Hay for Oil Spill Cleanup!

[lauralynne]

I saw this on Christine's FB (Volunteerchin22) and thought you all should see this video, too.
These guys have come up with a way to help clean up the oil spill using....HAY!!!!!!!

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

 

[Lynn & The Chins]

What a GREAT idea!!! I just hope that it doesn't drive up the price of timothy hay for the chinnies!!!

 

[tunes]

Huh - I don't care if it drives hay through the roof for the chins, and I have horses that need it too. If they don't get that oil spill under control, a lot more is going to suffer than just some hay.

I wonder if BP will listen??

 

[RDZCRanch]

Another great idea that works really well. I'm signed up with them so I get updates on what they're doing in the golf. They contacted BP and they want more information on the hair booms and are pretty sure they will be utilizing them more.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwQOD_Ir2vQ

 

[addictedtochins]

Chins to the rescue! Throw in fur slips, chinny dust and hay!!

 

[menagerie]

I had heard about the hair booms and hair mats. The hay is definitely a good idea also. Perhaps they could use both.

 

[Olallie]

How does Hay soak up the oil??

 

[tunes]

It doesn't soak it up. The hay actually adheres to it, rather than being absorbed by it. So when you pick the hay up and remove it, the oil is clinging to it and you get the oil too.

 

[Olallie]

Oh that's neat!

 

[alli713]

The grooming salon I work at actually collects the fur to send out to be put in those hair booms.

It really is interesting!

 

[smhufflepuff]

What happens to the hair booms after they've been used to soak up oil? Anyone know where they go?

 

[Kalandra]

Supposedly hair can be wrung out and reused a few times... at least that is what I read in a local magazine this weekend. http://matteroftrust.org has some interesting videos of how well hair works. I liked this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W68L53WkIAw

 

[Spoof]

What happens to the hair booms after they've been used to soak up oil? Anyone know where they go?

They get incinerated. That's the problem with using something as volatile as hay - it can and does spontaneously combust in the climate down here. That would really suck if it did it and lit the slicks on fire. We're breaking and setting record highs (95-98) plus heat index, so it's miserable out on the gulf right now.