[GVnana]

Pozzi saw the technique used in the Middle East, where it recovered 85% of the oil from the Saudi spill. And he thinks it could work in the Gulf of Mexico. "The only downside is that you tie up oil tankers. That's why we think that BP won't listen to us. They don't want to spend that extra money."

After learning about the supertanker technique a few weeks ago, Hofmeister decided to bring it to the government's attention. "I've been trying to connect engineers with decision-makers at the Coast Guard and in the interior department," he said.

Pozzi and his business partner Jon King have also tried to contact officials, with no luck. "I called the President of BP, got his secretary and then got a call from a lady inside the building we were standing outside of. We never really heard back from her. Nick also knew some people and got one of the men in charge of the spill. He threatened to sue Nick for not going through channels," King said.

In the meantime, our too-cowardly-to-chase-an-ambulance "president" tells the Gulf Coast citizenry to let their businesses die, put on the neck braces, and wait for a lawsuit settlement.

[GeronL]

Shell has more experience at this, I think.

This confirms what I have heard, right AAC?

[jveritas]

According to what I read Pozzi is an engineer who worked for ARAMCO and he is a top expert on oil spill solutions.

[kingu]

A shallow water oil spill is a heck of a lot different than a deepwater blowout, and has virtually nothing in common with the Saudi spill. Add to it the massive areas involved, drifting underwater pools of oil, and the truth is, you can maybe clean up some of the spots with this idea, but on the whole, you're bailing out the ocean with a bucket. Just doing stuff to make it seem like you're doing stuff.

Meanwhile BP is doing the only thing that is absolutely sure to work, which is drilling the relief wells. And not just one, but two of them. All the other ‘fixes’ are just ‘hey, wonder if this will work’ type things, just to pass the time while the relief wells are being drilled.

Truthfully, all these ‘I got the answers, but BP’s too cheap to do it’ guys are just seeking media time. I guarantee all their ideas have been considered, and dismissed not because of cost, but due to their being ineffective ideas. Because if it did work, you've got tens of millions of gallons of oil just sitting there for the taking - why not just go collect that free money yourself if BP’s too cheap to do it. And heck, make the feds pay you at the same time too.

[DanielRedfoot]

Obama has a better solution

call in the lawyers, that should fix the problem

[org.whodat]

They don't want to plug the leak, they want to get the oil. A twenty inch collet and a large nut would have stopped the flow.

[aimhigh]

We’ll have to wait to see if James Cameron approves of this. /sarc/

[FreeKeys]

I believe Newt Gingrich referred to previous spills where the supertankers were used to great effect. It was in the Indian Ocean, IIRC.

[Eccl 10:2]

So why won’t BP listen?

***************

Because increasingly, it looks more and more like the White House wants to inflict as much damage as they can to as many people as they can for as long as they can.

If they ruin the economies of the Red States, that increases their chances of consolidating power.

[Liberty Valance]

^*We're not BP*^

[maine-iac7]

those supertankers could hold more oil if it's separated from the water in situ -

and they have the machines in the gulf to do just that. These machines use centrifical force to suck up the oil and water, separate them, and spit oil out one side and water that's 97% pure - pure enough to drink - out the other.

BP had tested them and They and Adm. Allen approved them and want to use them. 3 weeks later - nada. They can't go ahead without permission for the WH - who is, as we've been told “IN CHARGE.” (The one thing the “WON” is good at is dithering - or fiddling?)

Why the news blackout on this - hasn't been an update in a week or more. Put these tankers and machines together - and the oil can be stopped from circling around Florida, up the eat coast and off to Europe. (It took the “WON” 6 months of dithering before he finally, and too late for a lot, sent some troops to Afghanistan) -

http://www.wwltv.com/news/BP-OKs-Costners-oil-cleaning-device-94189959.html

so what's the holdup? Is the “WON” afraid of Costner and his machines stealing the limelight?
Let Rome burn?

[musicman]

"Supertankers Could Save the Gulf, So Why Won't BP Listen?"

[happinesswithoutpeace]

I heard this same thing on the radio a few weeks back.

[freekitty]

This guy is one of the sharpest guys I know.

[M-cubed]

Ive been saying the same ting!!!...let Free Enterprise loose and every Tom Dick and Harry will be out there with a shop vac and a crude separator!!!...at $70 a barrel...Hell...U do the math!!

[StopObama2012]

Omoslem proves, every day, that he has 2 goals:

#1 Hurt the USA
#2 Help moslems

By dithering while this oil spill becomes a world-class nightmare, Omoslem accomplishes both goals.

Goal #2 above is accomplished as we gradually shut down domestic production + buy more Saudi oil instead of US/Euro oil from the Gulf.

Whenever Omoslem’s actions don’t seem to make sense, ask yourself, “What would a dirty moslem do?”

[Matchett-PI]

bttt

[vigilante2]

bttt

[hosepipe]

Former Shell Oil Chief, Engineer: Supertankers Could Save the Gulf, So Why Won't BP Listen?

ANSWER: Why waste a beautiful crisis?.. and make America and American engineers look like idiots?..

[WLR]

Once again...

Maybe someone knowledgable about the issue could answer this...

I suspect the oil is being allowed to escape because the well is producing at such a rate as it would affect the price of crude..

Why else would they let it flow rather than capture and sell it?

W

[Waco]

One of the 1st. things I thought of.