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Kevin Costner Might Be Able to Help the Gulf Coast (VIDEO)

by Oliver Miller, posted Jun 23rd 2010 12:30AM

Kevin Costner Might Be Able to Help the Gulf CoastIn a time of crisis, a hero will rise. And who better to help us out during a natural disaster than Kevin Costner, star of the film 'Waterworld'?

Sorry, we don't mean to make fun of Mr. Costner. And actually, he's done something that's fairly incredible. Using his own money, Costner has created an oil separation machine. This is not a joke. Kevin Costner actually spent $24 million to make a machine that could assist with the Gulf oil spill. His invention can remove oil from water. Seriously. That's amazing.

On 'Larry King Live' (weeknights, 9PM ET on CNN), Costner showed up to discuss his invention, and the BP spill in general. Like Robert Redford before him, Costner seemed to feel that the spill was a natural result of the failure of big business and government. "This is something that was bound to happen," he said.

What do you think? Was the spill inevitable?

And -- even more questions -- do you think that Costner is a hero? Or is it weird that the country has to turn to an actor in an effort to fix this problem?

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Nathan

I think it was inevitable, if your willing to invade a country for oil your definitely going to look the other way on some safety issues to get it.

June 24 2010 at 12:10 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Melanie51

There are also a lot of everyday folks with solutions that the government is either too inept or too arrogant to implement. At this point, I think it's clear that hay, hair or cloth in the water is much less damaging than the oil, yet locals are being held captive by the EPA & environmental wackos. I am sick over the damage to the beaches, the marshes and the wildlife, but people's homes and jobs are at stake and Obama should just get out of the way.

June 23 2010 at 5:02 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
david

I would so much rather hear from actual geologists than actors.

June 23 2010 at 1:32 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
JD

NBC News reported three weeks that he bought the company. So from that I understand that he didn't invent the item.

June 23 2010 at 12:42 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
daymm1

Great job Kevin. No matter being an actor or a engineer...you still have an incredible mind to successfully come up with amazing machine! Good Luck!

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