Capitalism Saved the Miners

2010. október 15. 11:06

If those miners had been trapped a half-mile down like this 25 years ago anywhere on earth, they would be dead.

2010. október 15. 11:06
„If those miners had been trapped a half-mile down like this 25 years ago anywhere on earth, they would be dead. What happened over the past 25 years that meant the difference between life and death for those men?

Short answer: the Center Rock drill bit.

This is the miracle bit that drilled down to the trapped miners. Center Rock Inc. is a private company in Berlin, Pa. It has 74 employees. The drill's rig came from Schramm Inc. in West Chester, Pa. Seeing the disaster, Center Rock's president, Brandon Fisher, called the Chileans to offer his drill. Chile accepted. The miners are alive.

Longer answer: The Center Rock drill, heretofore not featured on websites like Engadget or Gizmodo, is in fact a piece of tough technology developed by a small company in it for the money, for profit. That's why they innovated down-the-hole hammer drilling. If they make money, they can do more innovation.

This profit = innovation dynamic was everywhere at that Chilean mine. The high-strength cable winding around the big wheel atop that simple rig is from Germany. Japan supplied the super-flexible, fiber-optic communications cable that linked the miners to the world above.”
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Netuddgi
2010. október 17. 12:25
Ez még a Galamus csoportól is gyenge lenne.
Locassen
2010. október 15. 13:31
yeah, and what caused them having been trapped in that mine? Capitalism, namely the owners of the mine who did not equip the escape tunnel with a ladder - either for negligence or cost-saving - and thus they could not get out by themselves. idiot.
crm114
2010. október 15. 11:37
Mostantól ezt a cikket fogom megmutatni, ha valaki azt állítja, hogy bezzeg a WSJ az egy komoly lap.
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