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Title: Costner's 'dream' machines debut
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Published: Jun 20, 2010
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Post Date: 2010-06-20 11:20:15 by buckeroo
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News agencies reported on the actor's premiere staged at the docks in the oil industry supply port of Port Fourchon in southern Louisiana as BP began deploying 32 of his "dream" machines to separate oil from water. Costner's backdrop was an oil-finding barge with his machines mounted on the deck. "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. "When you are in a fight, anybody knows you go to confront it right where it is. You don't wait for it to come to your door," the actor said. Costner's company, Ocean Therapy Solutions, signed a contract with BP to provide 32 units expected to work in the next 60 days. BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles would not disclose financial details. Costner said each machine, called a V20, can separate 210,000 gallons of oily water a day. Costner, best-known for such films as "Dances with Wolves" and "Waterworld," stressed he was no overnight oil spill sensation. He has been trying to employ the technology designed by his company for the past 17 years, and has invested more than $20 million of his own money in its development. The technology was developed two decades ago by a researcher at the Idaho National Laboratory by scientist David Meikrantz, who initially sought to use the machines to separate the components of nuclear substances. In 1993, INL licensed the technology to Ocean Therapy Solutions, a company owned by Costner. Poster Comment: There is hope, yet folks.
Hollywood star Kevin Costner debuted Friday in his supporting role as a Gulf oil-spill fighter.
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#1. To: christine, turtle, all (#0)
One more solution is on the way for the spill.
"we ought to lay off the criticism" -- Pinguinite, circa 2010-05-26 22:17:22 ET
To paraphrase Wilford Brimley's character in the movie Absence of Malice: "A spill? Last time there was a "spill" like this, Noah had to build hisself an ark."
"we ought to lay off the criticism" -- Pinguinite, circa 2010-05-26 22:17:22 ET
Oil Vey, surf's up.
Don't you feel much better now that we have professional actors on this DOOMS_DAY scenario? I wager Original_Intent is already having a nap; confident in knowing that peace, security and tranquility beyond the restoration of the Gulf is already in process. He may have dozed off from his next unsolicited, web authorship piece. HEY O_I ... hows that hammock?
"we ought to lay off the criticism" -- Pinguinite, circa 2010-05-26 22:17:22 ET
He did do the movie, 'Water World;' what more credibility references do you want? Actually, seeing how he did a baseball movie he would serve mankind better if he came up with a solution to rid the world of the NY Yankees. But hey, I'm a Boston Red Sox fan; so take that opinion with a huge grain of sea salt.
Those could be the "GOOD_OLD_DAYS" now. According to Original_Intent, we are looking at the end of the world, now. O_I, often suggests that only prayer remains to save us. Maybe these are the days of the apocalypse as others suggest? And 2012? Where is Rasputin and Edgar Cayce in all of this?
"we ought to lay off the criticism" -- Pinguinite, circa 2010-05-26 22:17:22 ET
Well, George Carlin used to blast us enviros as egotistical 'The sky is falling' types contending that the world and nature is more resilient then we think. As a whale and dolphin activist I bet you can imagine why this spill has enraged and stressed me greatly. But I try to remember that only by listening to the other side of an issue can I best temper any perspective on anything happening in the world. Carlin was wise, and nature and the world are more resilient and forgiving then people like me often give it credit for, but I worry we are pushing the envelope into doom and disaster beyond any degree we have ever seem. He's a toast for January one, Twenty Thirteen; may we all be here alive to raise our collective glasses as the ball falls at Times Square to herald it's start.
Yes, I can. Are you running around SHOUTING the END_OF_THE_WORLD, too?
"we ought to lay off the criticism" -- Pinguinite, circa 2010-05-26 22:17:22 ET
Does Costner's 'dream' machine SUCK oil?
The equipment by Ocean Therapy Solutions, separates the stuff from water.
"we ought to lay off the criticism" -- Pinguinite, circa 2010-05-26 22:17:22 ET
While I agree the planet is resilient and has its own built in self correcting systems if you knock a system far enough out of equilibrium you get unpredictable results - it is likely to gyrate through a range of states and at this point none of them are pretty. The level of enviromental damage this spill is already doing, combined with the estimates that it could run for another 2 to 4 years, presents a set of unpalatable prospects. The Gulf IS going to be a dead zone for the foreseeable future - a minimum of ten years and more likely 30 to 50 before it ceases to be an issue. The human toll is incalculable at this point, but along with the death of the Gulf Fishery, will go the tourist trade, and a way of life that has endured effectively since before the American Revolution. Cajun Country is going to become dead country, and the affects of the toxic gas releases, along with the toxic and mutagenic properties of the Corexit 9527 oil dispersant (used unconscionably by Bee Pee to camouflage the scale of the oil release), is going to result in an increased rate of cancers and shortened life spans for anyone in the affected zone. I don't think people are yet coming to grips with what the fiendish and horrific results of this release will be. The Nooze Media is running full scale PsyOps and the corrupt government under Commissar Soetoro conniving with Bee Pee to keep the public unaware means the full impact is not yet in the public consciousness. There is no comparable event in recorded history. This society, and its culture, will be profoundly changed by this "event", and in ways that are difficult to foresee in their entirety.
