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The following story says that the U.S. are rejecting Dutch technology that can clean most of the oil out of the water. The reason: the cleaned water is not pur
by fexl 16y ago
The following story says that the U.S. are rejecting Dutch technology that can clean most of the oil out of the water. The reason: the cleaned water is not pure enough. Perfection is the enemy of the good:
http://www.financialpost.com/m/story.html?id=3203808 http://www.financialpost.com/m/story.html?id=3203808
Excerpt: "The voracious Dutch vessels, for example, continuously suck up vast quantities of oily water, extract most of the oil and then spit overboard vast quantities of nearly oil-free water. Nearly oil-free isn't good enough for the U.S. regulators, who have a standard of 15 parts per million -- if water isn't at least 99.9985% pure, it may not be returned to the Gulf of Mexico."
The science of extracting oil from water is advancing all the time. Check out this little device for cleaning bilge water:
http://forsoilrecovery.com/ http://forsoilrecovery.com/