06-23-2010, 03:08 PM
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The Reforms
Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition
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Could Kevin Costner's Machine Work on the Oil Spill? : Discovery News
excerpt:
Over the last couple of [weeks], I've seen a number of stories about the actor Kevin Costner promoting an oil-separating machine that could be used to help clean up the oil in the Gulf of Mexico. It works by sucking oily water up a hose, sending it into a spinning chamber, where centrifugal forces separate the oil from the water. According to this NY Times piece, the machine could remove 210,000 gallons of oil from water a day, at 200 gallons a minute.
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