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Exxon Valdez laid to rest (From Infamy to Obscurity)
Nature magazine ^
| 13 August 2012
| Shanta Barley
Posted on 09/08/2012 7:09:52 AM PDT by count-your-change
"Last month, the (Indian) court ruled in favour of Priya Blue: there was no toxic waste on the ship. The Oriental Nicety (formerly the Exxon Valdez) is welcome to beach at Alang, the world's largest ship-breaking yard, where she will be dismantled for scrap. But as with so many things in the story of the Exxon Valdez, the end will be drawn out. It will take 500 workers four months to dismember her carcass." (enclosed words mine)
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: exxonvaldez; ships
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The name Exxon Valdez is even more infamous than Captain Hazelwood, its captain at the time of the spill.
But finally the ship is going on its last voyage to be broken up for scrap at Alang, a breakup yard with a lyrical name and a very unlyrical reality.
To: count-your-change
The full link is www.nature.com/news/exxon-valdez-laid-to-rest-1.11141
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posted on
09/08/2012 7:13:07 AM PDT
by
count-your-change
(You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: count-your-change
They renamed the Exxon Valdez “The Oriental Nicety”.
You just can’t make stuff like that up.
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posted on
09/08/2012 7:16:25 AM PDT
by
DManA
To: count-your-change
The Oriental NicetyYou pay extra for that.
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posted on
09/08/2012 7:17:02 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: DManA
According to the article it had a few other names until that last one.
Its next name will be fence posts and rebar.
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posted on
09/08/2012 7:19:01 AM PDT
by
count-your-change
(You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: count-your-change
It played an important (and evil) role in the movie “Water World”.
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posted on
09/08/2012 7:19:18 AM PDT
by
DManA
To: BenLurkin
I suppose if you wanted cheap passage to India....don’t bother to bring a deck chair.
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posted on
09/08/2012 7:21:38 AM PDT
by
count-your-change
(You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: DManA
One more jab at the ship and captain. I saw that in the movie and thought it a bit odd.
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posted on
09/08/2012 7:23:13 AM PDT
by
count-your-change
(You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: BenLurkin
The Oriental Nicety
You pay extra for that does that include the basket trick???
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posted on
09/08/2012 7:23:22 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: count-your-change
In that movie “Waterworld”, didn’t that ship that the bad guys were on, called “Exxon Valdez”?
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posted on
09/08/2012 7:25:51 AM PDT
by
ktw
(72 ID, Finally Retired after 25 years!)
To: count-your-change
LOL - they raped, murdered, and plundered but the worst thing about the bad guys in that move was they were
smokers. Also they never explained how they turned crude oil into fuel for SeaDoos.
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posted on
09/08/2012 7:26:23 AM PDT
by
DManA
To: DManA
“Also they never explained how they turned crude oil into fuel for SeaDoos.”
In the same way all things become available in a fantasy world, they just appear somehow like milk and meat does at the market. No bad smells or dirty hands involved.
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posted on
09/08/2012 7:31:36 AM PDT
by
count-your-change
(You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: count-your-change
I should not that the title in Nature is “Exxon Valdez Laid to Rest as in the link: www.nature.com/news/exxon-valdez-laid-to-rest-1.11141
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posted on
09/08/2012 7:35:40 AM PDT
by
count-your-change
(You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: count-your-change
Deus ex machina
A 3000 year theatrical tradition.
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posted on
09/08/2012 7:36:34 AM PDT
by
DManA
To: ktw
Check the article. I think so.
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posted on
09/08/2012 7:36:42 AM PDT
by
count-your-change
(You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: count-your-change
liberals despise that ship, an accident coated seals with muck. Like they did it on purpose just to annoy a liberal. They still get into their 4x4s an drive, so you figure that one out
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posted on
09/08/2012 7:38:53 AM PDT
by
reefdiver
(zer0 One and Done)
To: DManA
Yes. Things in life were inexplicable and so the playwright could use a godlike device in his plays. It just is!
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posted on
09/08/2012 7:47:51 AM PDT
by
count-your-change
(You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: reefdiver
It seems the whole thing was a collection of errors, a drunk captain, a poor design of ship, perhaps lack of proper equipment.
“They still get into their 4x4s an drive, so you figure that one out”
You're supposed to give up your 4x4, their limos are absolutely necessary.
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posted on
09/08/2012 7:57:17 AM PDT
by
count-your-change
(You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: Vaquero
does that include the basket trick???
Neva happen Jee Eye!
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posted on
09/08/2012 8:00:35 AM PDT
by
BerryDingle
(I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
To: count-your-change
I google Earthed Alang. You have to see that place. There had to be 100 ships there when the shot was taken.
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posted on
09/08/2012 8:03:09 AM PDT
by
Thebaddog
(Remember, Obama said he's only 60% done with his agenda.)
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