safe bottom paint time

[ebb]

Here is a more literate better organised view of this subject by somebody you can trust:

http://www.sailnet.com/collections/a...eid=caseyd0048

He's right: we can't legislate ETHICAL behavior into corporate america.

Interbucks has a non-toxic bottom paint called Veridian (?). But it's too pricey. Has to be 'professionally' applied. A crock. A blatant ploy to keep the price high.

Did it occur to them to SELL IT AT THE SAME DAMN PRICE AS TRINIDAD??

I mean if Interclucks truly was responsibly committed to improving the environment...? well, the point would be to get people to buy the stuff and use it - continue to use it. Right?
Might start a trend and the price would drop naturally due to volume. Whoa, what an idea...

They have to live with the mess they created in the first place. It's OUR CONTINUING MESS, and our children's mess. In fact they seem to be calling attention to their unethecal mindset by not offering their alternative (and no doubt patented) environmental product at a decent price. Intersucks!

Shucks, when you are big and powerful you don't have tp be responsible, just sincere.

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Gotta get some innermarina rap groups to get up some nasty baggy rimes. The blues is too much like music. We need to embarrass these buzzards now!

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FYI
Interlux, maker of Intersleek (formerly Veridian?), an untouchable antifouling as far as we are concerned, has been gobbled up by a global chemical corp called Akzo Nobel.
Their companies make industrial, powder, automotive, marine and Sikkens coatings. They call themselves "a respected member of society". When you think of it a rather insipid way of publically describing themselves. I don't see why any special trust or dispensation should be given to this megalosorb. But they do business in countries with vastly superior environmental records than the USA. One can only hope it has an effect here!