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2010-06-12 Home Front: Politix

Steffy: U.S. and BP slow to accept Dutch expertise

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Posted by gorb 2010-06-12 00:29|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Gouda thing we have the Jones Act to forestall the Tulip Conspiracy.

Posted by Shipman 2010-06-12 06:02|| 2010-06-12 06:02|| Front Page Top

#2 U.S. ships are being outfitted this week with four pairs of the skimming booms airlifted from the Netherlands and should be deployed within days. Each pair can process 5 million gallons of water a day, removing 20,000 tons of oil and sludge.

But, but, but what about our maritime labor union folks? This is an outrage! Perhaps the US Gov't and BP will give NMU and AMO members a stipend or nice tax credit for watching it all at home on the tely and doing nothing.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-06-12 12:29|| 2010-06-12 12:29|| Front Page Top

#3 The EPA has stalled Jindal's plan to bring in sand as they haven't studied the environmental impact of sand berms! Neither has FEMA been activated, as apparently Obama hasn't designated this a federal diaster! Incompetent idiots--graphic is all too appropriate.

Posted by Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2010-06-12 13:12|| 2010-06-12 13:12|| Front Page Top

#4 These huge ships have been tried before and found to be completely useless in the rough waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

What you get for 360 million dollars per day:

Seawater recovered per day = 5 million gallons.

Oil recovered per day = less than 10 bbls.

5 million gallons of water taken out of 100,000 sq. miles of ocean?

Are we all idiots?

I've seen Aquariums larger than 5 million gallons.

Posted by junkirony 2010-06-12 21:27|| 2010-06-12 21:27|| Front Page Top

#5 ~~The~~ EPA has regulations governing dredging offshore. These must be carefully followed or someone's career might be damaged.

~~The~~ EPA also has regulations governing a massive oil incursion into the tidal region. They'll get to that once there's a demonstrated problem.

Posted by KBK 2010-06-12 21:28|| 2010-06-12 21:28|| Front Page Top

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