Miles of Oil Containment Boom Sit in Warehouse, Waiting for BP or U.S. to Use
John Lapoint of Packgen in Auburn, Maine, says he’s got plenty of floating oil containment boom and can make lots more on short notice. There’s just one problem: no one will buy it from him.
He’s already had a representative from BP visit his factory and inspect his product. The governor of Maine, John Baldacci, visited the facility and made a video plea to no one in particular to close the deal. Maine Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins wrote a letter on May 21 to the secretary of the Interior, the administrator of NOAA, and the commandant of the Coast Guard to alert them to the existence of Packgen, their supply of boom, and their demonstrated capacity to make more. I have no idea if those are the correct persons and agencies to notify about the manufacturing capacity and the availability of boom. One wonders if the senators know.
While it is not easy to clean up an ocean oil spill, it is not a complicated procedure. In the open ocean, chemicals can be sprayed on slicks to try to disperse them. For the most part, oil floats, so it can sometimes be ignited and burned to lessen the amount that might reach a more sensitive area than the middle of an ocean. Out in open water, you can use booms (temporary floating barriers), but the wind and wave action makes it pretty difficult to place them and keep them there. When you get in closer to shore, where the oil is likely to do the most damage but the water is generally calmer, the best way to deal with it is to place flexible booms in the water, against which the oil will collect, and then run skimmers, a sort of pump that vacuums up and separates the oil from the water. Then you mop up what makes it to the shore as best you can.
The boom itself is not a hi-tech apparatus. It has to float, so the oil doesn’t go over it, and a portion of it is submerged under the floating part to keep the oil from going underneath it. It has to be fairly sturdy so it can be towed in the water. Containment booms need to be non-absorbent, because if they absorb water or oil they will sink.
A lot of people have been suggesting many ways to deal with the oil, and the ideas generally range from the comical to plain counterproductive. A fetish for sending hair from barbershops to the Gulf Coast has swept various pockets of the country. Booms are mainly non-absorbent, because the last thing you want to do is congeal the stuff and contaminate it. Oil collected against a boom is fairly easy to process and recycle. Sorbent booms, designed to collect oil at the water’s edge, are made from materials that absorb oil but not water — unlike hair. Oil full of hair or straw lapping against a shoreline is a HazMat nightmare. And sorbent boom is not in short supply anyway.
Packgen’s main business is not making oil boom. They make specialty packaging materials for shipping and storing environmentally sensitive materials. But when Packgen’s president, John Lapoint, saw the BP oil spill in the news, he understood right away that to have any hope of containing the oil drifting towards the shoreline, lots of floating boom would be necessary.
On May 24, ABC News reported:
On May 2, Gov. Jindal requested that federal authorities and BP provide three million feet of absorbent boom, five million feet of hard boom and 30 “jack up” barges. Of that, less than 800,000 feet of hard boom has arrived — less than a fifth of the request. About 140,000 feet of that hard boom is sitting waiting for BP to tell contractors where to take it.
“It is clear we don’t have the resources we need to protect our coast, we need more boom, more skimmers, more vacuums, more jack-up barges that are still in short supply,” Jindal said today. “Let’s be clear, every day that this oil sits is one more day that more of our marsh dies.”
The ASTM specifications for containment boom aren’t rocket science, and Lapoint’s business was used to dealing with that sort of thing. So Lapoint took a chance and started manufacturing oil boom, figuring that Packgen would be able to sell it to help in the containment and cleanup effort. He added shifts and employees, and started cranking out the oil boom right away. It was a big financial risk — and he knew that — but he also figured that in an emergency of that magnitude, you had to act quickly, and figured that BP and the federal government would have to act quickly as well, and every single foot of boom he could make would be useful and in immediate demand.
He figured wrong.
Atlas is indeed shrugging…
While I feel for this guy, “If you build it, they will come” is not really a good business strategy.
He should have hoarded shrimp cocktails!
It is Obama’s fault!
Now, now, take it easy. As long as he is impeached everything will be fine.
