solution for Mexico Gulf Oil Spill Clean-up

[murphypaul9712]

Great insight here. Thank you for that information! Keep your videos coming...

[DiamondBabyy10]

but how would this be effective? You can't take the whole ocean and drain the oil out of it.

[signupsucksass]

all we need to do is hold up the ocean and pour it through a cloth the size of cuba.

[Metaledge100]

That's cool. Too bad mother nature already cleared up the mess on it's own or they could have tried this out.

Hahahahahaha.

[mangp]

soy sauce

[tHaTaSiAnGuY2010]

you see, where you were wrong is that it didn't completlely seperate the oil and sea water. There were still strands of oil I saw. So, you take of 90 or 95% of the oil in the container. What about the rest?

[lordnaddy]

So ur saying that were gonna use a giant ass filter to clean this shit up? I doubt you thought this through. If this were possible, we would have done it by now.

[ThePeanutbutterz]

and u r going to do that with the whole ocean? thingy???

[moosepupp92]

BILLY MAYS HERE WITH THE CHEMICALLY TREATED COTTON CLOTH. SEE HOW THE WATER GOES RIGHT THROUGH, LEAVING OILY WATER AS A THING OF THE PAST

[tracy55318]

How toxic are the chemicals used to treat the cotton cloth?

[stillframe182]

Spread the Truth and listen

watch?v=5yyKxh4hgSY

pass it along

[radicalgarbage02]

Holy shit you guys whine a lot!

Did you ever consider that cleaning up big messes takes time? Just sending people out there with no plan just wastes time, and you're not being heard by anyone important by posting a simple little comment on YouTube...

Of course, look who I'm talking to.... a bunch of selfish and useless people.

I'm not a commie, and yes I'm from the USA, but apparently I'm a rarity among fools.

Thumbs up if you're not an impatient asshole!

[Edward27871]

Awesome!

[MrManiac64]

just get a big massive piece of that tie an end to 2 boats and you'll be set :D

[1996rsb]

good job, but is the methylene chloride and bezene that are colorless still in the water where you separated it?

[mik3ync89]

BP or the clean up crews need to use this or I'm going to sue the shit out of the government For blatant disregard to tools that provide solutions!!

[cash1234cash]

excellent video!! seriously..but my only question is how would u do this underwater??

[mik3ync89]

@cash1234cash I think just dragging the cloth throught the water would pick up all the nasty stuff. I hope.

[cash1234cash]

@mik3ync89 i dont see that happening for some reason!! cause we're talking about a BIG amount of water...

[undertakerRach]

Has Green Peace helped sea animals for Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico?

The Korean company which name is Hyundai Heavy Industries must help Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico in the U.S!! Many sea animals cry!

[davidruedy]

that would be tight if they could do this

[Pianoman0488]

GO PITT!

Excellent video!

[fatguyalex23]

and fuck the animals that get caught in it. They are dead already if they are swimming in thick crude oil.

[MaZe741]

yay lets filter the oceans, great idea.... should be done by this weekend and life goes on. BRILLIANT

[thesadnap]

way to separate oil from water:

Step 1: put oil in water.

Step 2: ??

Step 3: Profit

[ArkBlitz]

When you're able to make it on big scale, talk with the seniors at BP and tell them to finance the mass production.

[digsart]

That's what I'm talking about!!! It works?! YAY! Good video! ;) ♥

[aronmustang69]

So what? You're just gonna pick up the Gulf and poor it into a cup with some filter on it? How is this a solution?

[13098519]

I have several of those air purifier's in my home.. cant we apply that same technology and principal, but under water instead? Just build several hundred giant purifiers and let them chill in the ocean.. perhaps add this guys idea to it.. change out the filters every so often.. make them run at low rpm's so as not to suck in wildlife etc.. Hell, let passing ships tug some of these behind them as they cross the gulf.. anything is anything that helps right? so far we have nothing..

[xExileTEAM]

you guys still need to ask yourself these questions, 1. where are you going to get the cloth, 2. yoyu have to empty the oil after a while or it wont work, 3. animals will get tangled up in the cloth, ever thought of that. and there are more question to be answered that will destroy this plan

[moviewacha]

Some one replace BP with this guy.At least someone is thinking about cleaning the gulf of Mexico.

[redleader55yt]

awesome, so now we just need to pour the fucking gulf into a big ass column

[fatguyalex23]

@redleader55yt or you could make a giant underwater sail that is being towed by three oil tankers that are pumping the oil back into the ships as it separates the oil from the water. Is that something you agree with?

