Eco Factor: Ingenious idea to clean up Gulf oil spill using hay and straw.
The BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a disaster, and most efforts to stop the leak and clean up the water have not been quite successful thus far. While several researchers are pushing the limits of technology to try and prevent any further damage to the ecosystem, two men are demonstrating a unique, inexpensive and above all environmentally friendly method to grab the oil off the surface of the water.
These men, Darryl Carpenter, VP of Florida-based CW Roberts Contracting, and sub-contractor Otis Goodson have found out that simply blowing hay on the surface of contaminated water and stirring it will make the hay absorb oil. Oil-laden hay can then simply be collected to purify water.
After proving their idea in two pans, the team now wants to prove themselves on a 10-acre area in the Gulf waters. To jump start the process, the company is organizing another demonstration to show how a hay blower and a conveyor can be put out on a boat to distribute the hay and then pick it up.
Via: AutoBlogGreen/Huffington Post
