From: MV (MV@dc9.tzo.com)
Date: Tue May 24 2005 - 10:27:20 PDT
I don't buy it. If you saw how the local scrap dealers work in the
midwest, you would know that abestos and lead paint can be made a
non-issue. Steel furnaces don't care what is on the steel during a
melt. Asbestos becomes part of the slag. Asbestos can be contained
during disassembly. You don't have to make the ship totally sanitary
before cutting it apart. Air supplied suits can get rid of most of the
worker health hazards.
Like I said, I'll take them off the govmunts hands.
Dave
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Greg Stephens wrote:
> Not the way the *we* scrap warships. We'd be paying a LOT of money to someone to be sure all of the asbestos, lead paint, and assorted other hazards were properly disposed of. There are also only a few yards that could bid on the work...using American labor and OSHA rules.
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> Gregory F Stephens
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> -- MV <MV@dc9.tzo.com> wrote:
> >>Probably a lot cheaper to sink her than to scrap her..
>
> No, it was certainly a financial loss to sink the ship rather than scrap
> it. Scrap is going for over $100/ton right now and that is in small
> quantities at the local yard. That ship was worth a lot of money in
> scrap value. I sure hope they got a lot of good data - otherwise it was
> a very expensive experiment that you and I paid for.
>
> Dave
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> Greg Stephens wrote:
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>>Gone but not forgotten. Probably a lot cheaper to sink her than to scrap her, and data gained in the tests will help save lives...a naval crash test if you like.
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>>Gregory F Stephens
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