[redleader55yt]

@fatguyalex23 probably won't work. why? because these idiots already dispersed the oil. it's no longer a surface problem. it would've been better just to have let the oil float and skim it off.

[mistersupermannohere]

I don't like people criticizing others' ideas, instead of that, why not go out and try to think of your own solutions to help out?

[Lirit23]

@mistersupermannohere I agree! :D

[txmusician13]

If these can be made on a large scale, you can attached behind the skimmer boats.

They can then be disposed of or stored in barrels for later refinement.

[midwest9595]

YAY!! you successfully separated 3 ounces of oil out of a Tupperware container using gravity and a cheese clothe. But it looks scientific because all the tubes are labeled and he is wearing gloves.

Why would you label this as a "solution" maybe an application.

all we need now is 5 million volunteers to bring dixie cups and cheese clothe and float out to sea on inflatable rafts. You did raise the bar from the idea of dumping trash on the spill, so props for that!

[MrJayzoo]

@midwest9595 i think 5 millions volunteers is realistic

[Lirit23]

@midwest9595...uh...actually he said cotten cloth...not cheese...and I think if they can make tarps out of it...they could make something bigger. There is also an underwater vaccum called a SUBVAC® which is equally suitable for 1,000 gallon cooling tanks and 5,000,000 gallon reservoirs.They would still need need many of them. Not trying to be a smartass...just helping you see the posibilities that it would take more money no doubt...but this is a great solution...

[ChuckNorrisKillYou]

BP Sucks!!!

[Cosmolover13]

Wow! That's insane! Your going to have a money maker here. But it's not about the money...These poor animals are in the gulf getting covered in oil, hoping they won't die and hoping that their babies won't die. Obama should be doing more. He should have called BP earlier and not now. He is so focused on his health care plan that he isn't paying much attention to the species that will die out.

The truth of the matter is we need to fix this. This example right here is a perfect way.

[L0rdR3v4n]

anyone sayin that this is impossible: come up with something better ? i think the money, which was spent to make it even worse, would be enough to do it..

[brtras]

@L0rdR3v4n well..... I think the NUKE is a pretty good idea.......... NOT!!!!!!! Is anyone else for creating more fissures and letting more chemicals leak into the air.... look up lindsay williams interview with alex jones. Lindsay williams has inside sources for BP, and got ahold of the epa report.... and the oil really isnt even the problem. It is the volatile organic substances that leak out in gas form..... they cause cancer, leukemia, and bone marrow problems from short tearm exposure.

[L0rdR3v4n]

@brtras wtf? never said a word about nukes? XD

but ill check the interview out. though your comment wasn't really a response to mine ..

[brtras]

@L0rdR3v4n the nukes are one of their proposed ideas for sealing the hole.

[L0rdR3v4n]

@brtras yeah i know, but i didn't mention it in my comment. i know, that it would be stupid to blow the gulf up xD

well..whatever^^

[kaozbender]

yeah, there is one problem, the affected ocean zones cannot fit in a glass, any idea how this can be done at a massive size?

[dtranIII]

So we just need to do tht 8 million times so the gulf will be clean :D

[zarly49]

yea too bad it isnt possible on a large scale sir el stupido!

[iGrizzliestBear]

I know this one invention that should work... it's called SHAMWOW! Maybe that'll take the oil out of the water... it does for everything else!

[WishUponAShinigami]

problem you are filtering it by running it through the cloth... it really isnt possible to lift the gulf of mexico and pour it over a cloth... how well does it work runing through water of ect.

[klusmanp]

The problem is that the oil exists at great depths as well as the surface. It would be difficult if not impossible to locate all of the oil suspended in the water at all depths. You could filter the surface water with this technique but you would miss the majority of the oil suspended below the surface. Good to see someone working on a solution to this disaster, though. Good job!

[lugosky02]

Two questions:

1) How would you practically apply your cloth technique? Considering that you can't put the ocean on a plastic container.

2) After you poured the oil the container remained dirty, how would you clean the marshland and beaches?

[SkeletonsOnVacation]

awesome.

[jab0805]

What about the chemicals that are not filtered? Looks like your concept get's most of the visible, but we can't simply apply "out of sight, out of mind" to this disaster. Good try. At least you are trying.

