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Largest skimmer in the world must be deemed ‘effective’ by the federal government ..
the daily caller ^ | 6/30/10 | Jon Ward -

Posted on 06/30/2010 8:41:46 AM PDT by Nachum

The largest skimming ship in the world — known as an “A Whale” — is expected to arrive in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, but will be prevented from contracting with BP to help clean up the oil spill until the federal government decides that the vessel is “effective.”

The Coast Guard will not clear the Taiwan-owned ship – which is reportedly the length of 3 football fields and 10 stories high – to join the clean-up until it undergoes a test.

“The Coast Guard research and development center has a team of personnel that are ready to observe the tests to test the efficacy of the vessels systems, as well as its ability to safely operate in that area down there,” Coast Guard spokesman Ron LaBrec told The Daily Caller.

LaBrec said that the Coast Guard does not have concerns about the environmental impact of the ship’s operations. Some reports have said that the Environmental Protection Agency is worried that some of the 500,000 barrels of oily water sucked up each day by the vessel may contain some traces of oil when placed back in the Gulf.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: effective; federal; largest; skimmer
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To: Nachum

I want all of you to consider at length what this means re: health care. Just think how monumentally screwed up thats going to be. Why on earth does the electorate continue giving power and control to an entity thats the defn of incompetent? If the oil spill is a disaster just think what your health care is going to look like. That should bring it all home right in your lap. You cant turn the channel off nor can you run and hide from it.


41 posted on 06/30/2010 9:25:59 AM PDT by 556x45
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To: Nachum

“Yes we can!” has turned into, “Like Hell we will!”


42 posted on 06/30/2010 9:29:00 AM PDT by oyez (The difference in genius and stupidity is that genius has it limits.)
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To: Nachum

“Yes we can!” has turned into, “Like Hell we will!”


43 posted on 06/30/2010 9:29:00 AM PDT by oyez (The difference in genius and stupidity is that genius has it limits.)
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To: acoulterfan

” “ Just my tin foil hat talking here, LOL!) “

With Obama in power, I’m not so sure there is such a thing as tin foil ;-)


44 posted on 06/30/2010 9:29:00 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Support our Troops, and vote out the RINOS!)
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To: mkjessup

” I think a future patriot’s tribunal convened by the upcoming American Revolutionary Republic Restoration (aka “ARRR!!!!!”) would be better suited for such a task. “

The Romanian Method comes to mind ;-)


45 posted on 06/30/2010 9:31:28 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Support our Troops, and vote out the RINOS!)
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To: ml/nj
This ship, a super tanker, was just reciently retooled and transformed into a skimmer at huge cost. It has never skimmed oil before. No one knows how effectivly or even if it will work.

Best way to find out is to get into the Gulf ASAP and see what it does!

46 posted on 06/30/2010 9:39:47 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: editor-surveyor

Doing nothing is the biggest avenue of failure known to man.


47 posted on 06/30/2010 9:44:18 AM PDT by Carley (For those who fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.)
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To: Nachum
America just cannot handle a traitor as a President..
even when they know he is a traitor they can't bring themselves to even say it..

And even after they can admit it, they refuse the several easy cure(s)..
Because America is ruled by MOB Rule by mobsters..
America is in a heck of a fix..

48 posted on 06/30/2010 9:46:39 AM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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To: Nachum

This administration would have us holding things up for ‘testing’ of the effectiveness of toilet paper if it could get by with such an action.

Who would build & sail such a large investment if it wasn’t effective?

More of the attitude: IF WE DIDN’T BUILD IT, IT ISN’T ANY GOOD.


49 posted on 06/30/2010 10:07:40 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: mvpel

That EPA standard for “oily water” is probably being violated every time someone slathers their kid with SPF 60 ++ & lets the kid into the water.


50 posted on 06/30/2010 10:09:34 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Nachum
BJ Clinton and Sigourney Weaver are right. Nuke the entire site.

And as we learned from Chernobyl, no mosquitoes for 10,000 years.

51 posted on 06/30/2010 10:13:10 AM PDT by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it freedom has a flavor the protected will never know .F Trp 8th Cav)
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To: Red_Devil 232
This ship, a super tanker, was just reciently retooled and transformed into a skimmer at huge cost.

Apparently there are quite a few of these skimmers. I doubt they were all recently retooled, and I doubt this Whale Ship was retooled in response to the BP Rig explosion.

ML/NJ

52 posted on 06/30/2010 11:07:35 AM PDT by ml/nj
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To: ml/nj
Do you have proof that there are "quite a few of these skimmers"? Put it here! Link - this is the only one in existance - it was modified just for the Gulf - CLICK and read.
53 posted on 06/30/2010 11:20:33 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Nachum
Some reports have said that the Environmental Protection Agency is worried that some of the 500,000 barrels of oily water sucked up each day by the vessel may contain some traces of oil when placed back in the Gulf.

The death penalty is too good for folks like this. If those 500,000 barrels of sea water going back into the Gulf have only about 1% of the oil they started out with, then it's at least 99% effective. One could say that the EPA's forbidding such a ship to operate for this reason has a 100% effectiveness in keeping the 500,000 barrels of oily water dirty. Which is worse? The EPA, of course. But what else is new?
54 posted on 06/30/2010 11:24:33 AM PDT by aruanan
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To: Red_Devil 232
this is the only one in existance(sic)

I only had read that this "Whale" was the largest skimmer. I inferred from this that there were others. So I googled oil skimmer ships and a link to this pdf of some ship built in 2000, complete with picture. I suggest you have a look.

ML/NJ

55 posted on 06/30/2010 11:34:14 AM PDT by ml/nj
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To: Nachum

Rush nailed Team B-0 about the A-Whale today.


56 posted on 06/30/2010 1:23:14 PM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (Senator Byrd [D] was a racist terrorist, and the hypocrite left revered him to the end.)
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To: Nachum

What on God’s Good Green Earth is going on? We have epa people, who probably have never worked on an oil rig telling people who’ve spent their lives in the oil fields, working oil clean up, which the epa, probably has little knowledge of telling what should and shouldn’t happen. HECK FIRE, get the darn stuff cleaned up. Are there any epa people out there on the shores with a shovel picking up the oil globs? I’ll bet not, they’re too important to bend over or do any real work.


57 posted on 06/30/2010 4:01:13 PM PDT by tillacum (It's the military, not the press, not the politicians, who keep this country free.)
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To: Thurston_Howell_III

No, they’re pushing their weight around. I’ve had to deal with these whimps when we were in the wood business. They knew little to nothing of what we were doing and didn’t know one bug from another, but wanted to make sure the powder post beetle was not passed to other states. The 2 individuals who came to our plant stood right in front of some bettles and didn’t know what they were. Doofs. I have little to no use for these people.


58 posted on 06/30/2010 4:04:54 PM PDT by tillacum (It's the military, not the press, not the politicians, who keep this country free.)
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To: AGreatPer

The oil rig is 50 miles off shore. The travelling oil probably didn’t come within the 3 mile limit for some days. So how can the US government stop ships from entering the Gulf of Mexicao over 3 miles away from our shores?


59 posted on 06/30/2010 4:18:57 PM PDT by tillacum (It's the military, not the press, not the politicians, who keep this country free.)
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To: Nachum

The most incompetent administration ever.


60 posted on 06/30/2010 5:09:44 PM PDT by magellan
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