[ale] OT - Have you seen this almost trivial solution to the oil mess?

Geoffrey lists at serioustechnology.com
Tue May 25 11:11:27 EDT 2010


Jim Kinney wrote:
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> On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com 
> <mailto:jim.kinney at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com
>     <mailto:jim.kinney at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>         Hmm. Engineering idea: if the straw is shredded it becomes
>         "pumpable". Then it can be "blown" like insulation to create a
>         quick blanket and a really large wet vac can pull up the soggy mess.
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>     Too bad kudzu can't be used....
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> how much crude oil can be stuffed inside an exec before they explode?

But then you'd have a bigger problem with all the sh?t that would be 
spread all over...

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

"I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent
the government from wasting the labors of the people under
the pretense of taking care of them."
- Thomas Jefferson


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