Kevin Costner - He built it, and BP came.

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Inspired by the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989, Kevin Costner decided that the world needed a machine that would quickly and safely remove spilled oil from water. So he started building.
It took him more than a decade to perfect, cost him more than $20 million of his own money, and, until recently, had impressed none of the people to whom he had tried to sell it.
In May, however, a desperate BP asked Costner to send them some machines for testing. And yesterday, Costner testified before Congress about those tests and the technology he has demonstrated for BP.
According to the testimony, Costner's machines have worked as advertised, turning oily water into 99.9% clean water and 99.9% waterless oil. BP has been so impressed that they just placed an order for 32 more machines.

*Snipppppp*
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So, Costner invested in 3 duds in the 1990s... except one of the duds turned out to be pretty good after all.
 
"It may seem an unlikely scenario that I am the one delivering this technology at this moment in time," he said. "But from where I'm sitting, it is equally unfathomable that these machines are not already in place."
 
Upchurch said:
If it works: Bravo, Mr. Costner! Way to have some foresight.
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Not really foresight, since it was inspired by the Exxon Valdez. But one wonders why this hasn't been developed to a much higher level by people/companies/governments with tons of cash.
 
Be interesting to hear an after the event analysis of how effective the system is.
There's no doubt this tech has lagged- perhaps because a lot of people have gone to a lot of trouble not to get oil in the water in the first place.

Anyway- kudos to Costner.
 
I'll be damned...

Costner is not just another pretty face on the big screen.
:boggled:
 
At this point there doesn't seem to be any technical data on the web concerning the device.

Ocean Therapy Solutions is Costner's company but I couldn't find any quantitative data there. That struck me as a little strange for a company trying to get people to buy there gadget, but maybe the marketeers have decided to release technical data only to possible customers/

the site:
http://www.ots.org/

some questions:
1. What is considered the minimum ratio of oil to water for the practical use of the device?
2. How deep can the device operate? Some of the articles suggested that it was going to be used in deep areas. Does that mean it is designed to extract oil from a significant depth or does that mean it is just placed on the surface over deep water to collect the oil after it is near the surface?
3. How does it compare with other oil extraction devices? It looks like there are several out there.
4. How many machines would be required to make a practical dent in the amount of oil leaking into the gulf right now?

I didn't find any information that went to any of these issues.
 
davefoc said:
At this point there doesn't seem to be any technical data on the web concerning the device.

Ocean Therapy Solutions is Costner's company but I couldn't find any quantitative data there. That struck me as a little strange for a company trying to get people to buy there gadget, but maybe the marketeers have decided to release technical data only to possible customers/

the site:
http://www.ots.org/

some questions:
1. What is considered the minimum ratio of oil to water for the practical use of the device?
2. How deep can the device operate? Some of the articles suggested that it was going to be used in deep areas. Does that mean it is designed to extract oil from a significant depth or does that mean it is just placed on the surface over deep water to collect the oil after it is near the surface?
3. How does it compare with other oil extraction devices? It looks like there are several out there.
4. How many machines would be required to make a practical dent in the amount of oil leaking into the gulf right now?

I didn't find any information that went to any of these issues.
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1) it can make water 97% pure, and oil 97% pure. So...any ratio?
2) As deep as hoses can reach and still maintain vacuum and pressure.
3) Tell me how effective those others are.
4) The machines he has can do 200 gallons per minute. So, 288k per day, but assuming there's a slowdown for jams or whatever, maybe 250,000 gallons a day. BP bought 32 of them. That's 8 million gallons per day. And that's only if the purchase of these, and other funding, allows the building of an increased capacity machine.
 
If he stops making films as well, he'll have done a lot to make the world a better place.
 
I sure hope the machines work. My suspicion is that they work, but not with enough volume to make a big difference. I feel like BP was more-or-less forced to buy them, even untested, because they can't appear to be ignoring any solution. But I really do hope they work and in a big way.
 
Sledge said:
If he stops making films as well, he'll have done a lot to make the world a better place.
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Yeah. A while ago after realizing that we have simultaneously a Kevin Costner film on one TV channel and a Richard Gere film on another, my wife and I got thinking: has either of them ever been in a good movie. After about 15 minutes of intensive thought, we remembered Primal Fear, and came to the conclusion that as far as good movies go, Gere has a 1-0 lead over Costner.

I'll give Costner a technical KO though, if he cleans up the Mexican Gulf.
 
timhau said:
Yeah. A while ago after realizing that we have simultaneously a Kevin Costner film on one TV channel and a Richard Gere film on another, my wife and I got thinking: has either of them ever been in a good movie. After about 15 minutes of intensive thought, we remembered Primal Fear, and came to the conclusion that as far as good movies go, Gere has a 1-0 lead over Costner.

I'll give Costner a technical KO though, if he cleans up the Mexican Gulf.
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Costner:
A Perfect World
No Way Out
The Untouchables

Gere:
Chicago
The Cotton Club
American Gigolo
 
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