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Simple Method For Gathering Oil Slick
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| May 13, 2010
| CWRoberts
Posted on 05/13/2010 4:14:12 PM PDT by TexasCajun
The simple method is usually the most effective.
K.I.S.S. -- Keep It Simple Stupic
Simple Oil Gathering Just Might Work
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: oil; slick
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I had a friend email me this, the controlled experiment works great.
To: TexasCajun
they say hair works good.
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posted on
05/13/2010 4:20:16 PM PDT
by
the invisib1e hand
(the five of the five is the two of the one.)
To: TexasCajun
Fire booms and burning the oil immediately is the government approved method of containment. Proved to work by the government.
Once the Obama-spill wasn’t contained, the government had no fire booms, it was Katy bar the door.
So who is going to tell the truth?
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posted on
05/13/2010 4:21:37 PM PDT
by
Tarpon
(Obama-Speak ... the fusion of sophistry and Newspeak. It's not a gift, it's just lies.)
To: the invisib1e hand
and if it washes ashore, you just collect it like seaweed.
To: TexasCajun
And if washed ashore or collected, the oil could be extracted from the hay I imagine
Or just used as-is as a fuel in electric producing plants or anywhere else that needs a fuel
Steam engines on trains. Oops they don't use those anymore
Another idea is to use large suction machines to vacuum up the oil/water mix and then separate the two.
Empty tankers could be brought in to haul the mixture to shore.
Then the leaked oil could be refined and used same as if it was pumped out of the well.
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posted on
05/13/2010 4:26:42 PM PDT
by
Syncro
(November is hunting season. No bag limit-Ted Nugent)
To: TexasCajun
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posted on
05/13/2010 4:27:39 PM PDT
by
the invisib1e hand
(the five of the five is the two of the one.)
To: TexasCajun
Southern ingenuity at its finest!
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posted on
05/13/2010 4:33:59 PM PDT
by
Jim Hill
To: TexasCajun
it appears no one really comprehends the true size of the problem in the Gulf right now.
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posted on
05/13/2010 4:35:38 PM PDT
by
kpp_kpp
To: TexasCajun
Eco-salvation from a Bubba in Bib Overalls. LOL!
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posted on
05/13/2010 4:38:36 PM PDT
by
TruthHound
("He who does not punish evil commands it to be done." --Leonardo da Vinci)
To: TexasCajun
Have these guys really figured out how much hay it would take to clean up any significant amount of the oil? They said they used a quarter pound of the alfalfa, and the amount of oil looked to be about 4 ounces. If 200,000 gallons are leaking in just one day, the amount of hay needed to clean up just ONE DAY'S worth of oil is about 800 tons, or about 1.77 million 90 lb. bales.
Completely unworkable.
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posted on
05/13/2010 4:54:57 PM PDT
by
giotto
To: giotto
Completely unworkable.Not when dispersed from cargo planes. A fleet of C-130s could do it. Load bales, fly over spill, open ramp and door, cut string/wire, have at it.
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posted on
05/13/2010 5:00:14 PM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(Liberal Logic: Mandatory health insurance is constitutional - enforcing immigration law is not.)
To: Jim Hill
I wonder if grits could be used somehow?
To: IYAS9YAS
gunna need a longer spatula.
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posted on
05/13/2010 5:03:52 PM PDT
by
stylin19a
(Never buy a putter until you first get a chance to throw it)
To: TexasCajun
We don't live in a vacuum.
There go the hay prices, unintended consequences and all. Beef prices go up. Horse owner's begin to evaluate selling....
OTOH, I think it doesn't matter what you use to “Coagulate” the oil. They could use the chipped and shredded Christmas trees from last season. or all the grass clippings from the golf courses around the USA. Not that I don't want
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posted on
05/13/2010 5:03:52 PM PDT
by
BoneHead
To: BoneHead
We don't live in a vacuum. There go the hay prices, unintended consequences and all. Beef prices go up. Horse owner's begin to evaluate selling.... OTOH, I think it doesn't matter what you use to “Coagulate” the oil. They could use the chipped and shredded Christmas trees from last season. or all the grass clippings from the golf courses around the USA. Not that I don't want
the hay growers to profit. I just wonder why we choose things that already fill a position in our economy.....Sorry for the incomplete thought.
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posted on
05/13/2010 5:09:42 PM PDT
by
BoneHead
To: the invisib1e hand
they say hair works good.
There is a lady here in California who is collecting hair for just this purpose.
She already has tons of it and is requesting donations from individuals as well as hairdressers and barbers.....heard about it on a local radio station.
To: TexasCajun
How do you get to the 80 percent of the oil that’s not on the surface?
To: TexasCajun
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posted on
05/13/2010 6:07:21 PM PDT
by
Hillbillary
(I know how to deal with Communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
To: IYAS9YAS
Not when dispersed from cargo planes. A fleet of C-130s could do it. Load bales, fly over spill, open ramp and door, cut string/wire, have at it. LOL! A million bales a day?
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posted on
05/13/2010 6:34:46 PM PDT
by
Balding_Eagle
(Overproduction, one of the top five worries of the American Farmer each and every year..)
To: TruthHound
Right! One pair of bibs is worth how many college degrees?
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