Talk:Double hull

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[edit] Exxon Valdez

I added a citation tag to the claim that a double-hull would not have prevented the spill. As far as I can tell, although few claim the spill would have been prevented, a report by the Coast Guard estimated that leakage would have been reduced by at least 25% and as much as 60% if the vessel were built with a double-hull. So although the statement is (probably) true, it doesn't seem to tell the whole story, so perhaps a non-neutral tag would be appropriate.

I'm reading an article from late 2000 right now that cites a 25% figure, but if anyone can find something more recent and more complete, that'd be great. Or if someone could explain to me how the article does tell the whole story, that'd be great, too. I don't know much about it, but I've always heard and read that a double-hull would have helped.

http://www.sabew.org/sabewweb.nsf/e0087b5460c4a721862569c2005fa85a/c55130a3122cde2486256ae2005cf6b5!OpenDocument (December 2000)

http://www.adn.com/evos/stories/T99032456.html (May 1999)

http://www.adn.com/evos/stories/EV425.html (originally published 1989)

68.9.205.10 19:53, 31 March 2006 (UTC)