Obama is great on the talk but lame on the walk. Obama wants the oil to keep flowing so he can vilify Big Oil. Another Reichstag moment for Obama, he’ll milk the Gulf oil leak for all it’s worth, put Big Oil in his socialist trophy case then go on to another industry (transportation?). “Slowly he turned, step by step, closer and closer . . . “
You guy’s will do anything and say anything because the president is a black man. Get over it! It’s a new day.
Those that throw out the race card are the ones that are racist. No one mentioned him being black, JW you are the one with the problem.
No, this isn’t the President’s fault. It’s BP’s fault. They (BP are the ones who ignored safety procedures which in turn caused their (BP’s) rig to explode.
And how much has he given to the campaign?
If it ain’t in the 6 figures, Obooby doesn’t want anything to do with you.
And is his work force unionized?
From the “About Us” page on their web site, some of their core principles-
> Treat all stakeholders as partners
> Do the right thing
> Operate with a culture of family and community
Doesn’t sound like a union shop to me. They’re screwed.
This is absolutely nauseating! Pass the Pepto!
“He’s making enough to stem the shortage. Why is everyone ignoring him?”
Why? Simple. The people who have the authority to order the purchase of his booms do not yet want the problem solved. It does not suit them. They prefer to have the problem continue in its unsolved state.
Remember, we are dealing with unAmerican destroyers here. Remember that. It will simplify in the answering of rhetorical questions.
Emma, are you referring to BO or BP here – or a third option?
It was less than 10 days ago that obama said that BP is taking orders from him and, if they do have an idea of their own, it must be passed by his people. So nothing happens without his say-so. So he says. I am talking about the obama administration. They have been on the job since day 1, you know. He said so.
nah – blame us evil Joos….
Why haven’t we read anything about this in the Bangor Daily News or the Portland Press Herald? Maybe because it would come to close to blaming the federal government and The One.
“While I feel for this guy, “If you build it, they will come” is not really a good business strategy.”
Sure it is. Assuming competent managers are actually looking to fix the problem. There was his mistake.
You’ve hit the nail on the head, Emma. Nobody expected it would take so long for the oil to reach the shore. It was supposed to be an unqualified disaster six weeks ago so that all offshore drilling could be halted, causing gas prices to rise to $8-$10 per gallon. But nature didn’t cooperate, and obama lost his gamble and now looks like an incompetent do-nothing).
As Glenn would say, I’ll believe this oil spill is a problem when the President starts acting like it’s a problem.
Yep, Peter Berger, Ayn Rand is looking more and more prescient every day. In my youthful naivety I used to think the characters in her books were caricatures for effect. ha!
What? Let private industry show that it can solve a problem better than Big Brother Government can?
The Won would see the entire country covered in oil before allowing that.
The trouble started withg a series of actions by BP, all of which add up to being too cheap to save any money.
Since then? I now say there has been deliberate sabotage. Perhaps conspiratorial, perhaps blunderful, perhaps a combination of the two, but sabotage nonetheless.
At first, the drilling platform was still more or less in place and the majority of oil was being brought toi the surface and was on fire. On land or at sea, oilfield Rule ! is to not put out the fire until you can cap the well. The burnoff is what minimizes the spill.
Ships were sent to the scene. Contrary to long-established policy, they sank the platform, thereby shearing the conduits to the surface, thereby extinguising the flames and leaving the gusher gushing right into sea currents that would spread it far and wide. SOMEBODY gave the order to do this.
There was also standby authority to use collection tubes that would collect some and channel the rest to as samll a space on the coastline as possible. Authority to do this was withdrawn.
There was standby authority to erect berms and also to construct lagoons
to hold the bulk of oil and tar that made it ashore. Authority was withdrawn.
There was authority to purchase vast quantities of hay—-excellent for absorbing petroleum—– and spread it on the spill. Authority was withdrawn. Ditto for the authority to order such quantities of man-made absorbent vinyls that work even better than hay.
The skimmers, the booms, the newer devices (see Kevin Costner) and virtually every item and plan has been forcibly denied.
