifugal force

it spins at high speed, separates the denser materials from the less dense.

[OneGrassRoot]

9. Wow, I didn't think they'd be ready until August....

that was the last update I saw.

This is very encouraging news. Thanks!

:)

[northernlights]

11. they won't be

only 1 or a few are deployed now. The rest are expected to be built and deployed in 60 days (further down the article).

[OneGrassRoot]

12. Ah, my bad...

Thanks. :)

[northernlights]

13. not your bad

the title is misleading. It made my heart jump too. Then I read on. My bad.sigh.

[sabrina 1]

14. Isn't a testiment to the total failure of this government

and of course the so-called 'best people in the business who alone know how to handle this', that a movie star with no expertise at all, had the presence of mind and intelligence to foresee the need for a plan in the event of a disaster like this?

I would feel a lot safer if our national security were in the hands of people like Costner. This is and was a national security issue and our government appears to have completely turned it over to Global Oil Corps.

And now we see just how much they care about the security of the U.S.

I hope the NAVY will be entrusted with developing and maintaining 'weapons' to fight this kind of catastrophe from now on. Maybe some of that Pentagon money which has been wasted on two wars could be put to some good use and start building machines like Costners, or improve on them if possible.