And I'm saying you're just fear mongering. The incident isn't even worth mentioning, other than to say "Holy flying Jesus! They have amoebas in their drinking water!" It wouldn't make a difference if they were swimming in it or giving themselves enemas. That crap will kill you. As for the other thing, I now desperately want to see someone put pure honey up their nose. Just to clarify, you dissolve the honey in water at just the right proportion to balance out the salinity of your interstitial fluid. I can't remember the proportions, but it should be easy to look up. You're supposed to use Manuka honey because it has some fairly amazing antibiotic properties.

Thats kind of like saying exercise is dangerous because someone in Louisiana was run over while jogging down the middle of the interstate. Amoebas are dangerous even if you drink them.

My doc irrigates himself, and says it works best with Manuka honey.

Not sure where the article gets 25-30 years from [citation needed?]. My parents-in-law's place in Europ is heated this way and those pipes have been down for at least 30 years with no leaks, loss of efficiency or other problems. It's a relatively new tech so even the best estimates are probably fairly sketchy.

The least expensive option is not necessarily the best one (lead pipes as a case in point). So why complain so much about cost when it would get people back to work, reduce carbon output, fix this article's alleged problem, reduce reliance on foreign energy, and maybe even get some lead out of the drinking water? I'm sure with the proper research, funding and legislations this tech could take off in the US. Not that I really expect it to... These days there seem to be fewer Americans and more American'ts.

Isn't it odd that we then use the electricity produced by these plants mostly to heat water...
If only there was a way to transport heated water from power plants to be used directly in homes. Like maybe with insulated pipes. Hrmm...

Because one of these is already being used, and is more than sufficient for tracking slicks at a reasonable cost.

The introduction of this blimp is probably to [ test out new equipment | reduce cost slightly (or at least keep them within the US) | generate PR for the navy / US Gov.] (pick the one that best suits your level of cynicism)