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Offline Wolfala

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« Reply #15 on: May 17, 2006, 05:45:13 PM »
Well,

Considering how many ships were sunk by Germany's atlantic blockade - shouldn't someone today be sueing them for the oil slicks and tens of thousands of gallons of other crap that went to the bottom?

Hanford is not a ship. Hanford is a engineering blunder that turned toxic.
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« Reply #16 on: May 17, 2006, 05:57:26 PM »
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Well,

Considering how many ships were sunk by Germany's atlantic blockade - shouldn't someone today be sueing them for the oil slicks and tens of thousands of gallons of other crap that went to the bottom?

Hanford is not a ship. Hanford is a engineering blunder that turned toxic.


While I agree that my example is way off, your example is of same type.
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« Reply #17 on: May 17, 2006, 06:05:54 PM »
Guilty.

BTW, whats the story with paintball on Saturday?
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« Reply #18 on: May 17, 2006, 07:47:20 PM »
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So by renaming taken action as ‘reefing’, Navy is fully justified to dump crap into sea? Wouldn’t it be better to recycle all that metal for something more useful than a home for fish? :huh


Reefing is good for the environment..It does alot more than just make a home fpr fish.
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« Reply #19 on: May 17, 2006, 08:37:23 PM »
I wouldnt mind having a PT boat as a personal watercraft
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« Reply #20 on: May 17, 2006, 10:03:46 PM »
Well we could just sell the ships to the break up yards along India's coast and let those workers get killed and die slow deaths from all the asbestos and other crap that happens to them over there. Besides they need the scrap steel to sell to China or build their own things...

On the other hand; sinking the thing would keep potentially useful military ships out of China's hands forever.
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« Reply #21 on: May 17, 2006, 10:08:14 PM »
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I wouldnt mind having a PT boat as a personal watercraft


why think small. John Wayne had a 140 foot WWII minesweeper converted to a hump palace... er 'yacht'.

heluva way to save a ship .

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« Reply #22 on: May 17, 2006, 10:15:23 PM »
Russain,

Reefing does alot more that creat a home for ships.  It reefs act as barriers to ocean currents and in many cases help resist beach/land errosion.  The benifits of having the ship at the bottom of the sea far outweigh any potential environmental risks.
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« Reply #23 on: May 17, 2006, 10:59:09 PM »
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Guilty.

BTW, whats the story with paintball on Saturday?


Neg on that. Sorry...
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« Reply #24 on: May 17, 2006, 11:01:44 PM »
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Russain,

Reefing does alot more that creat a home for ships.  It reefs act as barriers to ocean currents and in many cases help resist beach/land errosion.  The benifits of having the ship at the bottom of the sea far outweigh any potential environmental risks.


Who said nature needs your help? It (she?) survived for how many millions of years now without any help from humans. Those are just excuses to throw garbage into sea….nothing more.
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« Reply #25 on: May 17, 2006, 11:25:33 PM »
Theres nothing large enough for a minesweeper. a PT boat would work fine in the lakes around here
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« Reply #26 on: May 18, 2006, 04:51:44 AM »
The Oriskany is being sunk relatively deep.  I think the flight deck is going to be at 130 feet.    So while scuba divers can dive on it, its not for novices.
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« Reply #27 on: May 18, 2006, 06:42:08 AM »
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why think small. John Wayne had a 140 foot WWII minesweeper converted to a hump palace... er 'yacht'.

heluva way to save a ship .



I am afraid that noone will convert a carrier to a luxury yacht, even though you would have a runway for your private jet(s) included.

imagine...
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« Reply #28 on: May 18, 2006, 06:50:15 AM »
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So because it is inconvenient or not economical, it is Okay to litter on environment?  


I wish we favored expediency less and action from principle more.

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