This is truly a tragedy that our earth will never fully recover from.
I was giving a few of the threads on here a little look see and I though I might give some information.
My dad is a partner in a newly developed company here in Ontario called GroundForce Environmental Inc. He is distributing for and working with MyCelx (out of Georgia) to help the situation.
They will be placing absorbent pads that have been coated with an oil absorbing polymer that is hydrophobic around the perimeter of as many booms as they can (2 miles of these pads were ordered 2 days ago). They will also be using a piece of equipment called the MRTU that is basically an oil vacuum to clean out all of the marshes. The MRTU sucks up oil and some water then puts it through filters that have been treated with the special polymer and then clean water is pumped back out into the ocean. This is to cut down on the amount of oil being pushed back farther into the marshes.
That is the good news.
Here is the bad.
I believe we all know how ridiculous the little tube inside the broken pipe like is. But they never really said HOW ridiculous. The pipe spilling oil is 22" across and the one that was put in to suck out the spilling oil...only 4" across.
Also, unless this plugging the broken pipe line with hard clay and rocks works (which I highly doubt) then there is no way to stop the oil that is spilling until August. Which is when a new pipe line will be finished being built. Thus diverting the flow of the oil.
Crude oil is what is being spilt, and we see all of the nice fisherman and their families helping the environment. Only problem is no one is telling them about the hazards of what they are doing as well as the proper clothing/equipment that is actually needed. Crude oil is a carcinogen and will soak through your skin into your blood stream, so many people who "helped" when the Exxon Valdez disaster either have or have died from cancer.
People who are wearing proper equipment are working in 115 degree weather. They work for 20 minutes at a time and then HAVE to take a 10 minute break. Always being hydrated.
In some areas of the spill the oil that sits on top of the water is 4' deep!
Here is a quick video that was on NBC of some of the products that will be used.
http://www.nbc.com/news-sports/cnbc/the-big-fix/
I was giving a few of the threads on here a little look see and I though I might give some information.
My dad is a partner in a newly developed company here in Ontario called GroundForce Environmental Inc. He is distributing for and working with MyCelx (out of Georgia) to help the situation.
They will be placing absorbent pads that have been coated with an oil absorbing polymer that is hydrophobic around the perimeter of as many booms as they can (2 miles of these pads were ordered 2 days ago). They will also be using a piece of equipment called the MRTU that is basically an oil vacuum to clean out all of the marshes. The MRTU sucks up oil and some water then puts it through filters that have been treated with the special polymer and then clean water is pumped back out into the ocean. This is to cut down on the amount of oil being pushed back farther into the marshes.
That is the good news.
Here is the bad.
I believe we all know how ridiculous the little tube inside the broken pipe like is. But they never really said HOW ridiculous. The pipe spilling oil is 22" across and the one that was put in to suck out the spilling oil...only 4" across.
Also, unless this plugging the broken pipe line with hard clay and rocks works (which I highly doubt) then there is no way to stop the oil that is spilling until August. Which is when a new pipe line will be finished being built. Thus diverting the flow of the oil.
Crude oil is what is being spilt, and we see all of the nice fisherman and their families helping the environment. Only problem is no one is telling them about the hazards of what they are doing as well as the proper clothing/equipment that is actually needed. Crude oil is a carcinogen and will soak through your skin into your blood stream, so many people who "helped" when the Exxon Valdez disaster either have or have died from cancer.
People who are wearing proper equipment are working in 115 degree weather. They work for 20 minutes at a time and then HAVE to take a 10 minute break. Always being hydrated.
In some areas of the spill the oil that sits on top of the water is 4' deep!
Here is a quick video that was on NBC of some of the products that will be used.
http://www.nbc.com/news-sports/cnbc/the-big-fix/
