1. Read the thread.
2. Note Obama being in it and being discussed in it has already happened.
3. Pull head from ass.
4. Find pic on interwebs.
It's not feasible. I'll try to find the link I saw but someone did the math and it would require millions of tons of hay to do this.
The US produces over 150 MILLION TONS a year in hay, enough that it's an export product. I think we would be able to do this. However, it would also probably impact the price of meats and dairy products as it would effect farming if we pulled a bunch off.
I disagree. The whole cutting hair to help soak up oil - that was unfeasible, borderline retarded. However, a bazillion tons of hay is probably more accessible than you'd think. Heck, just for my goats & llamas, I put up just shy of 100,000 pounds of hay each year. I know some small farms that do 800,000 pounds of hay. Some of the larger commercial dairy farms - I can't imagine how many millions of pounds.
But aren't we then taking useful hay and reapplying it elsewhere? How does that affect our current farming operations? Is hay vital?
Also, what about the gas? I thought the leak was oil AND gas? Is the gas a problem? Will hay absorb it?
That said, I'm not suggesting that we ignore this idea completely, just that we don't do the whole "Look at these two guys solving our problems when all those scientists couldn't!" This may very well be on par with the genius idea that everyone has of "shooting all our garbage into the sun!" :awe:
Under the assumption that there is "gas," it doesn't mean gasoline. It means natural gas, i.e. vented to the atmosphere, not floating on the surface of the water. Gasoline doesn't come from holes in the ground; unless, of course, the hole leads to an underground storage tank. Oil needs to be refined to produce gasoline.
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Obama is probably much too arrogant to pay attention.
A couple of good ol' boys show how simple the oil spill cleanup could have been had the Obama Administration not been so utterly incompetent.
Whether this is a good idea or not is irrelevant. I've been watching Obama closely since he started running. More closely than any other president. Mostly because I'm 30 and starting to really concern myself with politics, also partly because he's the first black president.
I have concluded he is the finest of the ultra-libs. He will not take any idea he or his ultra lib pals didnt come up with personally. He'd rather look cool than actually deal with shit properly. If one thing has been certain in every presidential era since at least Kennedy, image is MUCH more important that competence. Years later people will remember the scandals and your personality much stronger than any of your issues or accomplishments.
Obama knows this. He is not planning for the next 6 years. He's planning for the rest of his life. He wants to be loved and honored for eternity.
For that reason alone they can eat cake.
Do they honestly believe Bush and Republicans response would be any different? Pound sand boys, pound sand.
Nothing new. Ignorant to call the president too arrogant to listen. Soaking up oil with hay has been done before on oil spills in the 50s and 60s. Today, there are much better methods.
And they're working brilliantly so far
Chemical dispersants (that breaks down oil to biodegradable form) is obviously a whole lot better than spreading hay.
Chemical dispersants (that breaks down oil to biodegradable form) is obviously a whole lot better than spreading hay.
There is no such thing.
Who's the redneck in here?
"Hey Jeb, spray some of the oil dissolver on that slick before it gets any bigger."
I'm sure the cost of whatever chemical solution there MIGHT BE to this problem would cost thousands of times more and be less effective if it were even possible to produce such a quantity of the stuff.
This hay solution is awesome because it's an oil magnet and doesn't sink. Those hillbillies are geniuses.
Some of the reason you want to get the removed from the water is that the water starts to break it down and disperse nasty chemicals into the water. The hay appears to trap the oil perfectly.
dump a couple of shipping containers of nascar hats into the oil. When they wash ashore they'll be ready for the rednecks.
I disagree. The whole cutting hair to help soak up oil - that was unfeasible, borderline retarded. However, a bazillion tons of hay is probably more accessible than you'd think. Heck, just for my goats & llamas, I put up just shy of 100,000 pounds of hay each year. I know some small farms that do 800,000 pounds of hay. Some of the larger commercial dairy farms - I can't imagine how many millions of pounds.