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Ottawa inventor claims he can soak up Gulf oil
CBC News ^
| June 9, 2010
| CBC News (uncredited)
Posted on 06/09/2010 3:45:41 PM PDT by danielmryan
An Ottawa area inventor has spent the last two weeks on the Gulf of Mexico coast trying desperately to convince BP that he might have a way to clean up the company's massive oil spill.
Tens of millions of litres of oil have poured into the Gulf from a BP oil well 80 kilometres off the coast of Louisiana since the Deepwater Horizon rig drilling the well exploded April 20, killing 11 people.
Willie Nelson, 69, of Perth, Ont., has spent 40 years developing a kind of wax that acts like a sponge that absorbs oil, making it easy to scoop up.
"The method is so simple, it's actually embarrassing," Nelson said.
He said his material has already been used by Environment Canada and the U.S. Coast Guard, and he provided documents to back up that claim. But, he said, it has never been used on a really large spill and never on the particular mix of oil and chemical dispersants that are currently in the Gulf waters.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: bp; inaction; oilspill; ottawa; willienelson
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Chalk up another one for government-business footdragship. For those of you who thought that Obama, BP
et. al. had
something against Maine boom manufacturers, or Americans, I can say that the claque is "fairer" than that - they're shutting out Canadians too.
To: danielmryan
Maybe Willie could sing a little “You are Always On My Mind” to the BP folks.
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posted on
06/09/2010 3:49:56 PM PDT
by
teletech
(Say NO to RINOS!)
To: danielmryan
OMG ... now there is “litres” of oil out there.
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posted on
06/09/2010 3:50:20 PM PDT
by
Mark was here
(Fighting for freedom is never easy, especially when your enemies are merely fighting for free stuff.)
To: danielmryan
y scoop it up if u could just burn it, much quicker and cover a much larger area
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posted on
06/09/2010 3:50:56 PM PDT
by
4rcane
(Tennessee flood)
To: danielmryan
A ShamWow will soak it right up!
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posted on
06/09/2010 3:51:18 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: danielmryan
...
has spent 40 years developing a kind of wax that acts like a sponge that absorbs oil, making it easy to scoop up. Is the wax worth using, will it cause more damage than the oil, will it be economical to use compared to other clean up methods, is it readily available now?
Just because it is claimed to work doesn't mean it will over such a wide area as the gulf spill.
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posted on
06/09/2010 3:53:18 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: Mark was here
OMG ... now there is “litres” of oil out there. On top of the gallons and barrels already there, the earth is going to dent below the gulf!
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posted on
06/09/2010 3:56:12 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: Mark was here
just them using a different unit of measurement to fluff up the numbers. basteds...
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posted on
06/09/2010 3:56:27 PM PDT
by
Ancient Drive
(DRINK COFFEE! - Do Stupid Things Faster with More Energy!)
To: danielmryan
Try anything at this point.
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posted on
06/09/2010 3:56:30 PM PDT
by
HelloooClareece
("We make war that we may live in peace". Aristotle)
To: teletech
Maybe Willie could sing a little “You are Always On My Mind” to the BP folks.Or they to him...
To: EGPWS
I’m amazed we haven’t heard of decilitres...
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posted on
06/09/2010 3:57:58 PM PDT
by
Ancient Drive
(DRINK COFFEE! - Do Stupid Things Faster with More Energy!)
To: danielmryan
Hay. God already developed it and it sucks oil right up. And we already produce it.
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posted on
06/09/2010 3:59:24 PM PDT
by
Pan_Yan
To: HelloooClareece
Yeah right. Letting it leak while PRETENDING to be outraged accelerates Cap & Trade and the progressives agenda of killing our capitalist economy and replacing it with a “green one” controlled by global governance.
To: Pan_Yan
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posted on
06/09/2010 4:03:19 PM PDT
by
ROCKLOBSTER
(Who allowed the worst oil pollution disaster in American history and did nothing?)
To: danielmryan
Hey, buddy! How many millions pounds of this wax do you have in your garage? We’ll be by tomorrow to pick it up.
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posted on
06/09/2010 4:08:18 PM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
(The Obama magic is <strike>fading</strike>gone.)
To: danielmryan
has spent 40 years developing a kind of wax How the hell do you 'develop WAX'? I think this story is a hoax.
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posted on
06/09/2010 4:17:00 PM PDT
by
layman
(Card Carrying Infidel)
To: Jack Hydrazine
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posted on
06/09/2010 4:17:46 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: EGPWS
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posted on
06/09/2010 4:20:41 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: layman
Seriously....waxes are big business. They have different molecular weights...different formulations etc.
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posted on
06/09/2010 4:30:40 PM PDT
by
blasater1960
( Dt 30, Ps 111, The Torah is perfect, attainable, now and forever)
To: EGPWS
The earth might tip over! Like Guam!
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posted on
06/09/2010 4:36:38 PM PDT
by
ebshumidors
( Marksmanship and YOUR heritage http://www.appleseedinfo.org)
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