Kevin Costner dances with oil spill

[frogmarch]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_ts2081

We've already seen plenty of odd proposals to clean the oil from the waters and shores of the Gulf Coast region — among them the deployment of hay and human hair. So it was probably just a matter of time until a Hollywood actor got into the game.

Yes, in the upside-down world of the Gulf oil spill, Kevin Costner — the impresario behind the so-bad-it's-good fable of environmental destruction "Waterworld" — is stepping forward with a new Gulf-cleaning plan.

What's more, many locals are hailing Costner's solution — a device that purportedly converts oil into water — as a possible 11th-hour rescue plan. Costner got into the oil cleanup business courtesy of his brother, who developed the machine in question with a team of fellow scientists. And Costner and his business partners at Ocean Therapy Solutions have been giving demonstrations of the device in the South Louisiana area. Costner describes the machine as "robust. Works at the speed that someone talked about, 200,000 gallons a minute. But it takes 99 percent of the oil."

Area political leaders like the sound of that. St. Bernard Parish President Craig Taffaro told New Orleans NBC affiliate WDSU that he'll be pushing the federal government to "at least get a demonstration out in the open water to put this to a test. ... If it shows what it shows here on land, then we may have found ourselves another tool for the tool box." Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nunguesser agreed, saying that "with these odds and percentages, it only makes sense. Let's give it a try."

Video clip at link

[Brickbat]

1. This is just getting stupid.

Seriously, I need to drink more to get through the rest of this.

[Walk away]

2. "Oil World" ....."The Big Spill"....

:tinfoilhat:

[Suich]

3. I'm with Nunguesser: "Let's give it a try."

What have they got to lose?

:shrug:

[gmoney]

4. The video says 200 gallons a minute, not 200,000.

That would be less then.

Maybe they can build a bigger one?

[Prometheus Bound]

7. Or a thousand of them?

[gmoney]

9. be really cool if it could be powered by the oil

but that's a little much to ask...

[Tippy]

5. What do have to lose?

[FiveGoodMen]

6. Now it reads differently...

"What's more, many locals are hailing Costner's solution — a device that purportedly filters oil from water — as a possible 11th-hour rescue plan. "

[Mojeoux]

8. totally, if it works!

Go for it!

[jxnmsdemguy65]

10. Geaux Kevin...

Say what you will about 'Hollywood elites', at least they are doing something. If this works, I hope Kevin's brother becomes a multimillionaire.