I think those farmers may have just found themselves a contract with BP.
Amazing Simple Method to Clean Up the Oil Spill, page 1
reply posted on 7-5-2010 @ 03:16 PM by ohioriver
Isn't oil that comes straight out of the ground, before being processed, black? What is it with all the red oil? Is this some deception to hide
carbon sequestration gone horribly wrong?
express.howstuffworks.com...
Oil is a gooey, slippery black fluid that comes out of the ground. Sometimes it's close to the surface and actually bubbles out of the ground
Edited to add this:
en.wikipedia.org...
Red oil is defined as a substance of varying composition formed when an organic solution, typically tri-n-butyl phosphate (TBP, an agent used for extracting heavy metals in nuclear reprocessing plants) and its diluent, comes in contact with concentrated nitric acid at a temperature above 120 °C.
I think there is more going on than they are telling us. Maybe hay should be tested on the red oil cause I don't think that is regular oil.
[edit on 7-5-2010 by ohioriver]
express.howstuffworks.com...
Oil is a gooey, slippery black fluid that comes out of the ground. Sometimes it's close to the surface and actually bubbles out of the ground
Edited to add this:
en.wikipedia.org...
Red oil is defined as a substance of varying composition formed when an organic solution, typically tri-n-butyl phosphate (TBP, an agent used for extracting heavy metals in nuclear reprocessing plants) and its diluent, comes in contact with concentrated nitric acid at a temperature above 120 °C.
I think there is more going on than they are telling us. Maybe hay should be tested on the red oil cause I don't think that is regular oil.
[edit on 7-5-2010 by ohioriver]
reply posted on 7-5-2010 @ 03:20 PM by The_Zomar
Originally posted by ohioriver
Isn't oil that comes straight out of the ground, before being processed, black? What is it with all the red oil? Is this some deception to hide carbon sequestration gone horribly wrong?
express.howstuffworks.com...
Oil is a gooey, slippery black fluid that comes out of the ground. Sometimes it's close to the surface and actually bubbles out of the ground
I haven't thought about this. Sure the hay may cleanup motor oil but how does it compare to the oil that is jetting into the ocean. Is it the same? If so, please send me a gallon or so... my car could used it.
reply posted on 7-5-2010 @ 03:39 PM by Tragic
This is a really good idea IMO. I hope they decide to use this if it will work. I also saw a video earlier today about salons saving up hair, yup
that's right hair for use in the clean up. If the hair works, well that would be great but I would rather see the hay beng used. I would think it
would be easier to clean up after it's done it job than hair (Ewww). I will post a link to the video if I can find it again.
Ok don't knoe where the video was but here is a link to a news story on it:
Human hair use for oil spill
Also, I was reading of pet hair being used as well. Makes sense to me.
As far as the oil being that weird red. I thought that was due to whomever spraying some kind of chemical onto the oil to break it up so it's not just one huge slick. I could be mistaken though and recalling wrongly. I will look into this as well and post any link I can find.
Thank you for the video OP. It brought my hopes up a good bit seeing this. Now, if those BP idiots could manage to stop the actualy spill we might be heading in the right direction.
Edited to add- I can't find anything saying why it's red. Maybe I misunderstood something but I could have sworn that was the cause. Now this is really going to bug me
~Tragic~
[edit on 7-5-2010 by Tragic]
Ok don't knoe where the video was but here is a link to a news story on it:
Human hair use for oil spill
Also, I was reading of pet hair being used as well. Makes sense to me.
As far as the oil being that weird red. I thought that was due to whomever spraying some kind of chemical onto the oil to break it up so it's not just one huge slick. I could be mistaken though and recalling wrongly. I will look into this as well and post any link I can find.
Thank you for the video OP. It brought my hopes up a good bit seeing this. Now, if those BP idiots could manage to stop the actualy spill we might be heading in the right direction.
Edited to add- I can't find anything saying why it's red. Maybe I misunderstood something but I could have sworn that was the cause. Now this is really going to bug me
~Tragic~
[edit on 7-5-2010 by Tragic]
reply posted on 7-5-2010 @ 07:32 PM by Key2life
reply to post by nixie_nox
This wasn't a proposed solution for stopping the leak. It was a solution to the oil slick floating above the water. So it would be used after they plugged the hole.
This wasn't a proposed solution for stopping the leak. It was a solution to the oil slick floating above the water. So it would be used after they plugged the hole.
greply posted on 7-5-2010 @ 07:50 PM by ALlENATlON
reply to post by nixie_nox
You honestly think anybody figured this was a possible solution to stop the oil leak?
This is obviously a demonstration of how we can clean up the oil spill if and when we can stop the leak. It isn't gonna be a leak forever, whether we stop it or it drains but one thing is certain we need to be able to clean it up.
You honestly think anybody figured this was a possible solution to stop the oil leak?
This is obviously a demonstration of how we can clean up the oil spill if and when we can stop the leak. It isn't gonna be a leak forever, whether we stop it or it drains but one thing is certain we need to be able to clean it up.
reply posted on 7-5-2010 @ 08:07 PM by argentus
reply to post by schrodingers dog
Right, dawg. You probably noticed that the area of the hay was greated than that of the oil in the demonstration. However, 1. Are there fields of moldy hay that cannot be sold and might be transported to the Gulf? and 2. Will the oil-soaked hay stay within containment of, say, a sorbent boom?
y'gotta love people working on the problem. That gives me hope that they even give a crap enough to try it and share their method.
Dispersants are more than mere surfactants, but I wonder if a very dense surfactant (TSP?) might cause the crude to coalesce more?
Right, dawg. You probably noticed that the area of the hay was greated than that of the oil in the demonstration. However, 1. Are there fields of moldy hay that cannot be sold and might be transported to the Gulf? and 2. Will the oil-soaked hay stay within containment of, say, a sorbent boom?
y'gotta love people working on the problem. That gives me hope that they even give a crap enough to try it and share their method.
Dispersants are more than mere surfactants, but I wonder if a very dense surfactant (TSP?) might cause the crude to coalesce more?
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