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By Mitchell Rabin
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As soon as the news of the underwater oil well made the splash that it did in the news, the Dutch government, highly equipped with the latest technology to capture oil-laden water, offered the U.S. government and BP their ships, which can capture some 400 cubic meters of water per hour. For a yardstick, this one ship would have captured more water than all the ships the U.S. had in the Gulf at that time. The Dutch are equipped for this kind of oil emergency and charge the oil companies who spill in the surrounding waters a pretty guilder for this service. But in the case of the Obama Administration and BP, this multi-million- dollar service was offered free of charge, but “thanks but no thanks”.