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Navy practice of sinking old ships raises pollution concerns
AP via CoCo Times ^
| 3/3/12
| JASON DEAREN Associated Press
Posted on 03/03/2012 9:42:21 AM PST by SmithL
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posted on
03/03/2012 9:42:23 AM PST
by
SmithL
To: SmithL
Ever notice every “green” position is coincidentally exactly opposite what is in America’s strategic national interest?
For real.
Why don’t communists in communist nations, oppose their own nation’s military interests?
It’s for some reason only American communists, who are opposed to America’s own military.
Why is that?
Hmm?
To: SmithL
I suggest that about 1000 Green Activists force their way on to these navy ships as they are being towed out to deep waters. They chant slogans about not polluting the ocean.
And then the target practice can start.
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posted on
03/03/2012 9:45:20 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
("And the public gets what the public wants" -- The Jam)
To: SmithL
Aim at the west coast, there I fixed it
To: SmithL
Why don’t they cut it up for scrap?
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posted on
03/03/2012 9:45:37 AM PST
by
Mmogamer
(I refudiate the lamestream media, leftists and their prevaricutions.)
To: SmithL
didn’t they use biodegradeable torpedoes?
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posted on
03/03/2012 9:45:57 AM PST
by
brivette
To: SmithL
I'm getting to think that the only reason we have a military any more is only to kill and destroy.
Does anyone else get that same sinking feeling?
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posted on
03/03/2012 9:50:40 AM PST
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: SmithL
They should have sunk it in closer, as an artificial reef for fishing and diving.
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posted on
03/03/2012 9:51:07 AM PST
by
jsh3180
To: jsh3180
They don’t want the ships in too shallow water; it helps enemy intelligence agencies examine our ships.
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posted on
03/03/2012 9:58:19 AM PST
by
GAB-1955
(I write books, serve my country, love my wife and daughter, and believe in the Resurrection.)
To: EGPWS
only reason we have a military any more is only to kill and destroy.That is the function of the military. What do you expect a miltary to do?
/johnny
To: SmithL
About a year ago I watched a documentary about the sinking of old Navy vessels and it went into great detail about how all toxic materials and residue were removed cleaned.
In addition, there were some "enviromentalists" raving about the wonderful habitat the old ships make for sea life, as well as providing etertainment for recreational scuba diving.
If we're going to knee jerk to the complaints of every little pod of environuts in America, we'll never get anything done.
Trouble is, the media is packed with these same enviro whackoes and they carry the torch for the left.
And finally, IF all the hundreds and hundreds of ships, planes and submarines that went down in the oceans in the past world wars - fully loaded with fuel, oil, and munitions - hasn't ended life as we know it, I sure wouldn't worry about an empty shell of a boat being sunk. Even the old "Arizona" - sunk at Pearl Harbor - is still to this day, seeping oil.
Liberals are all members of the "What can we bitch about today?" club.
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posted on
03/03/2012 10:00:51 AM PST
by
FrankR
(You are only enslaved to the extent of the entitlements you receive.)
To: jsh3180
They have done that in the past.
To: SmithL
Great fish habitat!
Most of the PCBs can be removed without that much difficulty prior to sinking.
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posted on
03/03/2012 10:09:36 AM PST
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: SmithL
USS AMERICA, CV-66
I was an the America during the Gulf War.
The left would prefer our ships being sunk by Iran, China, Russia, etc.
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posted on
03/03/2012 10:10:50 AM PST
by
csvset
To: SmithL
Sinking all the ships of all the navies that ever sailed won’t raise the level of the oceans one little inch, but now we will poisen the oceans with a few US Navy ships...Right.
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posted on
03/03/2012 10:11:17 AM PST
by
TalBlack
( Evil doesn't have a day job.)
To: SmithL
Sinking all the ships of all the navies that ever sailed won’t raise the level of the oceans one little inch, but now we will poisen the oceans with a few US Navy ships...Right.
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posted on
03/03/2012 10:11:33 AM PST
by
TalBlack
( Evil doesn't have a day job.)
To: SmithL
This is a load of crap. MILLIONS and millions of dollars are spent removing as much of the toxics as is possible before these ships are sunk. I would reckon that the scrap value of the ship is easily spent on cleaning them up before they are sunk. Don’t forget that the “scrap value” is the NET after they are 1: cleaned up “sort of” 2: towed to some non-Bangladesh place where they can be dismantled and 3: the cost of dismantling labor. You can’t just drive or tow the ship into a big melting pot and jump off before it tips in!
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posted on
03/03/2012 10:17:44 AM PST
by
Attention Surplus Disorder
(The only economic certainty: When it all blows up, Krugman will say we didn't spend enough.)
To: SmithL
Abandon the EPA building in DC and call in an alpha strike. That way no pollutants are left in the ocean, part of DC gets cleaned up and the military gets its practice in. Oh yeah, those officeless EPA federal workers can clean up the mess. Should take them quite a while and keep them off the unemployment lines.
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posted on
03/03/2012 10:20:29 AM PST
by
vc79
(LIBs)
To: SmithL
Perspective - liberals just don't got it.
Let them spend a few years crossing oceans, and maybe they would get a clue about their own insignificance.
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posted on
03/03/2012 10:22:10 AM PST
by
meadsjn
(Sarah 2012, or sooner)
To: Mmogamer
Scrapping a warship—especially one as big as a carrier—is an expensive and involved process. Many ventures to scrap ships have wound up in bankruptcy, sometimes without finishing the job.
Besides, I kinda like the sentiment somebody posted here, at the time the America was sunk as a test target: “Rather than being ignominiously cut up for scrap after years of service, she was given the chance to serve her country one final time”.
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posted on
03/03/2012 10:23:24 AM PST
by
M1903A1
("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy... and call it progress")
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