And the young prodigy who came up with the idea for a tire-wrapped light pole
that would cut the flow down to seepage was treated like the juvenile she is not and the various bureaucrats/politicall appointees have proven themselves to be.
Last but not least, the USSR had land-based blowouts just as big as this back in the 1960s. They constructed appropriately-sized nuclear devices and collapsed all the tunnels in on themselves like drilling had never taken place. Fires were extinquished and wells capped in one Draconian but effective moment.
Uncle Sam took note of this and developed contingency plans to do the same should necessity arise. Two months after the initial accident, the point of necessity approaches. Not a move has been made to go this route in the face of approaching necessity.
The problem in not BP or any other oil company. It is the United States government that is making things worse by the day and doing so so for self-indulgent and possibly criminal reasons. ‘Nuff said.
Oh, dude, seriously? SERIOUSLY?
I mean, are you getting bored with conspiracy masturbation over on your 9/11 TROOFER forum?
There were/are consequences to any decision made…naturally Teflon man wants to place blame, not solve the problem (since any recommendation follows with a consequence that will also need to be addressed. And get real with the brilliant tire idea. You are right about letting the rig burn. They flipped the thing. There are pictures.
#1 Peter Berger: Atlas isn’t shrugging. He’s crying.
He clearly needs to make a large donation to any of the Obama front groups. It needs to be large enough to get Dear Leader’s or Rambo’s attention. Also, he may need to pinpoint when the decision will be made to actually mount an effective cleanup effort rather than make political points by sending teams of lawsyers, threatening crimimal charges, and holding meetings to determine who’s behind to kick.
While the Gulf dies.
Obama,
Paul, and Michele use the white house and spend millions partying like its 1999.
Bush would have been impeached.
Affirmative Action president.
We got what we paid for.
Packgen is a Maine company. Unless it has a Chicago branch, or it can show lavish contributions to the Obama machine, it’s sorely handicapped at getting a piece of the cleanup action. Particularly if its work force is non-union.
One thing sorely lacking from this article is the political orientation of Packgen’s owners. That’s likely the very first thing the Obama administration would ask, when the news came that here’s a company making large quantities of oil containment boom on spec.
Probably worth looking into.
“Oil full of hair or straw lapping against a shoreline is a HazMat nightmare.”
Sure. Like unabsorbed oil is better? Maybe before it hits shore.
They could have incinerated it but were likely blocked by the EPA. Too much CO2. It’s a joke that ain’t too funny.
“Miles of Oil Containment Boom Sit in Warehouse” Uh oh! President Obama will NOT be pleased. I daresay he shall “kick some ass” — GULP!
John Lapoint forgot that today children are in charge of everything in DC. At one time a couple of cases of bubble gum would have been enough to pave his way. Now, though, since his story hit the Outlier Media, its too late for that. Double scoop ice cream cones are mandatory.
Wait a sec. How expensive are these booms? Where are the celebs/musicians/actors/actresses/libs – shouldn’t they be holding a telethon to raise money to buy this stuff? Better yet, shouldn’t they just be selling a bit-o-bling to raise some money to buy this stuff? C’mon Kanye, where are you now? Clooney? The Boss? Anyone? Anyone?
All he needs to do is send a fully equipped and logoed beer pong table to the Whitehouse. And maybe some T shirts since the staffers don’t appear to have any. This will get their attention.
Don’t forget the super soakers
Heaven help us when a nationwide emergency hits.
The facade of Obama is crumbling…..this man is nothing more than a Chicago race-hustler. Its time for the Governors of the affected states to forget BP and BO…..go around them and get the job done…….America has your back!
Google the product Oil Hawg. My genius dad makes it.
The totally safe microorganisms it contains break the oil down into harmless compounds.
There is no excuse for the feds to not be out cleaning the beaches in full force. 33 USC 1321(c)specifically tasks the President with that responsibility:
(c) Federal removal authority
(1) General removal requirement
(A) The President shall, in accordance with the National
Contingency Plan and any appropriate Area Contingency Plan,
ensure effective and immediate removal of a discharge, and
mitigation or prevention of a substantial threat of a discharge,
of oil or a hazardous substance -
(i) into or on the navigable waters;
(ii) on the adjoining shorelines to the navigable waters;
(iii) into or on the waters of the exclusive economic zone;
or
(iv) that may affect natural resources belonging to,
appertaining to, or under the exclusive management authority of
the United States.
