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@katiecouric: Disaster in the Gulf

May 4, 2010 1:45 PM

Katie Couric interviews author and expert Mike Tidwell about the massive oil spill in the Gulf and its potential consequences to coastal communities.

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by Kathpearl July 12, 2010 7:41 PM EDT
I have two questions re BP oil cleanup:

1. What happens to all the waste cleaned up on the shores? All that oil/sand collected in bags, etc. Where does it go? Can it be recycled? If not, what happens to it?

2. What is the result of all that oil burn-off? Does it go into the atmosphere the same as car exhaust, for example? What is the magnitude of the damage if it does?

Kathie Pearlstein
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by Gilbert14zx June 30, 2010 12:05 AM EDT
I'm surprised that neither the US Government nor BP has shown any interest in a oil/gas separator made by Heater Specialists LLC in Tulsa, OK. Apparently PEMEX (Mexico) is interested enough to buy 6 of these $2 million contraptions. I keep hearing commentators say that the oil and gas industry is using 1960 technology to combat spills like the Deepwater Horizon event. Maybe that is because some people, companies, and governments don't look around at their own industry.
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by timeisrite June 23, 2010 4:16 PM EDT
Katie,

I hope this will be read since the White House and BP will not even consider this solution to the Gulf oil spill. I have been rejected by BP saying that I am not an Engineer and just ignored by the White House. I have tested my solution and know that it does work.

This solution is to inject liquid nitrogen 40 feet into the well. This will slow the oil enough to place a pressure control valve that will be able to capture the oil for refining. The other option is to fill the well pipe with concrete to create a plug that will seal the well.

I would like to talk to someone that will listen.
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by Bobby_Johnson June 21, 2010 2:43 PM EDT
Hi Katie,

I just became a member of your website and appreciate the CBS Team helping answer our questions.

I live in Kapolei, Hawaii. The water is a way of life here for many and brings many people here. The thought of an oil spill here is unbearable.

Two questions.

1.) What definitive actions will our govenment take to make our deep water oil drilling safe?

2.) What concrete plans will our goverment make to contain and clean oil spills in the future?

Thank you for your time Katie.
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by cecileelaine June 17, 2010 7:33 PM EDT
Saw this online as a way to clean up the oil. I am a biologist and not an engineer, but this look plausible.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60bdQQQ3iVw
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by MarkRossmiller June 16, 2010 3:28 AM EDT
Katie;
After seeing you on Letterman tonight, I have confirmed my suspicions of a subtle bias in your anchor news commentary against the Obama administration and a slightly obvious journalistic favor for the previous administration. You state that the gulf disaster appears disorganized and out of control and suggested that maybe the NG should be running the cleanup rather than BP. The NG doesn't have the competencies to run deep water drilling equipment, so what do you suggest, hold a gun to BP personnels' heads? Yes, BP has screwed up and guilty of no risk management - but which administration let them drill baby drill? This is yet another Bush legacy that Obama is left to clean up. Your skirt is showing.
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by RonMarston June 15, 2010 8:48 PM EDT
Hello my name is Ron Marston. I'm from South China, Maine. I have an idea how to help stop this oil spill. My idea is to take cement and build a big box underwater that leads to the surface of the ocean. Of course you would have to take a solid cement block as wide as this pipe in circumferance,that the oil is flowing from and build up from there. Nearly being the same of how they build bases of large bridges like the Golden Gate Bridge.Nearly like a large tower around this spill.

Thank you,
Ron Marston
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by TinyDancer323 June 15, 2010 8:17 PM EDT
Everyone is worried about the pelicans in lousiana, why aren't people worried about the manatees in florida. Why aren't more people morried abouit more of todays endangered species? What will happen to them? Afterall, the manatees are one of the main reasons that people go to florida. What will happen to all of the endangered species that are affected by this oil spill?
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by Earth2CBS June 14, 2010 7:11 PM EDT
When will CBS ask the White House about its meetings with the unions after the spill and why it won?t waive the Jones Act?
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by gendcit June 12, 2010 11:56 AM EDT
what happens to the Oil collected on the beaches?
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