Let me know what you think of this video!

[Iowawegian]

http://www.wimp.com/solutionoil/

 

Could this really work?

[Kregerdoodle]

They have been doing this for a number of years, not sure why BP or others havn`t used it yet..

 

 

 

http://www.wimp.com/solutionoil/

 

Could this really work?

[Hummingbird]

Too simple - Too cheap - gotta cost millions to be effective.

[a1bummer]

I'd say it's worth a try. You could put the grass/hay through a centrifuge to reclaim most of the oil so it could still be refined.

 

Salons and vet clinics have been collecting the hair for the same purpose.

 

There's also Petroleum Remediation Product (PRP). I haven't heard anything about it being used on this oil spill yet. There's also S-200. I'm not sur if it's based on the same beeswax technology, but it would also break down the oil naturally.

 

Petroleum Remediation Product (PRP)

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/322180/petroleum_remediation_product_prp_biodegradable.html

 

 

S-200 Oil Remediation

http://www.iepusa.com/our-products-mainmenu-33/s-200-mainmenu-50.html

[eazyduzzit]

I don't know. He was careful to only pour a couple of ounces of oil into the bowl, then he he mashed the grass down with a strainer "to simulate waves". I would think if you wanted to simulate waves you would just slosh the bowl back and forth. O course it probably works better with the strainer stirring it, so that's why he does it this way for the video.

Why not use a sham-wow?

I'm sure it's going to soak up some of the oil, and they are already using similar materials to do it, so I don't think these guys are introducing anything new.

[uechi kid]

And potentially they can take that oil soaked hay, put it in a furnace and burn it, heat water in a boiler to make steam that spins a turbine that creates electricity.... Naaa, What was I thinking.

[Brake Pad]

I don't know about you, But I love to eat sea food. I'd volunteer, to go out and drop the hay into the waters, COME PICK ME UP!!!!!

[saddlebum]

Thirty five years ago I worked for a company that used to haul bunker oil and any time they had a spill into lakes or rivers. the cleanup up crew always used hay just like in the video and always seemed to work. They would spread it out, leave it for a couple day,s or up to a week and then scoop it up.