If You Build It, They Will Come

When you hear Kevin Costner you think about an actor slightly ahead in the hit / flop pitch count that knocked it out of the park a few times. You might imagine him doing a fundraiser to save the animals or some other celebrity self-promoting stunt for his next movie.

I'll take oil spill cleanup equipment designers for $1000, Alex.

Seriously.

Costner's company Ocean Therapy Solutions has built a machine (with $20 million out of his own pocket) that can process 128,000 barrels of contaminated water a day and remove 99% of the oil. Unfortunately, that 1% exceeds EPA standards so there has to be government approval before they can be used. I'm thinking 99% sounds pretty freaking good right about now.

Apparently so does British Petroleum. So far BP has ordered 32 of Costner's machines.

My only hope is that the $20M Kevin invested was the money he made off The Bodyguard. That movie has to have at least 1 redeeming quality.

Leave it to a Groover to save the Gulf.