Just damn.
Testing, more testing. What do we lose by letting it go out and try?
I’ve seen a few of these articles today, but not one of them has said how A Whale has failed any tests.
They talk about rough seas in which hampers all cleanup, but they don’t say something like “A Whale only collects at half the rate expected”, which is still a lot faster than anything else we have out collecting).
It’s almost like the articles have been trying to blame A Whale for the rough sea problems.
Take down the rules and open the gulf to anything and anybody, who wants to clean it up.
Unless of course this gov't wants the disaster to escalate.
Any person who can’t see the deliberate foot dragging of the administration at this point is in a state of denial.
What total complete stupidity!
It was tested using fire fighting foam and worked perfectly.
Unleash the EPA from all its stupid rules. Fire the totally ineffective Lisa Jackson. (She, like most to the rest of Zer0’s administration are there solely because they’re black, but are in way over their heads.)
Start getting rid of the oil, before it hits the loop current.
Skim baby skim!
OH well... and predictable.
Deem it so.
This isn't EPA testing, or Coast Guard, it is testing by the company to see if the skimmer can pick up emulsified tars without clogging the openings, the filters and the ejection ports. They are likely going to attempt to keep the craft on the 'sheen' areas to avoid the tar mats which are nearly impossible to skim with a craft like this.
Like every other thing this administration does, study the problem till it becomes a big enough problem to need to sieze some more money.
Of course it should have been on sight "Testing" by the end of April. That just didn't fit with the Obama administration need for a disaster.
The EPA mandates 15 parts per million of oil in water output... A Whale emits 25 parts per million... this is all about 10 parts per million of oil... instead... we get 100% of what is escaping right now and it is staying in the Gulf. The only reason that they are delaying this all is because obama wants it that way. They delay and block at EVERY opportunity... not just in this case.
Ask yourself this... if Bush were President right now, would the government be an impediment to this cleanup or a partner in this endeavor... and why?
LLS
Time for a march on Washington,obama and his minions are doing this on purpose
What in the world is going on with the coast guard!?!?! This bureaucratic mess is completely frustrating.
Just wait for Alex’s sister to make it into the Gomex at the end of this week and hit Teaxs/LA.
The guy who obstructed BAIPA is now obstructing the cleanup.
He is a sociopath, but one who effects his carnage through inaction.
If this ship works at all, 0bama will have to answer why he waited 70+ days to allow this thing to operate. There is no way this will be approved for cleanup. In fact, it will be destroyed by the administration and the lap dog media as a distraction and a waste of time from speeches about cleaning up the gulf.
“After an initial 48-hour testing period, results remain inconclusive in light of the rough sea state we are encountering,” said Bob Grantham, spokesman for the company.
Rough seas my a$$. According to the buoy in the vicinity of the spill the seas are 3 ft.
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=42040