On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 8:59 AM, skimmer <skimmer_at_enter.net> wrote: > Less damage might occur if they laid down a bio-berm of straw bales, > hay bales or any cut field growth that would rapidly absorb/enmesh the oil > blobs being driven into the marshes. > Straw is probably the best material for this... hay (alfalfa or timothy) tends to be pretty spendy in comparison and the dairy farmers would probably object to it being used in oil berms. The downside to straw is that as a byproduct of wheat (straw is the stalk leftover after the wheat flower is separated) it's not going to be available until the wheat is harvested. This is going to be later on this summer. > We would call this BP-supported process berm-shaving. It would help > rehabilitate BPs reputation and be known as the BP- BS answer to the oil > spill crisis. > We could even make up short poems about the process... and end each one with the phrase, "berm-a-shave". Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA www.nwkayaking.net PS: If you have ever seen a real (not rehabilitated) Berma Shave road sign sequence then you can help yourself to another serving of Geritol. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue May 25 2010 - 09:18:06 PDT
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