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Hay, the quicker picker upperer! (oil remedy)
Posted on 5/5/10 at 9:54 pm
Posted on 5/5/10 at 9:54 pm
Last week the Walton County Sheriffs Office and Emergency Operations held townhall meeting to discuss the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
During that meeting, officials asked for any idea's for dealing with the oil should it come to our county.
Wouldn't ya know, leave to good ole American ingenuity.
No need for adding more chemicals into the Gulf.
No need for booms that are 90% ineffective.
And the solution is about as green as it gets.
Answer, hay and bahia grass.
LINK
Click the link and watch the video. The second or third one down. I think they are both the same.
FYI, the guys in the video are with the local road building and repaving company.
BTW, they showed BP officials at a meeting in neighboring Okaloosa County the same thing. Apparently they had never heard of hay being used and were quite amazed at the results.
One good ole boy in denim overalls = 20 PhDs.
During that meeting, officials asked for any idea's for dealing with the oil should it come to our county.
Wouldn't ya know, leave to good ole American ingenuity.
No need for adding more chemicals into the Gulf.
No need for booms that are 90% ineffective.
And the solution is about as green as it gets.
Answer, hay and bahia grass.
LINK
Click the link and watch the video. The second or third one down. I think they are both the same.
FYI, the guys in the video are with the local road building and repaving company.
BTW, they showed BP officials at a meeting in neighboring Okaloosa County the same thing. Apparently they had never heard of hay being used and were quite amazed at the results.
One good ole boy in denim overalls = 20 PhDs.
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Posted on 5/5/10 at 10:16 pm to dr smartass phd
That is f******'n amazing. I hope BP and Bobby read this board.
Posted on 5/5/10 at 10:38 pm to Butch Baum
quote:
That is f******'n amazing. I hope BP and Bobby read this board.
Ditto.
Posted on 5/6/10 at 1:00 am to dr smartass phd
I hope this gets to the right people. Also hope the guy can get paid for his idea. 
Posted on 5/6/10 at 1:20 am to dr smartass phd
I see no reason not to use it. Worth a try.
Posted on 5/6/10 at 1:36 am to MoreOrLes
Good for the Hay Farmers around here Also!!!
Posted on 5/6/10 at 1:41 am to dr smartass phd
I thought the question from the reprter was assinine. "is it In the hay or on the hay?"
Posted on 5/6/10 at 5:34 am to dr smartass phd
Hay bales have been used for years on dry dock to prevent oil spills from going into the water. Great idea.
Posted on 5/6/10 at 7:50 am to dr smartass phd
LINK
From Yesterday.
One of the negatives on the hay from the thread.
From Yesterday.
One of the negatives on the hay from the thread.
quote:
interesting: the question was presented to the LSU engineering department about using Bagasse (bi-product of Sugar cane harvesting)to absorb the floating oil.
Their reply "problem may be stimulation of blooms due to resulting low dissolved oxygen. this is of course creating a different problem but still a better option than the chemicals.
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