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2010-05-21 Science & Technology

Rednecks With a Simple & Cheap Way to Clean Up Oil Spill

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2010-05-21 13:51|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 It won't work - there's no chance of graft for the politicians.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-05-21 14:06|| 2010-05-21 14:06|| Front Page Top

#2 This type of thinking is what makes America great.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2010-05-21 14:19|| 2010-05-21 14:19|| Front Page Top

#3 It's simple, effective amd cheap.
It'll never be used BECAUSE it's simple, effective and cheap.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2010-05-21 14:20|| 2010-05-21 14:20|| Front Page Top

#4 Ummm, just had a sudden thought, ask all the lawnmowing firms to put lawn grass trimmings in a trailer truck and deliver to the coast, this would be almost free, just the fuel for the semis and boats already there.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2010-05-21 14:30|| 2010-05-21 14:30|| Front Page Top

#5 Too simple. A university professor with a pHd in environmental impact of hay on water will need to be study it for 10-12 years first.

Besides, a redneck came up with it - what do they know?

Posted by CrazyFool 2010-05-21 15:06|| 2010-05-21 15:06|| Front Page Top

#6 Well shit! That's fucking awesome! All we need is 5,000 sq miles of hay! Then it can be moved into barges (we'll need some barges) and used to distill ethanol! Damn! this is huge!

tl;dr;

Hay is already used in estuaries. Cows would starve, everyone be hungry and kookier if we took all teh hay.

Posted by Shipman 2010-05-21 18:15|| 2010-05-21 18:15|| Front Page Top

#7 The fate of the Gulf lies in the hands of ... Kevin Costner.

I wish him well.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2010-05-21 18:51|| 2010-05-21 18:51|| Front Page Top

#8 I recall the Torrey Canyon oil spill 40 or so years ago off the UK. They got the RAF to drop napalm bombs on the oil slick. The good old days.

Posted by phil_b 2010-05-21 19:32|| 2010-05-21 19:32|| Front Page Top

#9 Hay is fine for small spills but not something of this magnitude.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2010-05-21 20:29|| 2010-05-21 20:29|| Front Page Top

#10 Costner may handle the bulk of it but the hay idea would hopefully work on the barrier islands and closer coastal area. I think this something the fishermen could do.

Posted by Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2010-05-21 22:15|| 2010-05-21 22:15|| Front Page Top

#11 Hay is fine for small spills but not something of this magnitude.

It would be interesting to see how long it would take for all that oil to surface. If it would surface in a reasonable time, I think this guy may be on to something. It could be combined with napalm or something, too. They would need a cargo ship or oil tanker to ring the affected area with hay, and then a few more to get to work inside the ring.

Posted by gorb 2010-05-21 22:43|| 2010-05-21 22:43|| Front Page Top

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