If this works, there'll be a LOT of people, myself included, wondering why they went to James Cameron first...
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Kelwyn <ravena...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/deepwaterhorizon/7045250.html > > Actor Kevin Costner told Congress on Wednesday that he has a solution to > ocean oil spills: a machine that separates oil from water. > Costner said he has spent more than $20 million for the patent and > development of the machines since 1993 because he was inspired by the > Exxon-Valdez oil spill in 1989. > > "There's been some question as to why I'm here," Costner told the House > Energy and Environment subcommittee. "I want to assure everyone here it's > not because I heard a voice in a cornfield," a reference to Field of Dreams. > In that 1989 film, Costner played the role of a farmer who turned his > cornfield into a baseball field. > > The machines — marketed by Ocean Therapy Solutions — are like vacuum > cleaners that suck up the oily water and separate the pollutants through a > centrifuge. > > BP recently put in an order for 32 of the machines to help clean up the > Gulf of Mexico, according to Ocean Therapy Solutions CEO John Houghtaling, > who said the 32 machines could process 6 million gallons of water a day. > > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
