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KingOfPain CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Disgusted! Posts: 1935 North America Gender:	Interesting Oil Spill Solution May 12^th, 2010 at 10:55pm Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!! You need to or Would this work on a large scale & with the type of oil in the gulf? I say it's worth a try! A+ for the idea/effort gents.
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-johnny- CH.com Sponsor Offline theres no smoking on the dock Posts: 1642 fayette county ohio Gender:	Re: Interesting Oil Spill Solution Reply #1 - May 12^th, 2010 at 11:53pm i dunno why it wouldn't work. that would be a shit load of hay though
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Callico CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Author of "Stranded at Romson's Lodge Posts: 4916 Aurora IL Gender:	Re: Interesting Oil Spill Solution Reply #2 - May 13^th, 2010 at 12:49am All I got was two advertisements to buy software to download LiveLeak videos.
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-johnny- CH.com Sponsor Offline theres no smoking on the dock Posts: 1642 fayette county ohio Gender:	Re: Interesting Oil Spill Solution Reply #3 - May 13^th, 2010 at 1:11am Callico wrote on May 13^th, 2010 at 12:49am: All I got was two advertisements to buy software to download LiveLeak videos. jerry i think all you need is the latest version of flash player.
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BigMatt CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Live to ride, ride to live. Posts: 1089 Mountain View, CA Gender:	Re: Interesting Oil Spill Solution Reply #4 - May 13^th, 2010 at 11:26am Worth a try and if it works there are a lot of farmers that would benefit from selling their hay to the cleanup crews. I like it they should give it a try.
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Reply #5 - May 13^th, 2010 at 11:34am

Callico wrote on May 13^th, 2010 at 12:49am:

All I got was two advertisements to buy software to download LiveLeak videos.

Here is a YouTube link, hope it works for you.

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Could Hay Help With Oil Spill Disaster?
Wednesday, May 12, 2010

WILDWOOD -- Darryl Carpenter, vice president of Florida-based CW Roberts Contracting, and subcontractor Otis Goodson mixed hay into bowls of water and oil.

In just moments, the oil sticks to the hay and just the water is left.

“It is impressive. We don't know that it will work in the open water, but we think that there is a chance to do it,” said Chuck Roberts, CW Roberts Contracting president.

CW Roberts Contracting largely works in road construction. They say they use hay every day to prevent erosion, as well as contaminants from going into sensitive areas.

“We just took that knowledge and we thought maybe this would work,” Roberts said. “Once we tried it and saw it worked in the lab, we thought maybe it was worth letting other people look at it and see if this was a way to prevent some areas from being damaged by the oil spill.”

The company says they just want a chance to test the theory that this could be part of the fix to clean up BP's oil spill.

“I'm sure it won't take care of the whole problem in the Gulf. It's important that the flow of the oil is stopped as soon as possible,” Roberts said. “But there are certain areas, especially if they're isolated that we think it has real potential, and all we need is a change in the current and it will get much more serious for Florida than it is right now.”

The company said they have heard some concerns that turtles and other sea life could eat the oil covered hay before it's removed. They believe the risk is even worse if something isn't done soon.

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Potter CH.com Alumnus Offline Team MOOSE DROOL Stinky Stuff on a Hook Prostaff Posts: 3600 Blgs.Mt. Gender:	Re: Interesting Oil Spill Solution Reply #6 - May 13^th, 2010 at 12:13pm -johnny- wrote on May 12^th, 2010 at 11:53pm: i dunno why it wouldn't work. that would be a shit load of hay though Hay is about a hundred bucks a ton. It looks good in two inches of water but what about in two hundred feet of water. Would It sink? Potter
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Reply #7 - May 13^th, 2010 at 4:19pm

Potter wrote on May 13^th, 2010 at 12:13pm:

-johnny- wrote on May 12^th, 2010 at 11:53pm:

i dunno why it wouldn't work. that would be a shit load of hay though

Hay is about a hundred bucks a ton. It looks good in two inches of water but what about in two hundred feet of water. Would It sink?

Potter

i would imagine it would until it gets saturated. bout the only thing i could tell ya about hay is a few inches of rain on an untarped load of hay = a few thousand pounds. if it sits there long enough it will probably sink

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Linda_Howell CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Do not feed the Moderators Posts: 11927 Santa Maria, Ca. Gender:	Re: Interesting Oil Spill Solution Reply #8 - May 13^th, 2010 at 4:35pm I may have been dreaming it, but I thought I heard on some newscast, that beauty salons across the country were being asked to donate all hair that they cut. Hair is an excellent absorber. O.K. You can all laugh at me now because I probably dreamt it.
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Jimi CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Don't feed the moderators Posts: 4925 Madisonville, KY Gender:	Re: Interesting Oil Spill Solution Reply #9 - May 13^th, 2010 at 4:38pm
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Linda_Howell CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Do not feed the Moderators Posts: 11927 Santa Maria, Ca. Gender:	Re: Interesting Oil Spill Solution Reply #10 - May 13^th, 2010 at 4:53pm and ain't it funny how YOU are the first one to laugh. edit to add: I should have done this search BEFORE I posted. Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!! You need to or . At least hair doesn't cost anything.
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Mosaicwench CH.com Sponsor Offline www.mosaicwench.com Posts: 3507 Near Milwaukee WI, USA Gender:	Re: Interesting Oil Spill Solution Reply #11 - May 13^th, 2010 at 5:31pm I've heard of dog groomers saving up the hair they trim for this purpose, too. The Gulf is gonna smell like a giant wet dog . . . .
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Charlie CH.com Alumnus Offline Happy to be here Posts: 18971 Jamestown, NY Gender:	Re: Interesting Oil Spill Solution Reply #12 - May 13^th, 2010 at 7:26pm Quote: I may have been dreaming it, but I thought I heard on some newscast, that beauty salons across the country were being asked to donate all hair that they cut. Hair is an excellent absorber. I read about this too but I can't remember where. It sounds weird. I understand it but come on.... Charlie
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Reply #13 - May 14^th, 2010 at 1:39pm

We are very cautious about using the 'solution' word around here - hay is a response that might be useful in some spots, but is not a solution or cure for this type of cluster f#@%. Thousands of miles of coast line ... that's a lot of straw, hair or kitty litter.

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The outer boundary of what we currently believe is feasible is far short of what we actually must do.

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