I watched a Prof. from Texas A & M on Fox, another professor from Miss. said to leave it alone, the oil is an organic material and nature will take care of itself. Shep even asked him if the hay would work. He said the hay does work in a smaller area. The Texas guy said that oil is mostly carbon and once it hits the surface, the toxic chemicals will evaporate almost immediately.
Instead of blowing the hay out in the gulf, why don’t they have the shrimp boats and other fishing boats set up the hay barriers closer to shore where they can control the oil before it gets inland, especially near the marshes? I would think that would be better than chemicals.
Eventually the Natural Gas pressure will all be released then natural elements will seal the pipe.
My take on this comes from growing up on a dairy farm. Over time, raw milk sours, ferments and turns into a cheese and you can still consume it. My mother kept a jar of leftover milk on the counter all the time. I dont know how many sour milk pancakes I have eaten that have contained bits of this “cheese” that didnt get mixed in nor were fully cooked. Pastuerized milk on the other hand would just go bad. She would never put any of that in the jar. What is leaking is not refined oil that we think of like the motor oil we put in our cars.
That is by far the best solution I have read.The only problem with using hay is it is too cheap and available. It sounds like a “good ol boy” idea - I like it!
That is by far the best solution I have read.The only problem with using hay is it is too cheap and available. It sounds like a “good ol boy” idea - I like it!