Nanotechnology and Magnets clean up Oil spills

[Pajero]

This is an older article from 2012. MIT discusses using nanotechnology and magnets to separate oil from the water for cleaning on oil spills.

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/21/tech/oil-spill-magnets/index.html

Oil spills seem to happen annually.


Respectfully,

Pajero

 

[ron17571]

I always wondered why oil pipelines are not built with an oil catch basin built under them.Should be law. Like double wall hulls for oil tankers.

 

[Garak]

If a pipeline ruptures and spills a couple hundred thousand litres, you're going to need a heck of a catch basin.