Got lots of oily sludge in your ocean? Are tar balls washing up on your shoreline? Maybe Kevin Costner can help!
It seems that, while working on the movie “Waterworld”, the actor came up with the idea for an oil extraction machine that separates oil from water.
The device operates on the principal of centrifugal force. Oil and water enter the machine together and are then expelled separately, according to MSNBC.com. The device can ensure a 97 percent cleanup of the water used in it, say officials at Ocean Therapy Solutions, according to a report from New Orleans TV station WDSU.
“We moved this through a technology that we know works, and it’s prepared to go out and solve problems, not talk about them,” Costner said.
“We’re working on the technology now that will get us the other 3 percent so that you can actually drink out of the machine,” OTS official John Houghtaling II said.
So how about that? “Waterworld” wasn’t a complete flop after all!
Related articles by Zemanta
- Dances With BP: Does Kevin Costner (!) Have the Oil Spill Solution? (abcnews.go.com)
- BP approves Kevin Costner’s idea for oil cleanup (trueslant.com)
- Kevin Costner Shows Machine that Extracts 97% of Oil From Water (Video) (treehugger.com)
- Gulf Oil Spill: Oil Has Entered Loop Current, Officials Say (huffingtonpost.com)
- This Machine May Save Us From the Gulf’s Oil Disaster [Oil Disaster] (gizmodo.com)
Incoming search terms:
Get Blippitt via RSS feed, Facebook, Twitter, Google+,
and be sure to get our Daily Email Broadcast.
