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The Deepwater Horizon rig exploded off of Louisiana last month and killed 11 workers and started one of the largest, if not the largest oil spill in history. BP is trying to collect some of the oil into tankers with a tube, but oil is still constantly spewing out into the Gulf of Mexico with potential to spear on a current up the East Coast. This could effect sea life for the next decade, but a Minnesota company says it has non-toxic way to clean up the mess and protect animals and birds.
"We're going out to the bog," said Gene Ferweda, a north woods guy with and idea, and his idea could just be the best way to clean up all that mess coming from oils spill down in the Gulf. "I happened to stumblebum up on this here and that's that." The idea comes out of the wet and swampy bogs of northern Minnesota. "I just know what to do, because I've been in it all my life. I've been so stuck in this stuff. And next time you aren't gonna get stuck, so you know what to do. See? So, I got my own education that way." Gene has discovered that the peat in these cold water bogs is the perfect absorbent for oil and gas. "This is what the bog looks like, and it's got lots of fibers."
So, with the help of some other guys, Gene is harvesting the peat. He runs it through a mill which turns it into pellets. Once the pellets are dry enough, he grinds them into his own special mixture. It will be quite a while to get the design and the mixture together that would work."
Don Shelby of WCCO decided to test it on bar chain oil spilled on the surface of some water. With A+ Absorbent™ added, and a little wave action, the bar chain oil is attracted, absorbed, and collected like a sponge, all in a matter of seconds, and leaving clean water behind.
Scott Peterson works with Environmental Troubleshooters based in Duluth. The company is contracted to clean up any messes in Duluth harbor, and Peterson is eager to describe the success he's had with Ferweda's product, "It worked great! It basically broke things up and we skimmed it off, and it becomes a renewable product, also." After being used to collect oil, the oil soaked product could be burned for fuel, but it is also safe to leave some behind, because it's all organic and non-toxic. "Once it's absorbed and floating around, the ducks can swim right through it. They don't get it on them." Ferweda shows how grass even grows in used A+ Absorbent™ greener than ever. "It was a benefit to it and not any kind of a hazard."
With excited laughter, Bill Whiteside exclaimed, "It seems to good to be true... but it is!" Whiteside is working as the distributor for the product and he's trying to get the attention of federal officials working on the cleanup. Whiteside explains how he can help BP and those assisting with cleanup efforts, "We do have the material that we need to make the absorbent that they need. All we need is the contracts to get the job done."
Ferweda recognizes that one person will not clean up this mess alone, and that many will need to cooperate to save the Gulf. "Well, I can't save the world. I know that. I can't have that kind of an ego, but I'd like to do my part, and I have a good idea."
US Senator Al Franken's staff is working to get federal cleanup managers take a look at this Minnesota peat product.
Make sure to check out http://www.APlusAbsorbent.com/ for more information about this amazing organic cleanup product.
Thanks to WCCO.com and Don Shelby for providing this footage, which can also be viewed at http://wcco.com/video/?cid=98
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Have you seen the pelicans on the news blackened by the oil? If only this absorbent were applied to the oil before the birds took a bath in it, they would have come out clean, since A+ locks the oil in!
MNbenMN 1 year ago
Being tested by Jacque Cousteau's crew in the Gulf of Mexico tidewaters Thursday 5/20/2010
TheOileater 1 year ago