(B) In carrying out this paragraph, the President may -
(i) remove or arrange for the removal of a discharge, and
mitigate or prevent a substantial threat of a discharge, at any
time;
(ii) direct or monitor all Federal, State, and private
actions to remove a discharge; and
(iii) remove and, if necessary, destroy a vessel discharging,
or threatening to discharge, by whatever means are available.
(2) Discharge posing substantial threat to public health or
welfare
(A) If a discharge, or a substantial threat of a discharge, of
oil or a hazardous substance from a vessel, offshore facility, or
onshore facility is of such a size or character as to be a
substantial threat to the public health or welfare of the United
States (including but not limited to fish, shellfish, wildlife,
other natural resources, and the public and private beaches and
shorelines of the United States), the President shall direct all
Federal, State, and private actions to remove the discharge or to
mitigate or prevent the threat of the discharge.
(B) In carrying out this paragraph, the President may, without
regard to any other provision of law governing contracting
procedures or employment of personnel by the Federal Government -
(i) remove or arrange for the removal of the discharge, or
mitigate or prevent the substantial threat of the discharge;
and
(ii) remove and, if necessary, destroy a vessel discharging,
or threatening to discharge, by whatever means are available.
(3) Actions in accordance with National Contingency Plan
(A) Each Federal agency, State, owner or operator, or other
person participating in efforts under this subsection shall act
in accordance with the National Contingency Plan or as directed
by the President.
If Obama is not going to get off his butt, he should resign.
Maine is a racist state anyway. I bet there is very little diversity at that plant. What does the government want with a bunch of racist boom anyway.
There are only two companies in the region capable of mobilizing the kind of equipment needed to contain this spill-Schlumberger and Halliburton. That’s it. Both are owned by folks who aren’t liked by the Leftists in power. I am willing to bet that the majority of the “missing” elements that are needed to stem this problem are simply sitting because folks like Reid and Pelosi cannot stand the idea of either corporation making money on the deal.
PS. I forgot to add that the administration IGNORED the standing protocols to burn off the oil which are on record at FEMA. And by using dispersents-a contentious issue since it appears Democrat cronies are making money on it-sinks the oil where it goes under booms and creates molecules too small for conventional skimmers. Of course they could also mobilize shrimpers and fishing fleets with skimmers to remove what they can. This administration is so intent in using this for Cap and Trade voting drives that they simply cannot fathom that people along the Gulf might want to actually LIVE THERE rather than New York or Chicago.
The ass-kicking president’s white house and various bureaucrats refused to suspend environmental rules to use the Boom, and the poor “enterprising businessman” has no political connections to push for authorizations to use his boom.
Interesting how events are manipulated by all parties.
Everyone ridiculed James Cameron’s offer to assist, as he has more experience with deep sea robotics than pretty much anyone else on earth. He has a fleet of seep sea submarines, robotic submersibles, and can call on engineering companies that would have been able to assist in many ways. But because he is part of Hollywood, people on the right ridiculed him for no reason than in their limited minds he represents the left.
This particular guy KNEW that the booms must be approved by BP, yet built them anyway in what appears to be a attempt to save his company, Hopefully his story gets out and sells the booms for recovery efforts. But it doesn’t matter who he is, or gave funds too, or supports, if the idea is valid and has odds of working, then use it.
The point is nobody should refuse an offer to assist, regardless where it came from. Small minds created this disaster, small minds are making it worse.
James Cameron has a little bit of experience shooting films underwater. He has zero experience with underwater robotics. Sure he knows some smart people, but so does BP. Is there any evidence that his smart people know anything about oil wells?
Cameron is a pompous blowhard. But then most actors and directors are.
You have to KNOW that this is just one more crisis to be used by the administration for political purposes. Socialization of the (energy) petroleum industry has been one of the goals from the very outset of this administration. This is just the ticket to get to that junction.
