wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Reports describe the device as a massive centrifuge to be placed on a barge. It would then suck in the polluted water and separate the oil from it. National Post is reporting that the idea of the machine came to Costner during his filming of "Waterworld," a movie that featured a giant oil tanker as the base of the main villain, played by Dennis Hopper. " |
Read more: http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/turns+Kevin+Costner+centrifuge+possible+spill+solution/3052183/story.html#ixzz0pfOenvM2
Think it will work?6/2/2010 12:28:55 AM |
BubbleBobble :3 114244 Posts user info edit post |
6/2/2010 12:29:03 AM |
th3oretecht All American 15539 Posts user info edit post |
hahahahaahhaha 6/2/2010 12:30:28 AM |
j_sun All American 9198 Posts user info edit post |
6/2/2010 12:31:00 AM |
Fermat All American 47007 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | ""It's like a big vacuum cleaner," Costner's business partner, Louisiana trial lawyer John Houghtaling, told the Daily News. "The machines are basically sophisticated centrifuge devices that can handle a huge volume of water."" |
this will end well6/2/2010 12:32:29 AM |
Kickstand All American 11546 Posts user info edit post |
trial lawyer /= engineer 6/2/2010 12:34:02 AM |
Netstorm All American 7547 Posts user info edit post |
THIS IS THE FUCKING MARINER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
If anyone can solve this crisis, it's him. 6/2/2010 12:34:36 AM |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
^^ That's only what they WANT you to think!
[Edited on June 2, 2010 at 12:57 AM. Reason : I totally know how to use punctuation.] 6/2/2010 12:57:08 AM |
lafta All American 14880 Posts user info edit post |
wouldnt it be funny if kevin costner actually saved the world 6/2/2010 1:17:06 AM |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
He'd never let the world live it down 6/2/2010 6:18:28 AM |
quagmire02 All American 44225 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "wouldnt it be funny if kevin costner actually saved the world" |
i'd lol all over myself6/2/2010 7:30:48 AM |
Optimum All American 13716 Posts user info edit post |
i say let them try. at this point, we might as well let them. 6/2/2010 7:49:33 AM |
StingrayRush All American 14628 Posts user info edit post |
while i hope this works, it will just fuel celebrities to spout off at the mouth even more about subjects they know absolutely dick about 6/2/2010 7:52:15 AM |
kiljadn All American 44689 Posts user info edit post |
Kevin Costner had nothing to do with the development of this device besides funneling money into it.
His brother is a well-known researcher and has a team that constructed this device. There was a story about in on the Huffington Post about 2 weeks ago.
Also:
[old] 6/2/2010 8:01:39 AM |
kiljadn All American 44689 Posts user info edit post |
Kevin Costner had nothing to do with the development of this device besides funneling money into it.
His brother is a well-known researcher and has a team that constructed this device. There was a story about in on the Huffington Post about 2 weeks ago.
Also:
[old] 6/2/2010 8:01:39 AM |
FroshKiller All American 51908 Posts user info edit post |
huffpo readers itt 6/2/2010 8:33:03 AM |
OopsPowSrprs All American 8383 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Kevin Costner had nothing to do with the development of this device besides funneling money into it." |
Bankrolling the entire thing = nothing to do with it?6/2/2010 9:24:09 AM |
lafta All American 14880 Posts user info edit post |
kevin costner was the one who thought of the idea while working on waterworld but if any celeb would come to the rescue i'd have thought it would be james cameron he is the king of the world, ridiculously rich, and is an expert in all things of the ocean 6/2/2010 5:56:08 PM |
eleusis All American 24527 Posts user info edit post |
James Cameron's last ocean prop sank straight to the bottom. 6/2/2010 5:59:13 PM |
lafta All American 14880 Posts user info edit post |
^sounds like a junk shot that could work 6/2/2010 6:02:35 PM |
Netstorm All American 7547 Posts user info edit post |
Seconding James Cameron, he did do the Aquaman movie after all.