[JasmineMarieeee]

to stop the leak all they have to do is make a giant tampon. ta da (:

[kroloth]

now we just have to find a big container, put the ocean in it, tell God to pick it up and throw it back into place, piece of cake....

[platinumbeatZ4U]

nice

[mickeystandbee]

whatever you say at least this guy is making an effort unlike BP,s scientists sitting at home watching spongebob on their lazy asses.

[Matt54956]

@mickeystandbee they actually do have a solution for it, they just have to construct it.

[TheEngineerWilliams]

@mickeystandbee im sure they are doing more of an effort than you though

[denzcream]

how are you going to strain billions of gallons of water?

[ScottyHale]

@denzcream

Great point...Actually, we WISH it was only billions of gallons!

It has to be a much higher number than that! A Googolplex perhaps!

[darlthris]

@denzcream lol your kidding me right? its the ocean hes ending up dumping into XD

[idogish]

im guessing you can make a gigantic cloth of those, and put it under the oil, and pick it up seperating the oil from the water.

[DumbDuck44]

it sucks that Billy Mays has passed on, he'd know what to do.

[JuStAnAsIaNboY]

they would try tht if they could....

[18CaStRaDoMiS89]

OK now make one a few hundred miles in diameter and you have a winner:P

[PhilHenrix]

WRITE AS MANY COMMENTS HERE AS POSSIBLE, SO THIS VIDEO WILL GET MORE ATTENTION

[42317]

And how clean is that liquid in fact?

[aeroces7]

ok, now multiply this times a million.

[filixorio]

That's because they all try to find a really complex solution to the problem while the solution is quite easy and in front of their eyes....

[Yhoah]

i don't get it, with all the resources and scientists we have in US and they can't stop the oil spill leak? save the ocean and our environment first and charge BP afterwards.

It seems like they have no clue on how to solve the problem anyways.

[trogdorx]

@Yhoah The only viable way of stopping it is a relief well, and they started drilling 2 relief wells in the beginning of May, it'll be done in August. Drilling wells take time.

@greentek2010 This is fucking stupid, are you expecting BP to all the water in the gulf of mexic through a fucking cotton cloth? You must be joking.

[idiallin]

@Yhoah You have to understand what has happened. The spill occurred on a deep sea rig, not a shallow water rig. How do you cap something which is at extremely high pressures deep in the ocean with extremely volatile gasses shooting out? BP has teams of thousands of engineers and specialists trying to stop it, as well as minimize the damage. They've tried with ROVs to cap off the spill, but the attempts have failed.

[kj369kj]

this nig has no idea how long that will take, the best solution is to just nuke the ocean it will burn all the oil and evaporate all the water, and who cares if the fish die from radiation and such

[sweaty3377]

@kj369kj I am pretty sure water absorbs radiation quite well ... fishies would more likely die from the shock wave before the radiation lol

[TheCritters78]

Neat, but you want to pass the entire Gulf of Mexio through a filter?

[kendallsweetheart]

yea..this one of the distraction they want us to focus on..they have scientist into this an they're not stupid they are just making matters worse an have people focusing on this situation then others occurring!

[smithdan69]

They should have used this material to line the original giant metal top hat... put ceiling high enough that the pressure will not break the fabric, then let the oil slide down the inner walls to containment on the floor of the box where multiple pipes can pump it up to the surface for containment. No need to separate oil & gas from water once on surface, since this material will have already done that.

[amerkiller1995]

wow ur smart

[redtraceur]

wooow prety cool but what are the limits of this clothes examples how much will it clean etc..

[blackangeluph]

the only problem with this is that they will need to change that filter how many times? since you have also the salt and other minerals.... but good try

[Prestonboy13]

so hes saying we should filter out billions of gallons of sea water to get a few hundred tons of oil out

[bati555]

The main problem is not the oil already in the water, it's the oil leaking as of right now. The toxicity of oil is decreases significantly in 30-50 hours so a few days after the oil leak is stopped, tidal waves and nature can take care of the rest within 5 years.

[smithdan69]

@bati555 NOT REALLY. That oil gets into the wetlands and does serious damage. This could be very effective in cleaning up the marshes and limiting the damage there. Also it could help minimize the amount of oil that will make its way onto other shores such as FL, AL, MS.

[djuxo]

While visually it looks promising, I would like to see further testing to determine what is in the resultant container.

[posturepal]

what is the chemical that is on the cloth?