No, no, the booms would be a big positive step toward mitigating or remediating the disaster in the gulf. It must be allowed to continue to evolve out of control in the spirit of “never let a crisis go to waste”. It provides unique photo-ops and sound-bites for dear-leader and allows him to assign blame to whoever is responsible for it today.
You can’t BUY opportunities like this. Why mess with a good thing?
The”o” doesnt want to fix the problem. . . the more he can destroy, the happier he is. . . I can only pray people are waking up to what a cluster screw he and his Chicago buddies are.
Moral of the story is, don’t assume the government will do the right thing or even wants to. Obama’s wat too busy finding an ass to kick and blaming it on Bush.
I know whose ass he needs to kick but is it possible to kick your own ass? It might make a funny video to be sure, cause his is the ass that needs to be kicked and right out of the office that he holds!
Does anyone really believe Obama wants this cleaned up quickly? This is the greatest thing for the anti- energy crowd, since Three Mile Island. TMI destroyed the nuclear push for generations, as the BP fiasco will do for oil exploration.
For an informative (though obscenity laden) series of articles on booming and the government’s piss-poor response, check out the postings by “Fishgrease” on DailyKos.com. (I realize that many readers here don’t care for the politics of DailyKos, but the site often publishes non-political articles that are genuinely informative. For example, the ongoing series on math and science.)
This whole situation is sickening! The incompetent Obama was probably advised by the genius Rahm Emmanuel to keep his distance from the spill, therefore blaming and possibly ruining, BP. Well, it has all backfired. Does Obama really think that he can run down to Louisiana and walk on the beach, use a few vulgarities and everyone in this country is going to overlook his part in this, since he has done as little as is possible to actually help this disaster? And why isn’t the mouthpiece poor excuse for a media calling attention to what has been asked for by Jindall and what has actually been granted? They sure love to report on the Obama’s apparently favorite way of squandering the taxpayers money on these “dance parties”. This is disgusting!
Ever consider the possibility that business might be, um, booming for its competitors?
I had an idea while eating my lunch and reading this article. “Adopt a Boom”. Set up a website where private citizens can donate money to ‘adopt a boom’ and pay for booms to be sent directly to Governor Jindal. I called Packgen, the manufacturer of the booms and talked to their PR person. She thought it a great idea, and will discuss it with their President as well as the Governor of Maine and Fox and Friends, with whom they are meeting tomorrow. Since BP and Obama won’t step up to the plate, We The People can ‘get er done’ and send the booms where they are needed. Packgen will keep me informed as to the response from Fox and Friends. If any reader of this has direct contact with Glenn, Rush, Sean or anyone who has a large audience, pass this on. A lot of people could donate a lot of money, adopting booms needed to contain this disaster.
Love this idea!!! Let the citizens take control of the situation!
My family lives in Florida, and the way the government is handling things is just plain disgusting. My family has taken all of the oil spill training, but they are still not allowed to perform clean up efforts without a government contract. I desperately want to write more but I need to go relax and lower my blood pressure. The acid burning in my stomach sums up what I think of this administration quite sufficiently.
It is quite plain to see that the Obama administration is going to use this oil spill for his own political agenda. The Navy wanted to stop this leak a month ago but between Obama and BP there is to much money to be made off of this spill. Obama and BP could care less about American jobs now and in the future. Why else would Obama and BP turn down so many peoples ideas and their fixes to this oil spill and clean up. What kind of leadership do we have in this country that is allowing BP to dictate whats to be done about this oil spill? Obama had no problem taking over American banks, car manufactures, health care, student loans and forcing some banks to take the bail out money even though they did not need or want the money.Not to speak of how our politicians keep the Amerian people in the dark about what the Federal Reserve actually does with our money. If Obama tries to use this oil spill to try and pass cap and trade he should be arrested for Treason and Impeached. The saddest thing about this oil spill is that we the American people are letting our government and BP get away with screwing us!
Exactly how does BP benefit from allowing the spill to continue?