But seriously, I actually love Waterworld. 6/2/2010 6:08:42 PM |
AndyMac All American 31922 Posts user info edit post |
Or we could just fill the hole with unsold waterworld DVDs
Seriously though, how fast would this have to be spinning, and how much power is it going to take to spin a centrifuge that massive? 6/2/2010 6:10:45 PM |
rtc407 All American 6217 Posts user info edit post |
It probably runs off the oil it collects 6/2/2010 6:14:25 PM |
BEU All American 12512 Posts user info edit post |
6/2/2010 6:15:37 PM |
Mr. Joshua Swimfanfan 43948 Posts user info edit post |
But if we build it, will they come? 6/2/2010 6:21:35 PM |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "But seriously, I actually love Waterworld." |
I'm glad I'm not the only one who likes Waterworld 6/2/2010 8:17:47 PM |
eleusis All American 24527 Posts user info edit post |
Waterworld was awesome when they did it the first three time with Mel Gibson and without the happy endings. 6/2/2010 8:46:40 PM |
NCSUStinger Duh, Winning 62426 Posts user info edit post |
Kevin Costner will save the world 6/2/2010 9:23:28 PM |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
My question is why haven't they sent Bruce Willis's team down there to plug up the hole with a nuke? 6/2/2010 9:24:51 PM |
NCSUStinger Duh, Winning 62426 Posts user info edit post |
they dont come until after Keanu Reeves goes down there and tries to kickbox the leak in slow motion 6/2/2010 9:28:41 PM |
icyhotpatch All American 1885 Posts user info edit post |
They've tried the machine out on the oil that's being emitted and apparently it's too viscous for it to work properly, now scientists and engineers from BP and the other oil companies are working on tweaking it so it could handle the type of oil that's leaking.
[Edited on June 2, 2010 at 9:32 PM. Reason : a] 6/2/2010 9:32:18 PM |
Nighthawk All American 19619 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I'm glad I'm not the only one who likes Waterworld" |
Love this movie and especially the soundtrack. James Newton Howard scores some great movie music, and Dennis Hopper as the Deacon of the Deez is a great portrayal. Also I got a serious hard-on with the Mariner's boat going into all sorts of crazy modes.6/2/2010 10:16:15 PM |
Mr. Joshua Swimfanfan 43948 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "BP officials have turned to a new source for help with their oil cleanup efforts: actor Kevin Costner.
The oil giant announced Monday that it had ordered 32 machines from Costner's company, the actor told CNN in an exclusive interview on "AC360."" |
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/06/15/oil.disaster.costner/index.html?hpt=T16/15/2010 12:28:11 PM |
TKE-Teg All American 43405 Posts user info edit post |
6/15/2010 12:35:48 PM |
merbig Suspended 13178 Posts user info edit post |
April Fools? 6/15/2010 12:37:27 PM |
BlackDog All American 15654 Posts user info edit post |
bull shit, Costner had nothing to do with the actual idea or design; it was just his wallet that got his name associated. 6/15/2010 12:49:17 PM |
punchmonk Double Entendre 22300 Posts user info edit post |
gotta be honest, when Admiral Thad Allen was talking about him the other day, I did not know it was the actor. Pretty neato. 6/15/2010 12:51:22 PM |
quagmire02 All American 44225 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "it was just his wallet that got his name associated" |
crazy how the world works, eh?6/15/2010 12:52:12 PM |
BlackDog All American 15654 Posts user info edit post |
it would have been much funnier if Pauly Shore came up with it 6/15/2010 12:54:10 PM |
The Cricket All American 2302 Posts user info edit post |
This can't be worse than the other ideas they've come up with.
BTW Waterworld rocked! 6/15/2010 1:18:29 PM |
Noen All American 31346 Posts user info edit post |
A beer brewer invented the energy (herro Joule). Just because you aren't a top tier scientist doesn't mean you can have (or invest in) visionary efforts
But yes, Costner just wrote the check it sounds like 6/15/2010 3:47:44 PM |
ThePeter TWW CHAMPION 37709 Posts user info edit post |
A CENTRIFUGE TO SEPARATE HEAVY AND LIGHT PHASES IN WATER???????????????????
JESUS CHRIST MAN, STOP BEFORE YOU HURT YOURSELF
<-CHE
[Edited on June 15, 2010 at 3:52 PM. Reason : lkj] 6/15/2010 3:52:36 PM |
Novicane All American 15414 Posts user info edit post |
he's equivalent to an "executive producer" 6/15/2010 3:53:25 PM |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
bttt 6/15/2010 10:52:32 PM |
Mindstorm All American 15858 Posts user info edit post |
Kevin Costner's WATER PURIFICATION CENTRIFUGE!
Soon to be sold at all Sears and HH Gregg retail stores next to the George Foreman Fat Reducing Grilling Machines! 6/15/2010 11:06:52 PM |
Chief All American 3402 Posts user info edit post |
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6/15/2010 11:50:15 PM |
billytalent Suspended 12909 Posts user info edit post |
i think it's going to work 6/16/2010 12:01:20 AM |