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From: bknight on 14 Jun 2010 18:17 On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:53:44 -0400, Jack Hollis <xsleeper(a)aol.com> wrote: >On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:26:54 -0500, bknight(a)conramp.net wrote: > >>Oh bullshit. Your cite should be read by all. It actually states >>that there was one offer that was refused by a Dutch company because >>they were to take oil off the top and then put it back into the ocean. > > >"UPDATE: The U.S. Government has reconsidered a Dutch offer to supply >4 oil skimmers. These are large arms that are attached to oil tankers >that pump oil and water from the surface of the ocean into the tanker. >Water pumped into the tanker will settle to the bottom of the tanker >and is then pumped back into the ocean to make room for more oil. Each >system will collect 5,000 tons of oil each day. > >One ton of oil is about 7.3 barrels. 5,000 tons per day is 36,500 >barrels per day. 4 skimmers have a capacity of 146,000 barrels per >day. Had the US bureaucracy accepted the Dutch offer on Day 3 when it >came, it is clear that a lot more oil would have been surface >skimmed." > > >Sounds like an Obama screw up to me. Only because of your blind bias. Where is there a screw up at all? A lot more oil would have been surfaced skimmed and put back into the ocean. That's not good. BK
From: Jack Hollis on 14 Jun 2010 20:04 On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:17:11 -0500, bknight(a)conramp.net wrote: >>On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:26:54 -0500, bknight(a)conramp.net wrote: >> >>>Oh bullshit. Your cite should be read by all. It actually states >>>that there was one offer that was refused by a Dutch company because >>>they were to take oil off the top and then put it back into the ocean. >> >> >>"UPDATE: The U.S. Government has reconsidered a Dutch offer to supply >>4 oil skimmers. These are large arms that are attached to oil tankers >>that pump oil and water from the surface of the ocean into the tanker. >>Water pumped into the tanker will settle to the bottom of the tanker >>and is then pumped back into the ocean to make room for more oil. Each >>system will collect 5,000 tons of oil each day. >> >>One ton of oil is about 7.3 barrels. 5,000 tons per day is 36,500 >>barrels per day. 4 skimmers have a capacity of 146,000 barrels per >>day. Had the US bureaucracy accepted the Dutch offer on Day 3 when it >>came, it is clear that a lot more oil would have been surface >>skimmed." >> >> >>Sounds like an Obama screw up to me. > >Only because of your blind bias. Where is there a screw up at all? A >lot more oil would have been surfaced skimmed and put back into the >ocean. That's not good. > >BK The EPA blocked this because the water pumped back in had traces of oil in it. What a bunch of morons. The people who are running the government are complete incompetents and Obama is the leader of the pack.
From: BAR on 14 Jun 2010 20:24 In article <4fad16d9gst56bup57g3jm71uq77dvbpe3(a)4ax.com>, bknight(a)conramp.net says... > > On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:53:44 -0400, Jack Hollis <xsleeper(a)aol.com> > wrote: > > >On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:26:54 -0500, bknight(a)conramp.net wrote: > > > >>Oh bullshit. Your cite should be read by all. It actually states > >>that there was one offer that was refused by a Dutch company because > >>they were to take oil off the top and then put it back into the ocean. > > > > > >"UPDATE: The U.S. Government has reconsidered a Dutch offer to supply > >4 oil skimmers. These are large arms that are attached to oil tankers > >that pump oil and water from the surface of the ocean into the tanker. > >Water pumped into the tanker will settle to the bottom of the tanker > >and is then pumped back into the ocean to make room for more oil. Each > >system will collect 5,000 tons of oil each day. > > > >One ton of oil is about 7.3 barrels. 5,000 tons per day is 36,500 > >barrels per day. 4 skimmers have a capacity of 146,000 barrels per > >day. Had the US bureaucracy accepted the Dutch offer on Day 3 when it > >came, it is clear that a lot more oil would have been surface > >skimmed." > > > > > >Sounds like an Obama screw up to me. > > Only because of your blind bias. Where is there a screw up at all? A > lot more oil would have been surfaced skimmed and put back into the > ocean. That's not good. So you would prefer to have 100% of the oil in the "ocean" rather than having only 50% of the oil in the "ocean?" What is your solution to removing the oil from the "ocean?"
From: Howard Brazee on 14 Jun 2010 20:29 On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:04:38 -0500, bknight(a)conramp.net wrote: >>They don't give the questions to the resident. They give the >>questions to the media and obama's staff. Obama's handlers prepare >>the answers. > >Wrong. They have to be smarter than that, knowing that they'd be >whipped to pieces. > >Who would give the other side a chance to know questions in advance? Sometimes people don't have any choice - when the other guys make the rules. -- "In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found, than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department." - James Madison
From: William Clark on 14 Jun 2010 20:49
In article <n59d16hh21u40a6lejprvd129tg6is2vl0(a)4ax.com>, Jack Hollis <xsleeper(a)aol.com> wrote: > On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:26:54 -0500, bknight(a)conramp.net wrote: > > >Oh bullshit. Your cite should be read by all. It actually states > >that there was one offer that was refused by a Dutch company because > >they were to take oil off the top and then put it back into the ocean. > > > "UPDATE: The U.S. Government has reconsidered a Dutch offer to supply > 4 oil skimmers. These are large arms that are attached to oil tankers > that pump oil and water from the surface of the ocean into the tanker. > Water pumped into the tanker will settle to the bottom of the tanker > and is then pumped back into the ocean to make room for more oil. Each > system will collect 5,000 tons of oil each day. > > One ton of oil is about 7.3 barrels. 5,000 tons per day is 36,500 > barrels per day. 4 skimmers have a capacity of 146,000 barrels per > day. Had the US bureaucracy accepted the Dutch offer on Day 3 when it > came, it is clear that a lot more oil would have been surface > skimmed." > > > Sounds like an Obama screw up to me. Sounds like another Jack Hollis cut and paste to me. And you claim to have a PhD from Columbia? Give me peace. |