What you can do to help the gulf oil cleanup effort.

SwampDonkey · June 08, 2010, 04:34:54 PM

OK, if your ready for this one go to this link. Hair Hair Hair. Lot a laughing matter mind you. ;)

http://www.matteroftrust.org

Magicman · June 08, 2010, 05:36:40 PM

No No No. There was a big article in Sunday's newspaper regarding this. It didn't work

Think about it. Hair is already oily and has no absorption qualities.

sprucebunny · June 08, 2010, 05:57:21 PM

The business about hair being oil absorbant is silly. I get oil in my hair all the time and it is less absorbant than paper, cotton, wood chips, polyester fleece or wool. The only way most of those textiles have a benefit is because of surface area of the fiber and the cling factor of oil. When packed in those little booms, even steel shavings would "absorb" oil. :D

SwampDonkey · June 08, 2010, 06:50:36 PM

They're still gung hoe and carrying on with it. It was just on the radio today here and they seem to be determined. ;)

Warbird · June 08, 2010, 07:28:23 PM

Or you could develop something like this person did: http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/06/08/1746225/Cloth-Successfully-Separates-Oil-From-Gulf-Water

Tom · June 08, 2010, 07:50:39 PM

You could issue treated bathing suits to surfers, but what do you do with the oil bucket (marshes).

That scatter-straw-everywhere idea, the other day, sounded like a good one to me.

Dang had a suggestion that might work. You put a vessel out there loaded with 50 gallon drums and issue the drums to anyone who wants to collect the oil. Then BP buys the filled drum at $87per each.

There would be a long line of fishermen selling oil to the tanker ship. The drums would be emptied and given back to the collector for another trip. I would even take some of that action.