[krandaman1]

@posturepal some kind of polymer apparently, which is both oleophobic and hydrophilic.

[Garglebutt]

Would be more convincing if he drank the filtered water.

[daivboveri]

@Garglebutt so, do you drink seawater?

[Garglebutt]

@daivboveri good point ;)

Still, I'm curious about just how much the filtered water matches the original water.

[stuaxo]

Cool... then after the gulf of Mexico, how about fixing the Niger Delta?

[xfilethe]

oke make this clothe in the form of an inverted cone centrifuge !!

then the oil wil go trough the center and the water wil seperate in the outside !!

this way you wil have a quik filtration systhem that could clean up water realy quikly !!

make it so nr 1 and save our planet !!

[Brantoc]

Works great on a small scale, and low pressure.

[elvee79]

That works faster than my Britta pitcher. :) Great job, sir, and all involved in this project.

[ismithx]

WOW. bp need you

[gijosp63]

Planetresource net has a Eco friendly solution to clean up the tragedy British Petroleum has created,

please watch the youtube video title "COMPLETE CLEAN UP OF THE GULF SPILL" by PRR7075

and pass this along to as many people as you know.

One person can still make a difference in this world, is that simple interactions have a rippling effect. Each time this gets pass along, the hope in cleaning our planet is passed on.

[MichelleKenobi]

WTG Prof Gao. I hope BP takes you seriously.

[dfwdoorservice]

This needs to be manufactured in large quantities immediately. Because of the limited strengths of the material, a second vessal could trail oil capturing nets with a pumping mechanism to transfer the oil to onboard tanks.

[eicebleu]

Mr. Di Gao, you are a genius.  :D

[xlovenuggetx]

WHY ISN'T THIS BEING UTILIZED? SOMEONE CALL AN INVESTOR WHO WANTS TO MAKE A FORTUNE!!!

[carnini]

damn that is amazing

[Gmacr1]

Sure, why don't you two dink ride on down to the Gulf and grab a gallon of that salt water and drink it.

Hell, if you think it's contaminated slide over to the Atlantic.

I DARE you to drink 16 oz without puking your narrow ass guts out.

[SnowWolf91]

Lol, yeah, drink the water now.

[bobsixtyfour]

nice but... what about the stuff thats in the water? You know, the other stuff living in seawater. Fish, jellyfish, dolphins, and such.

[boastt]

@bobsixtyfour They should be dead due to the oil

[Masowai]

now drink the water

[tep2005]

@Masowai

The polymer can only filter grease, it doesn't filter dirt, bacteria etc.

But the point is not to use this to create drinkable bottled water, isn't it?

[ArkBlitz]

@tep2005 Not like somebody can't improve it to filter water to be drinkable, anyway. It's a matter of time.

[senojelyk]

@Masowai My thought exactly. If he took a swig out of that beaker, I'd write him a check right now.

[emb3dd3d]

coo.. so now we just make big cloth balloons and put over the containment hose.. and fill up the balloon, tie up the end when filled, and drag to surface, and put another in place.. schweet....

[myfacevids]

Yeah now all you have to do is LIFT the ocean into your little cup LOL

[quequegs]

@mandellicate I was wondering if there was a correlation between the depth of pressure and the state of which the oil is rising to the surface. Is it possible that oil at the depth exposed to sea water is changed in some way? I've seen images of oil that looks like rust slicks and I've seen some that look way more viscous.

[GreatBigBore]

Right on, dude. I hope you get some serious perks for that.

[Eyebott]

Hey, BP, looks like you owe this guy about...ummm...1.2 billion dollars....

[MrRcbeltz]

Need to devise a method for continuously cleaning the captured oil from the treated cloth. As Chemdotinfo says, how will this perform when "scaled-up"? Great work and possible outstanding solution but still in its' infancy .... in terms of high volume clean-up.

[birdiereyes]

WOW!!! you are really smart to come up qith this!! I read about you on Science Daily..

[chemdotinfo]

Looks promising, but I have to ask:

1. How clean is the separated water?

2. How will the "treated cotton cloth" perform when the operation is scaled up? That is, what volume of tainted sea water can it be used to treat in a 24-hour period?

[icqraid]

Great questions chemdotinfo

I think another one should be what the pressure threshold of the polymer on the cloth is. Is there a point where, even if continuously cleaned as MrRcBeltz suggested, the size of the material and the pull of it across the water will either break the cloth or break the polymer chains on the cloth?