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To just leave the paper towels sitting on the spilled oil. maybe that will work. its the most profitable company in the most profitable industry in the history of the country, and this is what they have been able to invest in cleanup technology. brawny it isnt. well be right back. what if you could shrink your pores just by washing your face? [ female announcer ] neutrogena® pore refining cleanser. alpha-hydroxy and exfoliating beads work to clean and tighten pores so they can look half their s...

For tar sands oil that would run the complete length of the country, from the canadian border down to the gulf of mexico. but dont worry, if anything goes wrong, they have paper towels ready to wipe it up, or to just leave the paper towels sitting on the spilled oil. maybe that will work. its the most profitable company in the most profitable industry in the history of the country, and this is what they have been able to invest in cleanup technology. brawny it isnt. well be right back. capella u...

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Dropped by air. same in 2010 as it was in 1979. the bp oil spill stargted two years ago today. one of the shock things about that disaster is it made us realize over the course of 30 years, cleanup technology, what is available for us to respond s hasnt progressed at all. we were trying toç wipe the oi up with jumbo versions of paper towels. the bp disaster was a real wake up call. it started today back in 2010 when the initial explosion killed 11 oil workers. the spill went on and on out of c...

Long said he can help clean up oil spills with machines he helped develop. spent millions of dollars developing the machines to separate oil from water and says years no one listened in government or industry. bp finally given his plan a try and ordered 32 of the machines. and costner testified before congress this week, his passion was visible. take a look. >> what i would recommend if i could, right, what i would demand if i could and i can do neither so what i would beg, what i would beg the ...

>> yeah. it is for everyone. they brought chicks from florida years ago and built the whole colonies and now impacted and every adult here that you see represents its young that probably will not survive because they need to have these to feed their babies. >> i read i think a statisticing and might get it wrong but 1% of oiled birds survive. is that true? >> no. that is not true. thats based on old information. well put that to rest right now. >> okay. >> thats information from years ago withou...

Get it wrong but 1% of oiled birds survive. is that true? >> no. that is not true. thats based on old information. well put that to rest right now. >> okay. >> thats information from years ago without the technology we have now. >> what kind of percentage? do you have survival rates? >> yeah. absolutely. it depends on the variables. it depends on species. >> bigger birds, easier to get. more noticeable. >> right. yeah. these guys are one -- rank on the higher and easier to rehabilitate. doesnt m...

Or at least on a way in a specific time thats designed to meet and match with full force the worst-case scenario that can be presented to us. >> this is one of the devices that costner designed and says he came up with the idea after the exxon valdez disaster. i talked to him about it. kevin, how long have you been working on this machine, exactly? >> well, ive -- i took a technology at a department of energy probably in 92 or 93, and it was a very small, little machine and extrapolated that ide...

Developing the machines to separate oil from water and says years no one listened in government or industry. bp ordered 32 of the machines and costner testified before congress this week, his passion was visible. take a look. >> what i would recommend if i could, right, what i would demand, if i could, and i can do neither so what i would beg, what i would beg the leaders in this country and the oil industry together would be before you lift the moratorium, before you do that, to please have cle...

Could, right, what i would demand, if i could, and i can do neither so what i would beg, what i would beg the leaders in this country and the oil industry together would be before you lift the moratorium, before you do that, to please have cleanup technology in place or at least on a way in a specific time thats designed to meet and match with full force the worst-case scenario that can be presented to us. >> this is one of the devices that costner designed and says he came up with the idea afte...