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
And Ferret's hero wouldn't allow foreign countries to send their skimmer ships to help clean up this mess. To that degree the blame for the destruction can be placed with both Obama and BP. I wonder how the Obama acolytes are justifying this.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic. No. In fact, my pragmatism and stoic attitude that as we mature as a people we will regrow and recreate an old growth sort of forest drives some of my fellow forest activist brethren nuts. Author Ed Abbey warned us activists not to be so intense and strident we push ourselves into death and disaster. And I take that seriously. Ed Abbey Please change your Internet handle to "Nostradamus." Thank you in advance. Please remember that WAY_BACK in 1991 ... Saddam Hussein created the worst environmental damage concerning oil the Earth has ever seen, by far. Nearly 20 years later, there are no measurable issues.
"we ought to lay off the criticism" -- Pinguinite, circa 2010-05-26 22:17:22 ET
Hee hee, I have no 'heroes' in any sense of how you frame things. If we are to correct this mess, we all must work a small part of the process to correct it. I am well aware of Obama's myopic and breathtaking stupidity in calling for off shore drilling to be upscaled. I criticized that and his plan to make new nuke power plants from day one of his proposal. But thanks for sharing. ;-D
I think I heard him snickering and saying he would just as soon as you changed yours to Nostradumbass. Reckon that would be fair?
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic. OK ... a better, new and improved handle for Original_intent is Chicken_Little.
"we ought to lay off the criticism" -- Pinguinite, circa 2010-05-26 22:17:22 ET
Does he get to keep the oil and sell it? What happens to it?
For it is not the wolf or any of the other beasts that would join the contest in any noble danger, but rather a good man. — Aristotle, Politics, Book IIX
HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! LOL! "One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
lol
Chicken Little "I'm Just a Kid"
Since BP s the solicitor for same equipment, they constrain all rights to the oil. Remember, that oil essentially floats on salt water. This ensures a relatively easy method to separate the stuff; it isn't all diluted as some claim on 4um.
"we ought to lay off the criticism" -- Pinguinite, circa 2010-05-26 22:17:22 ET
It is just so fitting. A perfect title for the all purpose shill. I wonder if he is self medicating again? "One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
I like how it rolls off the tongue. It's still Saturday night for Nostradumbass.
Aren't you three supposed to be outside enjoying the world around you while looking up into the sky and pursing your lips while blowing chemtrails away, saving the planet? No? Now the world is going to die from an oil spill? My heavens, you three are an amazing wonder of a slapstick comedic homogeneous blend ... the three stooges?
"we ought to lay off the criticism" -- Pinguinite, circa 2010-05-26 22:17:22 ET
LOL!!
I like how it rolls off the tongue. It's still Saturday night for Nostradumbass. Hell, it is a week of endless Saturday Nights for Nostradumbass. "One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
Strange that you would attempt to label me with "Nostradumbass", when I have used the credit for your very own mentor "Nostradamus" on this very thread; Original_Intent. You are far from original, my little chemtrail, cropcircle fiend.
"we ought to lay off the criticism" -- Pinguinite, circa 2010-05-26 22:17:22 ET
For your amusement. Starts at Post #17.
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
Is the great sage, formerly known as Buckmonster Fullofit, Nostradumbass still sharing his ever delightful rabbit pellets of wisdom?
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
Apparently.
wudidiz: wud it didz, it sez right dere in de prophet: O_I, I wub you. De Bloombergs, De Bilderbergs, De CFR, De Tri-wateral Comission and the FED! DEY be all behind it. And de chemtrails, 2.
"we ought to lay off the criticism" -- Pinguinite, circa 2010-05-26 22:17:22 ET
It is ever so delightful to try to visualize Nostradumbass and his endlessly diarrhetic flow of wisdom. It seems to come in a never ending stream from the outhouse of his inspiration. "One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
Given present knowledge and understanding perhaps. But not necessarily should the complete intelligence humanity has, or can access, become deployed. The biggest problem I see, is that people with limited knowledge and understanding, hold onto positions where they prevent those with more capabilities from making positive changes. Like the idiotic bureaucrats who dismissed Kevin Costner's $25 million inventions developed over 10 years designed specifically to clean up messes like this one. Or the political and intel hacks who thought there would be no consequences from allowing Afghanistan to devolve into anarchy and chaos after losing millions of their own people to protect American interests. Even if technologies to clean up dead zones currently don't exist, or aren't currently suitable, there's no reason why some can't be developed. Once the fools are removed from blocking progress, new methods can be developed and deployed.