As the saying goes, “never let a crisis go to waste.” The administration is magnifying the crisis by their inaction, and then they will say that it all could have been prevented if they would have had more authority to begin with.
It reminds me of a place I used to work long ago where the local street people would litter the place with their beer cans and wine bottles and whatever and then would complain to the owner that the place was a mess and he should pay them to clean it up. At union wages of course.
That, in essence, is the Democratic party’s view of economics. Pay me to clean up the mess I created to begin with.
It’s the SPILL, Stupid!
With many in and out of the mainstream media and his own party finally turning on the Obamassiah, it could very well be that the Gulf oil disaster could become this president’s Katrina, and deservedly so.
That could happen despite his phony, Chicago tough guy demeanor that was transparent in his reference to kicking the A-word on the “Today Show” with Matt Lauer.
The charade that is Barack Hussein Obama was long overdue to catch up with him. I’d be surprised that it’s taken this long for the MSM to cut through Obama’s smoke and mirrors except for the fact the MSM knew all along what he is: a duplicitous over-achiever.
In that Lauer interview, Obama let slip another chink in the Obama armor when Lauer interrupted a response and asked him if he had spoken to British Petoleum’s CEO, Tony Hayward.
He later told ABC News that he would have fired Hayward “by now,” 50 days into the spill but during the “Today” interview he admitted, “I have not spoken to him directly. . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1724)
What would you expect from the same administration who told Israel to take a hike when they tried to offer us advice on airport security?
I am writing to a blog for the first time ever…mainly because I find it amazing how transparent most comments are. Everyone seems to think they are experts on the subject. And many seem to have a hidden political agenda. The notion that the Obama administration somehow wants to see this nightmare flow into the next decade seems unimaginable. After the first week this fiasco did all it needed to do to get the public squaring off with the ‘oil magnets’ future plans for an offshore harvest.
It’s real interesting how anti-Obama republicans, (who want LESS government intervention in business) are screaming for the administration to step in and run rough shot over an incompetent existing operation. How easily do you think it would be to step in and start barking out orders to even a “union” operation much less a foreign corporation. You want to see this go from bad to unbelievable, then that would be a great formula. Even if BP put its hands in the air and walked away, and the government took over, how long do you think it would take for the administration to setup a think tank, agree on ONE direction, and then mount an effort that even remotely resembled a viable, manageable and fiscally efficient effort. Have you ever tried to get a novel thought enacted at even a local government level… or been on a distress call with the Coast Guard responding. Yea, they have great intentions but….
As far as this manufacturer in Maine. We are a manufacturer in Rhode Island and I wouldn’t even think of welding the first foot of poly without a signed purchase order from someone who I was positive could pay for it in this lifetime. Whenever there is a disaster there are always those entrepreneurs who are WILLING to take a big gamble for big returns. This notion that you somehow have to ‘pay off’ the President to sell a product is a reach. Why should BP (who by the way is paying for the booms) pay ‘ransom’ prices to ship product some thousand miles when they can buy all they need from local states who have a very low paid labor force. Even if it seems like a deal, I’ll bet that (BP) is worried about getting screwed somehow. How can they qualify the success in the field or manage failure of product at sea. Maybe John Lapoint should bring them down to the Gulf, charter a couple of boats, and lay the booms himself. Then he could charge BP to remove them after they wash up on shore.
No, these boys are moving at a snails pace because they are running a financial gauntlet with their investors’ fingers on the trigger. Both sides are on the brink of a disaster alright, a financial disaster. The f’n Brits with their tight asses puckered up to their empty pockets and the good’ol boys circling like gators at a mob picnic.
Actually, I think the bottleneck is probably with the independent crews negotiating rates to spread the booms while someone thrown into management is trying to coordinate the appropriate installation process. BP no doubt is trying to, (in their typical British manner) not get raped by the colonists again. This could be their idea of the anti-teaparty (LOL)
At any rate I think that this nightmare boils down to a hand-full of lazy overpaid morons who thought that something wasn’t their responsibility and caused the death of their fellow workers and will never be brought to the gallows for their incompetence. So I would get off the conspiracy b.s. (unless your writing a movie script) and lay off the Pres.- like he doesn’t have enough to deal with without your mindless “Glen Beck” infomercials. Now there’s a man who could surely have commanded the situation at hand. Why, between him and O’Riely they probably could just walk out there and spread the booms without even a rowboat.
