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Webster Green

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Tue May-25-10 10:49 AM
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47. Another link..different technology involving large skimmer ships..

Edited on Tue May-25-10 10:54 AM by Webster Green

From what I've read, these ships actually separate the water and return it to the sea with 95% of the oil removed, but that's not good enough for the EPA.

It is my opinion that removing 95% of the oil and using no dispersant would be a better solution than what they are doing now. The sea would recover much quicker with that percentage of oil removed. The dispersant just hides the oil and makes it impossible to clean up. The dispersant is known to be toxic, but we aren't allowed to know what it contains because it's BP's secret magic sauce.

http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/dutch-oil-spill-response-team-standby-us-oil-disaster

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