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

[Charles Shapiro]

Wait, who's actually using all this evil oil??

-- CHS


On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
> 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...
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> --
> Until later, Geoffrey
>
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