[SAJ]

Skimmers? Fine. But **nothing** can suck it up like a VLCC, and you've got to know that. Whyinhell aren't there some VLCCs out there, hmm? They easily could have been put -- could STILL be put -- on site in a week or so.

This deliberate and egregious bit of mismanagement is what is going to hang BP and the Kenyan, ultimately.

[353FMG]

“...what is going to hang BP and the Kenyan, ultimately.”

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The Kenyan will never be hanged — our congresscritters will make sure it won’t happen.

[thackney]

suck it up like a VLCC

A carrier isn't a vacuum? Maybe I miss your point.

Keep in mind, unlike the Kuwait mess where there was a heavy layer of oil on the small area of water, in the Gulf of Mexico, most of it is a couple molecules thick spread out forever.