General Motors reuses massive oil fences used in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill

ByBP America

It occurred in the Gulf of Mexico in the state of Louisiana, USA in April 2010Oil spill accidentOkay.More than 4.9 million barrels (780,000 liters) of crude oil leaked, Damaged extensively over coastal area of ​​about 1500 km.

At this time it was a large amount of oil fence, and its total extension included 1.6 million feet (about 500 km) including what was in preparation stage. When prepared in large quantities, it became in a state where there was no surplus after the accident was processed, but it became clear that this is planned to be reused as an automobile part by General Motors of the car manufacturer .

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Gulf oil spill accident in the Gulf of Mexico which was a worldwide accident in the first half of this year. The outflow was finally stopped on 15th July, when 85 days passed since the accident on 20th April, but the crude oil that had flowed so far is 4.9 million barrels (780,000 liters), which is the same as in the Gulf War It is a tremendous number next to oil spill of 10 million barrels. It seems that the oil fence prepared to prevent oil damage has reached as much as 1.6 million feet (about 500 km) in total.

Currently, this oil fence is in a state of lost use, but now that General Motors has reached out and announced that it will reuse the oil fence as a part of the new electric car "Chevy Volt" did. It uses oil fences of about 100 miles (160 km) or more used from Alabama to Louisiana.

The amount of recycled plastics seems to be sufficient to cover parts of Volt's first year production, for example 25% of the air deflector will be recycled from the oil fence and the remaining 25 % Recycles the tires of the GM test car and 50% is made up of other recycled plastics etc.

John Bradburn of GM said, "If it takes a landfill of oil fence, it will take hundreds of years to be disassembled, and I do not want to affect the environment further due to spills, We understand that this material can be recycled from GM, and in fact GM is promoting recycling so that landfill garbage does not come out in half of the whole factory. "