A Plus Absorbent Demonstration
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whatever is is, it clearly works...
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@peteyank It's mainly much easier biodegradable together with the natural absorbent because the microbes which degrade it have a substrate along with the oil - many bacteria can eat oil but they don't really like it - if it's with a side-dish, it's easier for them - like e.g. eating pure salt, cooking oil or even sugar alone is difficult. That's the layman-explanation - if you're interested in biochemistry, check out some microbiology-books.
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See the "aplusabsorbent Huckabee" You Tube White feather in oiled water test that Gov. Huckabee calls "Amazing" ...link to your friends
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Does this stuff help fertilize the grass on golf courses? If so, maybe Obama would be interested in using it.
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You guys are awsome. i really hope BP wakes up and sees this is the real sulution. But can you produce ENOUGH absorbant to clean the spill?
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@peteyank The used absorbent, that soaked up oil,can be used as fertilizer. There's grass growing in a jar of used A+ Absorbent in the WCCO video. The oil breaks down after it is absorbed.
This isn't just a physical mesh that soaks up liquids and leaks them back out indiscriminately, like a sponge; it is an organic mix with a peat base.
There are microbes that break oil down naturally.
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@peteyank No, it doesn't sink the oil. It floats on top of the water, ready to be collected, and in the meantime, animals can swim through it without getting coated with oil.
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@bozogillum612 If it is deployed in booms or pillows, then it would be easy to pull out of the water.
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@peteyank Even fully sorbed with oil, the peat based absorbent becomes non-toxic. Toxicity tests were performed on *used* A+ Absorbent and the TCLP results are online on APlusAbsorbent website. Check out the "Is it Safe?" page and the TCLP results linked on the bottom of the "Resources" page.
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Peat is organic, and its better than the chemicals they are spraying all over the place to break up the oil....what is breaking up the oil going to do? NOTHING.
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The oil BELONGS at the bottom not the top. HELLO!!!! and if the greedy people who did this want it back, then the can drag the bottom for it.
What does it do to the oil? Where does the oil go???
bzterp 1 year ago
@bzterp The oil is absorbed into the sorbent which converts it into an organic fertilizer. The used absorbent can be left behind as it is biodegradable, or collected for use as fertilizer or for burning as fuel.
APlusAbsorbent 1 year ago 4