Kevin Costner's oil-water separator invention.
 

"Mr. Costner claimed that the largest unit could separate oil from 200 gallons of polluted water in a minute. He said that BP, the company that owns the well that exploded in the gulf, has ordered 32 of these machines."

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2...n-on-the-hill/

http://www.ots.org/ - company with separator machine.

he spent 15 years and about $24 million to develop a machine to separate oil from water

not a bad idea at all

Hopefully this leads to Waterworld 2.

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

...as a theme park. With Jeanne Triplehorn and Tina Majorino lookalikes as ushers. Has the machines been used already?

since oil and water don't mix you'd think they would have easily mastered this by now.

I'm amazed there isn't technology available to readily do this. Where's Vince from Shamwow!
WG

Patents? Reminds me of this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water-fuelled_car

I actually think it's a good idea to at least try.

But this shows how pathetically unprepared everyone was for an oil spill. When Keven Costner is the position to be the hero...lol

I hope it works as advertised.

I dont understand why anyone has to get permission to try to use whatever they have to clean this up.

If you THINK you can, let them try. How much damage could they do? Give everyone who wants a shot a few days to try, then onto the next guy.

Fucking red tape.

Lord knows it's taken about as long.

he's not doing it for humanitarian reasons, his in it for the dinero.

Yeah exactly.

I love his Slap Chop commercial. "Wait till you see my nuts" :1orglaugh

Water and oil actually do mix to a degree because the pressure of the oil coming out and the movement of the water.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/...after-all.html

The man actually loves water. Good for him and hope for more people like him.

good for him, he had insider information :D

Don't underestimate bodyguard :D that couldn't protect Whitney from becoming crackwhore :D

hes welcome to all the money he can get if it works

unfortunately bp controls the issue and they wont let anything near their precious oil

i heard the english are mad now because they are losing their retirement fund

boo fuckin hoo...shoulda made sure you didnt cheap out on some 500k valve

Best Kevin Costner Movie: The Postman

There should be a few hundred of these machines already spinning the damn oil out of the water.
What the hell is the government and BP waiting for?

Kevin Costner, enough said :1orglaugh

they've had his machine working on-site for weeks and have ordered several more to be sent.

I guess you're going to have to say more. Because you dont like his movies, he cant invest in a machine to separate oil and water?