----------------------------------------------------------------- Bob Marley In the meantime we have a problem which is going to cause untold misery and hundreds of billions in damage, with likely another hundred billion, or more, to mitigate the damage.
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
Why don't you get off your ass, you stupid FUCK and realize that modern technology is stretched to the limit to satisfy world demands for oil. Then and only then can you be part of the solutions as opposed to being hamstrumg begging GOD in a word of prayer.
"we ought to lay off the criticism" -- Pinguinite, circa 2010-05-26 22:17:22 ET
"Poor, poor BP. They were just trying to help. It's the population's fault. Kill all the bad peoples. SAVE BP!!!"
wud it iz: de welt is me playground as wong as me me pal, O_I is blowing chemtrails with me. Dos ebil chemtrails ned us!
"we ought to lay off the criticism" -- Pinguinite, circa 2010-05-26 22:17:22 ET
lol....I predict that one will stick.
"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ... We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of." Edward Bernays, Father of Public Relations
Some dead zones have already been mitigated and reversed, including but not limited to government programs. While the Black Sea "cleanup" was largely unintentional and involved a drop in hard-to-control fertilizer usage, 8] the U.N. has advocated other cleanups by reducing large industrial emissions.[From 1985 to 2000, the North Sea dead zone had nitrogen reduced by 37% when policy efforts by countries on the Rhine River reduced sewage and industrial emissions of nitrogen into the water. Other cleanups have taken place along the Hudson River [9] and San Francisco Bay.[1] Here is a revealing, simple approach from the practical side of farmers. Hay tossed onto the oil in the ocean will attract the oil to itself (remember, oil and water don't mix, but hay and oil become a bonded pair), and continue to float on the surface until large seaweed harvesters come by and pick it up. It can then be delivered to a future forest, inoculated with mycelia from mushrooms which would feed off of the oil and convert it to food. The resulting biomass will pick up some of the diverse flora and fauna of the region as seeds are delivered to the pile by the local birds and animals. Trees can be planted nearby, and based on known evidence, one of the most lush forest areas in the state will soon follow. Summary Bottom line is that natural answers already exist - and they are more effective, and more powerful, than the chemical attempts. Of course, vested interests also exist which prefer you do not know of these natural measures, but their world is rapidly crumbling before our eyes, and an entire world focused on cooperation for the betterment of the whole is now emerging from the shadows. The solutions are simpler than we think. The question is, are we, as a society, going to mandate that these natural solutions, or others like them, be implemented now? ----------------------------------------------------------------- Bob Marley
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#2. To: buckeroo (#1)
(Edited)
...the spill.
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)
#3. To: Esso (#2)
We are going to die!
#4. To: buckeroo (#3)
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#5. To: Ferret, Original_Intent (#4)
#6. To: buckeroo (#5)
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#7. To: Ferret, Original_Intent (#6)
... so take that opinion with a huge grain of sea salt.
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#9. To: Ferret (#8)
As a whale and dolphin activist I bet you can imagine why this spill has enraged and stressed me greatly.
#10. To: buckeroo (#9)
#11. To: Jethro Tull (#10)
#12. To: Ferret (#8)
#13. To: Original_Intent (#12)
Lord Acton
OsamaBinGoldstein posted on 2010-05-25 9:39:59 ET (2 images) Reply Trace
#14. To: buckeroo (#9)
"One final paragraph of advice: Do not burn yourself out. Be as I am-a reluctant enthusiast... a part time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it is still there. So get out there and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, encounter the grizz, climb the mountains. Run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious stillness, that lovely, mysterious and awesome space. Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your head and your head firmly attached to your body, the body active and alive, and I promise you this much: I promise you this one sweet victory over our enemies, over those deskbound people with their hearts in a safe deposit box and their eyes hypnotized by desk calculators. I promise you this: you will outlive the bastards."
