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Send a bunch of tankers out there!
Posted on 5/27/10 at 7:04 pm
Posted on 5/27/10 at 7:04 pm
Why have they not sent a bunch of tankers out there at the spill site to suck up oil? Put a shite load of boom to contain the initial oil to the surface, suck it up, bring it to land, etc.
Our government needs to take control of this shite. What are they waiting for?
Our government needs to take control of this shite. What are they waiting for?
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Posted on 5/27/10 at 7:12 pm to RighteousTiger
Can someone answer this, because I would really really like to know.
This post was edited on 5/27/10 at 7:13 pm
Posted on 5/27/10 at 7:19 pm to RighteousTiger
They aren't worried about cleaning up the oil obviously.
No, I'm not kidding.
Posted on 5/27/10 at 7:25 pm to tgrgrd00
from what I was told the same tankers that Shell used back during the crisis would do little good because this slick is so big
Posted on 5/27/10 at 7:30 pm to NickyT
Really?!!!
How bout some tankers the size of the Exxon Valdez. That would work, huh? It could probably get at least 25% of the oil, maybe more.
How bout some tankers the size of the Exxon Valdez. That would work, huh? It could probably get at least 25% of the oil, maybe more.
Posted on 5/27/10 at 7:37 pm to RighteousTiger
I've heard other people mention this. Why don't they have some sort of tanker ship sucking up water and oil at the surface near the site?
They could have a dozen of them. I'm sure it would help.
They could have a dozen of them. I'm sure it would help.
Posted on 5/27/10 at 7:39 pm to Napoleon
They didn't even have ships with boom around the rig after it went down. It took them a week to even put some token boom out there for pictures. I will say it again. They are not worried about cleaning up the oil.
Posted on 5/27/10 at 7:42 pm to tgrgrd00
The whole system, from BP to our government, is failing.....MISERABLY.
You cant tell me that they can not send about 12 huge tankers out there to suck it up as it initially rises.
You cant tell me that they can not send about 12 huge tankers out there to suck it up as it initially rises.
Posted on 5/27/10 at 7:44 pm to RighteousTiger
BP is not doing a good job to stop this crisis 
Posted on 5/27/10 at 7:50 pm to RighteousTiger
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You cant tell me that they can not send about 12 huge tankers out there to suck it up as it initially rises.
Last night BP said there was too much activity for tankers out there. Seriously, they even had a graphic to prove it.
Posted on 5/27/10 at 7:55 pm to RighteousTiger
Spend some time reading all of the old post. Every idea has been discussed and debated for the last 4 weeks around here.
Posted on 5/27/10 at 7:58 pm to tgrgrd00
Yeah, thats what BP says. Can we really trust anything they say now? Im sure there is activity out there, but I think tankers getting the oil should take precedence over everything except carriers that hold supplies for there "plugging" efforts.
Do you think the real reason why is that they might not want any other ships touching "their" oil? Externalities all over the place.....
Do you think the real reason why is that they might not want any other ships touching "their" oil? Externalities all over the place.....
Posted on 5/27/10 at 7:59 pm to RighteousTiger
FYI, I didnt see this topic discussed on the first 2 pages.
Posted on 5/27/10 at 8:50 pm to RighteousTiger
Yeah it would seem like an armada of tankers working up and down the rip currents where the oil should be forming and and congregating would do some good.
But until they get this oil shut off its like pissing on a forest fire.
T Boone Pickens just said on Larry King that he doesn't expect this top kill to work.
Posted on 5/27/10 at 8:56 pm to RighteousTiger
I don't understand why they haven't either. I believe someone mentioned that the supertankers are owned by foreign oil companies and if they are being used for cleanup, then they are not being used to transport crude oil for $$. I say, BP should rent those tankers for cleanup for double or triple the price the going rate for transporting crude.
Posted on 5/27/10 at 9:03 pm to paulie
no experience here but I know oil rigs are leased years in the future, I assume tankers are the same thing basically. There arent any just chilling somewhere I assume. I could be wrong though.
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