I’ll just return the attack... Costner is not going to clean up the Gulf. Yes, his technology works, but the Gulf is a huge place, and the energy that you need to run a centrifuge makes it far too costly to make any noticeable dent in this problem. It’s a fantasy. Like I said in an earlier post, might as well use a spoon. That works too.
NOAA regularly posts trajectory maps, and you can see the the latest one here, forecast to June 29th.
Pay careful attention to the color coding of the amount of oil in that trajectory... the majority is light, spotted medium, and the heavy concentration at the well site itself.
The Gulf is the 9th largest body of water in the world, and this spill doesn't even come close to heavily saturating the majority of it. With the centrifuge OWS systems, they can attack the heavy and medium concentrations, as well as the more vunerable marshlands. Sand can be replaced for beaches.
Add Mother Nature, always at work as well. You needn't vacuum the entire areas because, if you break up the spills sufficiently, the ocean's micro'organisms digest the oil and get fat and happy. Add a well placed storm that churns the water, speeds up the degradation process, plus drives the oil further offshore (trajectory towards the Florida panhandle and to the east of the spill) and you could have a perfect "perfect storm" clean up.
I might also ask why you have the impression that running these OWS systems is so costly for energy. The barge is equipped with ample generating power, and the savings from having the smaller skimming boats burn fuel for a ga'zillion more trips to shore is obvious.
I take it that you believe that since his devices won’t clean the entire gulf in 1 day, they should just be ignored.
That’s not brilliant, that’s dumb.
No the LIMITED amount of devices he has available won’t clean the entire gulf, BUT SOMETHING IS BETTER THAN NOTHING.