Its just so easy to criticize when your making millions selling fear and hate to fools who haven’t had an original thought their entire life.
Thanks for letting me vent….
Terrorism 101
Two stories which appeared the same day on CNS.com illustrate the insanity of the American people and of our government.
The first titled, “Public Says the Federal Debt Equal to Threat from Terrorism,” (http://bit.ly/bYprgp) is based on a Gallup survey which incidentally also shows that people trust Republicans over Democrats on both issues. That latter result is incidental only because it doesn’t matter.
Health care costs placed third in the survey, followed by unemployment and illegal immigration, which matter even less.
The reason those issues matter less is not because they are inconsequential, however.
The federal debt is horrendous and growing worse daily as this administration piles trillions of debt dollars onto the backs of future generations. The cost of health care is equally horrendous and is sapping the life out of Americans both literally and figuratively. The unchecked flood of illegal immigrants is swamping America’s educational and medical resources.
One might even add the Gulf oil catastrophe as another serious but secondary concern.
Why are all the other major problems facing America merely incidental to the threat of terrorism? Simply because the next terrorist attack or attacks could make the debt, health care, immigration, and the Gulf irrelevant. . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1729)
John is a conservative so he is to be snubbed I guess! If the money can’t go to Obama’s friends, then the oil won’t be cleaned up… too bad none of his friends are smart enough to have a company that makes this stuff like John does!
HI JOHN!! (Waving from NH)
Over the last few years Americans have heard the subliminal message that products that once were deemed useful are in fact waste and need to be eliminated. CO2 has always been a plant food, always will be, but not in the eyes of Homo sapiens. Throughout the planet people believe now that CO2 is a toxin.
But few realize, and no one articulates, that petroleum is now also becoming a waste product in the eyes of just about everyone. There is a well known Youtube presentation showing 2 gentlemen cleaning oily water with hay.
It works too.
They suggest the oil soaked hay could subsequently be incinerated.
Great. But first, hay is a valuable product and there is not enough on the whole planet to soak up the BP spill. And second, whatever happened to the concept of salvaging oil? BP went to the enormous expense and effort to drill a hole in the sea floor to get the stuff, ostensibly to recover and sell it.
But now that it has leaked out unexpectedly and is right there where they can skim it off, centrifuge it and put it on a tanker for sale to eager buyers, what happened?
After years of brainwashing by the media and the enviro-marxists, the stuff has become a waste that needs to be eliminated.
It’s official: oil is no longer a product. Even the highest officials of BP have bought the lie.
Thus, ironically, it was the environmental whackos and the true believers in the top echelons of an increasingly socialist world who have created the most portentous threat to Mother earth in all of history!
i live in LA and boom is in big demand and we have some contracts on the clean up efforts and i would be interested in learning more about your booms. What i can tell you is that BP has tried many different types of boom and they are convinced that the only one that works and they will use is the 18″ containment boom that has a 12″ – 24 oz nylon reinforced fabric with 5/16″ galvanized top tension cable with 6 ” closed cell foam floatation with galvanized chain ballast with aluminum end connectors, stainless steel hardware, radio frequency welded and anchor points on 25′ centers. Do you have something that is equivalent to this. if so i am interested and please give me a quote. i must warn you that BP is already getting this delivery to LA for $10.50/linear foot. Can you make this and get close to that price – even if it is a little higher the supply and demand should kick in shortly
contact me via email dhebert@etec-sales.com
We have a patent in pending on product that connects up to 3 lines of soft-absorbent boom to the retainment boom. Our invention allows for three times as much absorbent boom to be dispatch out. Also, it allows for faster deployment and removal.
If anybody is interested in contacting us.
Brian Sanchez
ShamrockmanagmentLLC.
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