Oil Spill

[frawin]

Wilma, the "A Whale" is rated to skim 500,000 barrels of oil a day, that is 21Million gallons a day.

Wilma, I should have probably said it is rated to process 500,000 barrels of fluid a day.

[frawin]

OK, so where are the unions on this?  Why haven't there been several press conferences by now confirming or denying the accusation of interference? They have jobs at risk too.  It seems like everybody is talking and having opinions except the people who actually have the ability to do something. No nukes please. We have plenty of boom power without that. Bigger doesn't always mean better. It would take precision and B/P's record to date doesn't give me confidence in that. Keep doing what they are doing,until it works in a few weeks or it doesn't.

Diane, who said the Unions themselves were interferring in anything??

[Diane Amberg]

Uh, you'll have to ask Steve. He's the one who said the Pres was afraid of "pissing off the unions." He must have information I don't have to have made that statement.

[srkruzich]

Uh, you'll have to ask Steve. He's the one who said the Pres was afraid of "pissing off the unions." He must have information I don't have to have made that statement.

Either he is afraid of the unions or he wanted this oil spill to get worse.
You pick.

[frawin]

Uh, you'll have to ask Steve. He's the one who said the Pres was afraid of "pissing off the unions." He must have information I don't have to have made that statement.

Diane, I can't imagine anyone having any information that you don't have.

[frawin]

Does a skimmer get to keep the oil it sucks up?

SDM, the skimmers don't want it. It goes to the nearest reclaiming facility. It is a long way from being refinery ready when the skimmers gather it. They will have to get the BS&W levels down to refinery standards.

[frawin]

Wilma, another thought on approval for the "A Whale" is that it is totally unproven as to being in Skimmer service, it was just recently converted to skimmer service. My guess is the Coast Guard wants to inspect the ship and it's system and see if it will skim and clean the water it discharges back. While it seems that the Coast Guard is heavily Bureacratic, they do a very good job of keeping the Inland Waterways and Coastal waters clean. The US has more oil shipped in than any other Nation and the Coast Guard does a good job of policing all of the Tanker Activity.

[Diane Amberg]

Hey Frank, I have no idea what relationship the unions and the Pres. have, nor do I know how to set up a small nuke charge to stop the oil without draining the gulf, yet Steve thinks he can.  Personally, I've never been to a nuke parts store to pick up the pieces I'd need.  Steve knows much more than I about everything, just ask him.  ) poke,poke. I can't imagine why anyone would want to make the spill worse. It's our tax money that will go to bailout the folks who have lost their jobs and if it goes to court it will be tied up for many years just like the Exxon Valdez was and the lawyers will take the biggest cut. No more time now. Have fun.

[srkruzich]

Hey Frank, I have no idea what relationship the unions and the Pres. have, nor do I know how to set up a small nuke charge to stop the oil without draining the gulf, yet Steve thinks he can.  Personally, I've never been to a nuke parts store to pick up the pieces I'd need.  Steve knows much more than I about everything, just ask him.  ) poke,poke. I can't imagine why anyone would want to make the spill worse. It's our tax money that will go to bailout the folks who have lost their jobs and if it goes to court it will be tied up for many years just like the Exxon Valdez was and the lawyers will take the biggest cut. No more time now. Have fun.

Havent you hear obama has taken the matter out of the courts hands by siezing 20 billion from bp.   That is the judicial branches job not the executive branch.

[Anmar]

Havent you hear obama has taken the matter out of the courts hands by siezing 20 billion from bp.   That is the judicial branches job not the executive branch.

why would they need the courts when they agreed on a settlement?