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15 comments:
this looks good. too bad all the oil is not in little metal pots
9:57 get real - the guy said they have massive amounts of hay they could use for the purpose, did you listen?
9:57
I am so grateful that I am not totally stupid. I am also grateful that I am not idiotic enough to write on a blog to demonstrate my utter lack of education. On the other hand, you are at least smart enough to hide your identity - so touchee!
Imagine spreading A LOT OF HAY on the entire Gulf of Mexico where the oil persists. Imagine stirring it into the water to soak up the oil which has conveniently been "dispersed" (making it much more difficult to gather). This hay idea is a great idea!
Only a smart person can recognize another smart person's great idea.
10:54 and 10:52
and after you spread a lot of hay, where does it go? To the shore, and creates a big a mess as we are having now. I just do not see they have a containment plan for this hay. In theory this is a good idea for a small containment area. I do not believe this will work in this case. Sorry. And sorry also that you feel the need to call someone names and demean them. It's a shame that every opinion other than yours is wrong. Good luck on that.
Excellant Idea !!!! Lets Do It !!!
11:16
Enough said. On the other hand, I'll bet you are glad that you aren't stupid either. Ha
I personally think this is a great Idea...I am sorry some of you can't get pass how these guys talk and look..to see how the hay is environmentally safe and effective way to collect the oil...so what kind of mess is easier to clean up...the oil or the hay??? hmmm im going to guess the hay...You all complain and nag more than my 88 year old negative minded grandfather!
So if you're concerned about the hay washing up onto the shores, what do you think all the HAIR they are using is going to do?!
I'd rather take tractors on the beaches and rake up all the hay and hair than to just let all the oil come in and seep!
Try being part of the solution instead of doing the blame game, the damning of others and negative angle on issues!
I think they used the pots as a demonstration. I can easily see from the demo that the idea would work on a large scale.
If you can't see that, then maybe you are somewhat well, stupid.
I just love how sense the spill started, this blog is full of oil recovery experts.
Guess it's lucky that it's motor oil coming out of the ground instead of the crude sludge that usually gets piped up. Because I bet the sludge doesn't soak up so easily.
You know, it is worth a try. The oil is in long slicks in the ocean. I believe it would be easier to clean up on the beach attached to hay. I am sure it will not get all of it, but if it got half or even a quarter, wouldn't we be better off? Would the burning method they were trying in the ocean be easier if the oil was attached to hay? I would like to see it tried in a controlled area and check the recovery rate. Why stop at hay? I am sure there are millions of tons of undesireable weeds that could be harvested.
For you naysayers I found this.
"Hay Was Used Successfully On The 1969 Santa Barbara Oil Spill
The same technique was used in the historic Santa Barbara Channel oil spill. On January 28, 1969, there was a blowout at an offshore oil rig, Platform A, several miles off the coast of the city of Santa Barbara in the Santa Barbara Channel.
The spill galvanized national and world attention to the potential nightmare and dangers of offshore drilling... Some of the efforts to contain small parts of the oil slick with booms kept it relatively confined...
The loss of wildlife was considerable...
Some dispersants were used but the best technique turned out to be hay... The hay, endless of bales of it, were trucked into Santa Barbara and driven out onto the Stearns Wharf pier where it was loaded onto a small fleet of oil service boats, volunteer vessels and a few barges.
The smaller boats cruised through the oil while men with pitchforks tossed hay from the decks of the boats down onto the oil-covered water. A couple of the larger oil boats had big blowers which were used to shoot streams of hay out over a much wider area of the water around the boat. However, because no one was prepared for the disaster, much of the work was done by hand The hay DID absorb and stick to the oil.. and as the gooey black masses floated ashore, volunteers of all ages scooped up the clumps from the surf and pulled and dragged them ashore. Scenes similar to these will likely be repeated in many areas of the Gulf Coast over the coming weeks and months...
On the beaches, the oil that had already washed ashore, and was coming in with each wave, was covered with hay by hundreds of workers.
In the end, the oil-soaked hay was then scraped up by heavy equipment, piled up and finally hauled away in dump trucks."
The other idea is that the shrimpers can use their nets out in the ocean to catch some of the hay before it even has a chance to make it to shore.
So go ahead and be part of the problem rather than what might be a soulution.
you guys arent looking at the big picture, yes there is oil on top of the water, but what about the 10 mile oil slick UNDERNEATH the water? Hay floats, so what are you going to do with the oil that is underwater (which according to the EPA is a majority of what we are dealing with)How do you go 5,000 underwater with a buoyant material? And once you do, how do you prevent that water and oil logged hay from either A. Sinking to the bottom, or B. Drifting all over creation in the current? Seriously people use your brains
oil company dont care they will bill u and , thanks bush/cheney
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