I received this yesterday in one of those viral e-mails that goes around. It purports to be the fucking simple solution to cleanup of the oil spill, thought up by 2 "simple" farmers.
The answer: Hay.
http://mitchell-langbert.blogspot.co...
It seems the perfect complement to Fishgrease's diary on the art of
fucking booming that is now on the recommend list. A great read, btw.
If Fishgrease can lasso up all that oil, these boys have the way to get the oil out of the water before it makes landfall, and maybe offset some of the financial losses to the area, along the way. According to these guys, even if it does hit the beaches the oil would be easier to cleanup attached to the hay. Heck, maybe they can makes booms out of bales of hay strung together. Instead of the oil washing over the booms when swells are too high, it would stick to the bales.
In addition, if the leak cannot be capped, the amount of hay necessary to keep mopping it up could turn into a financial windfall for farmers all over the world.
Just thought I would pass it along, and let the dk scientists pass judgement. Is this a teabagger, damn those overthinking bureaucrats idea. Or does it have merit?