Coast Guard fires at "Ghost Ship" with 8000ltrs Diesel

[Anti Federalist]

So in order to clean up the junk vessels that are floating around in the ocean, you have to meet certain environmental regulations? Well, I guess that doesn't surprise me.

Oh god yes, if you brought that vessel ashore to a salvage yard, depending on how old it was, there could be millions in clean up costs before a single piece of scrap steel was recovered. Oils, plastics, hazmats, asbestos, all have to removed before scrapping.

[Brian4Liberty]

Oh god yes, if you brought that vessel ashore to a salvage yard, depending on how old it was, there could be millions in clean up costs before a single piece of scrap steel was recovered. Oils, plastics, hazmats, asbestos, all have to removed before scrapping.

It's a little ironic when you compare that to pouring radioactivity into the ocean and air...

There was a guy in my area that filled this small valley with old tires, and he wanted to use them to fire en electricity generating plant. They would never let him do it because of fear of pollution from burning tires. Of course it would have been a new plant with the latest scrubbing technology, but no, can't do that. Of course, what eventually happens to a huge pile of tires in a hot, arid valley? They caught fire, and it burned for months, spewing out quite a sooty mess. It actually rained black a few times over the Bay Area. Fear of a controlled incineration led to the worst case scenario. The world didn't end.

[Tod]

Oh god yes, if you brought that vessel ashore to a salvage yard, depending on how old it was, there could be millions in clean up costs before a single piece of scrap steel was recovered. Oils, plastics, hazmats, asbestos, all have to removed before scrapping.

That's true! That's why ships are sent to the poorest nations like Bangladesh for scrapping, where the poor go to work manually tearing it apart with no protective gear at all, usually in their bare feet, in contact with all sorts of toxic chemicals and dangerous things.

[Letters]

Ships can be used as massive bombs to target cities. So authorities are very serious about security checks at ports.

[Brian4Liberty]

Ships can be used as massive bombs to target cities. So authorities are very serious about security checks at ports.

Hey Fire11.