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#15. To: Original_Intent (#12)
While I agree the planet is resilient and has its own built in self correcting systems if you knock a system far enough out of equilibrium you get unpredictable results - it is likely to gyrate through a range of states and at this point none of them are pretty. The level of enviromental damage this spill is already doing, combined with the estimates that it could run for another 2 to 4 years, presents a set of unpalatable prospects. The Gulf IS going to be a dead zone for the foreseeable future - a minimum of ten years and more likely 30 to 50 before it ceases to be an issue. The human toll is incalculable at this point, but along with the death of the Gulf Fishery, will go the tourist trade, and a way of life that has endured effectively since before the American Revolution. Cajun Country is going to become dead country, and the affects of the toxic gas releases, along with the toxic and mutagenic properties of the Corexit 9527 oil dispersant (used unconscionably by Bee Pee to camouflage the scale of the oil release), is going to result in an increased rate of cancers and shortened life spans for anyone in the affected zone.
#16. To: James Deffenbach (#13)
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#17. To: buckeroo, Original_Intent (#15)
Please change your Internet handle to "Nostradamus." Thank you in advance.
Lord Acton
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#18. To: James Deffenbach (#17)
#19. To: buckeroo (#0)
#20. To: James Deffenbach, Nostradumbass, all (#17)
I think I heard him snickering and saying he would just as soon as you changed yours to Nostradumbass. Reckon that would be fair?
Nostradumbass! How wonderfully appropriate.
#21. To: James Deffenbach, Original_Intent (#17)
Nostradumbass
“It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens, but it is never gone.” ~ Rose F. Kennedy
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#23. To: Turtle (#19)
Does he get to keep the oil and sell it? What happens to it?
Oil dispersed in water and then run through these filters is resulting in a 98 percent separation," said Jeffrey Youngblood, who developed the technology. He said the technology could also be used for a variety of other applications, including water purification and industrial uses.
#24. To: wudidiz, James Deffenbach, Nostradumbass, all (#21)
Nostradumbass
#25. To: Original_Intent (#24)
Nostradumbass
“It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens, but it is never gone.” ~ Rose F. Kennedy
#26. To: wudidiz, Original_Intent, James Deffenbach (#21)
#27. To: buckeroo (#26)
Nostradumbass
“It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens, but it is never gone.” ~ Rose F. Kennedy
#28. To: wudidiz, James Deffenbach, Nostradumbass, all (#25)
Nostradumbass
#29. To: wudidiz, Original_Intent, James Deffenbach (#27)
#30. To: abraxas (#28)
#31. To: wudidiz, James Deffenbach, Nostradumbass, all (#27)
Nostradumbass Nostradumbass Nostradumbass
#32. To: Original_Intent (#31)
“It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens, but it is never gone.” ~ Rose F. Kennedy
#33. To: wudidiz (#32)
#34. To: wudidiz, James Deffenbach, Nostradumbass, all (#32)
Apparently.
#35. To: Original_Intent, buckeroo (#12)
(Edited)
There is no comparable event in recorded history. This society, and its culture, will be profoundly changed by this "event", and in ways that are difficult to foresee in their entirety.
"Let them all pass all their dirty remarks (One Love)
There is one question I'd really love to ask (One Heart)
Is there a place for the hopeless sinner
Who has hurt all mankind just to save his own?"
#36. To: AGAviator (#35)
Even if technologies to clean up dead zones currently don't exist, or aren't currently suitable, there's no reason why some can't be developed. Once the fools are removed from blocking progress, new methods can be developed and deployed.
#37. To: Original_Intent (#36)
In the meantime we have a problem which is going to cause untold misery and hundreds of billions in damage, with likely another hundred billion, or more, to mitigate the damage.
#38. To: buckeroo (#37)
modern technology is stretched to the limit to satisfy world demands for oil.
“It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens, but it is never gone.” ~ Rose F. Kennedy
#39. To: wudidiz (#38)
#40. To: Original_Intent, James Deffenbach (#20)
Nostradumbass
#41. To: Original_Intent (#36)
Dead zones are reversible. The Black Sea dead zone, previously the largest dead zone in the world, largely disappeared between 1991 and 2001 after fertilizers became too costly to use following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the demise of centrally planned economies in Eastern and Central Europe. Fishing has again become a major economic activity in the region.[8]
Four Natural Solutions to Oil Spill Cleanup3) Paul Stamets' Mushroom Solution for Oil Spills
Mushrooms
The Mushroom Solution TED Video takes you to a world authority on mushrooms Paul Stamets and the mushroom’s ability to help us clean up our environment. In the middle of the TED video, you will see a picture of a small mountain of mushrooms that grew off of a combination of petrochemicals, drastically reducing its petroleum count, while building the beginnings of a dynamic ecosystem. 4) Hey, What About Hay? Video Hay
"Let them all pass all their dirty remarks (One Love)
There is one question I'd really love to ask (One Heart)
Is there a place for the hopeless sinner
Who has hurt all mankind just to save his own?"
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