Wisconsin solution for BP oil spill in the Gulf

[lifeshort]

Will it soak up my spunk after a wank?

[erancambridge]

I hope people give this a chance. Notice none of the oil drips out when they remove it from the pool!

[ladymjburton]

the lovely thing is that they have only used 1 side of the fabric that piece could still soak up even more oil and the fabric could take the place of booms and be laid out on beaches

[CharlleysAngel]

Love it! Posted it on my FB page BP Oil SPill -Crisis In The Gulf-

[TheLegoFreak1000]

oohrah

[bigdumbclown]

Sham...WOW!

[bigdumbclown]

Sham...WOW!

[bigdumbclown]

Sham...WOW!

[bigdumbclown]

Sham...WOW!

[79expand]

give up guys.

face it.

we are fucked !!

[JAYYJONA]

ok... now try it in the gulf

[refluxie]

How much oil can it soak per yard?

[mrmanown]

This is not an accurate test as for the pool is not filled with ocean water.

[kevin92620]

all these ideas are great, but the thing you have to keep in mind is that your not just cleaning up spilled oil, this is spilling oil. I'd like to see a non-nuke solution (i know it'd probably work, but too controversial) that BP hasn't tried (there's gotta be a million).

[C6R1S]

Wool is a good absorber material for the oil, for the next test why don't you see if it can be used to protect sand for oil washing up on shore and the absorbency it has with sand. If it does well This may be a good plan to start implementing in the barrier islands to help rid the oil for Hurricane season.

[Thisisnotmyrealname8]

Oh, too bad. The EPA isn't going to associate with your company for the obvious safety violations. Nobody was wearing swimmies in either video.

[thundercat131]

Great idea. It definitely soaked up the oil in the two demos seen. I think you guys should take an extremely large sample down to the gulf, put it on a boat, weigh it down, and see if it works. They are skimming oil down there now, but by all reports it hasn't been working well. The gulf citizens are concerned that chemicals put in the ocean to disperse the oil have been having adverse effects on water quality. Wool is a renewable resource, and you can produce millions of yards of fabric.

[FranklinParkIL]

Looks to work perfectly. Now for the math:

How many gallons of oil did it take to make the absorbent mat?

How many gallons of oil did this mat absorb in the pool?

How many gallons of oil are in the ocean from the spill?

How many square yards of material are needed to absorb all the floating oil in the ocean?

Looks like a perfect method for small spills. But the ocean?

Do the math, plug and chug.

[Anothercoilgun]

There are plenty of good solutions. The solutions are not the problem. Even the oil is not the problem. The problem is that bp and US Gov are not allow outside intervention.

[xsithos]

thats nice. That foamy material seems to absorb the oil really well. Have you tested it with gulf sized waves, use with a support/layout mechanisim that could be run on a boat, or in 20mph winds and more? How far along are you in testing and application of this?

[BrianAStier]

Needs an open ocean test.