(Photograph: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)You brought us the cinematic insult of Waterworld, bored us with The Bodyguard and whitewashed American Indian history with Dances With Wolves. Little did we know that you and your brother had been working on a machine to separate oil from water! According to reports, BP is utilising 32 centrifuge machines that can clean up to 200 gallons of water a minute manufactured by Ocean Therapy Solutions. From the Guardian:
The actor has been developing the machinery since the early 1990s with the help of a team including his brother, a scientist.
"It may seem an unlikely scenario that I'm the one delivering this technology at this moment in time, but from where I'm sitting, it is equally inconceivable that these machines are not already in place," he said.
The actor gave testimony to the house of representatives science and technology committee last week, when he urged members to force oil rigs to have clean-up equipment on site.
