Are we missing an opportunity

[notadmblnd]

by not thinking bigger in regards to the oil currently flowing out of the gulf? Recently I’ve been reading up on possible solutions for dealing with the current catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico. I’m sure we’ve all read the stories about people packing nylons with human hair and using them as booms to contain the oil. We’re also aware of the dispersant currently being used by BP. What we aren’t aware of is the safety of those chemicals currently being dumped in the ocean and how effective they will be. We’re also not aware of other possible solutions . One is Eco-friendly, floats and draws the oil to it. It can then be netted or scooped up and be used to provide energy for producing electricity or recycled for some other use. What is this solution you ask? It’s grasses, I’m talking about hay or straw (I know works for sure) and possibly other grasses that grow abundantly in this and other countries. Oh, I didn’t discover this. I viewed a video where a couple of ordinary people demonstrate how their solution works. (http://www.wimp.com/solutionoil ).

I also had the opportunity to view a demonstration of another possible solution produced by a now defunct company by the name of Sustainable Technologies Corporation out of Lewisburg Ohio (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRvOOHxusrg ) whose product named Aerohaz, actually solidifies the spill and enables it to be picked up. The company may be out of business, but the technology still exists! I’m now seeing that we have the ability of using multiple technologies to clean this mess up, but it's all practically being ignored by MSM and the government.

Now, I'm asking myself; self, why are these cheap and easy solutions being ignored while the process currently employed may be doing more damage than good? Who is benefiting by allowing these solutions to be ignored and the tragedy being allowed to grow by the hour? Why is a questionable product being employed to disperse the oil? Could it be because BP is making even more money (they do have a vested interest in the company that is providing the dispersant currently in use) by allowing this disaster to grow with no end in sight?

I'm getting very frustrated at the lack of progress corporate America and the US government is making in handling this spill while yet another commission gathers to wring their hands over what to do.

We need to consider the possibility of implementing these other solutions (along with what is currently being done) I can see these solutions opening up huge opportunity here. I see these other processes going a long way in relieving many of the economic hardships the people have endured over the past few years.

To me, it's an opportunity to employ many people. From unskilled labor- to farmers- to the shrimp
boat operators- to small and large business people. This cleanup is going to take a while so these will be long term jobs, not the temporary jobs like the census workers (although I do see it as a small step in what this country needs to regain economic health). I think the government is wasting a huge opportunity here on many levels for the administration. Job creation would be a huge plus for the president. So will getting on top of this mess and cleaning it up before the republicans hang it around his neck in 2012 and finally, getting something back from these greedy corporations.

Perhaps I've become cynical, but I don't understand why our government isn't mobilizing and extending these opportunities to get on top of this catastrophe and using it to the benefit of many. Instead I see them allowing BP to do exactly what they want; point fingers and delay while they continue to make
money using dispersant (that could be even more toxic than the oil spilling from the ocean floor) from a corporation they have a vested interest in. It makes me wonder just what their agenda is?

I feel that the government needs to step in, put a lien against BP and their cohorts (to ensure payment for the cleanup) and do the job ourselves. We have the technology, we have the resources and we have the labor pool. BP needs to concentrate on stopping the flow of oil coming out of the ocean floor.

Let something good can come out of this disaster, lets make BP outsource the cleanup to the government.

[ChicagoSuz219]

1. You should copy & send to Ken Salazar... n/t

[notadmblnd]

3. If you have his email addy. I will.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

2. An excellent OP.

Your suggestions make too much sense for the greed that is forestalling a proper response.

Accolades to you.:thumbsup:

[librechik]

4. If this administration could "think big" we would have single payer and banking reform already

That would have added thousands of jobs too.

These people will just go along to get along, and they are so scared of making an (election) mistake they will never move boldly. This is not what we needed right now, obviously, and not what we voted for when we voted for I Have a Hope. If only we had people with imagination and courage, we could get out of this mess with policies like you describe. We only have scared people who don't want to rock the boat, even for a good outcome.

:cry:

[notadmblnd]

6. If they fail to move left.. That will be their mistake.

The status quo has got to go.

[Greyhound]

5. K&R this today as well. This is a great idea and it should be considered.

It's not a complete solution in this case, but it will help and it could be a solution for the next surface "spill".
:kick: & R

[BeFree]

7. Me too

I wonder what their agenda is.

This is the real FUBAR. And it has gone on for too long.

If this is a test to see just how much they can destroy before the people get pissed off enough to act..... well, the people aren't pissed off yet, eh? And the oil keeps flowing, and the government sits on it's ass and lets BP carry on as if BP is going to pay for something that can't be exchanged for dollars. The gulf is priceless.

I don't know.... this makes no sense to me at all. Hell, if it were me I'd crush or squeeze the pipe shut, somehow someway. But they haven't even attempted anything but a dome. And still the oil flows.

They are screwing us and laughing at us. "It's really not that big a deal" says a BP exec.

[notadmblnd]

8. and now they're claiming the oil is just going to evaporate

That, I don't see.

[BeFree]

9. Evaporate?

No way. Some lighter parts may, but most of the oil is sub-surface.

What is going to evaporate is all the dead fish that wash up on shore.
Good days to be a vulture, eh?

[notadmblnd]

11. Can you believe it?

they're claiming that much of it will simply evaporate before reaching the coast.

[Catherina]

10. I asked the same question when they were requesting "volunteers"

One problem I can think of is the safety concern but we've been paying OSHA a ton of money to do better than this

"It is not ours to publish," said Dean Wingo, OSHA's assistant regional administrator who oversees Louisiana. "We are working with (BP) and encouraging them to post the data so that it is publicly available."

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/18/1636034/bp-is-hiding-oil-spill-facts-and.html