Comments on: 5 Innovative Solutions That Clean Up Oil Spills

By: ameesha agrawal

ameesha agrawal — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:30:47 +0000

i think ritha (sapindus) can also be useful for cleaning oilspills.
being natural it will not harm aquatic life.

By: HoneyBeeCT

HoneyBeeCT — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 13:26:23 +0000

Only bacteria on this list addresses truly disposing of the oil. What about Chemical Oxidation? Check out SISCO.

By: dill17

dill17 — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:02:47 +0000

clen up oil by using bactera

By: jahnell

jahnell — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 14:54:06 +0000

aye wow thats realy nice to no

By: conceiveplus

conceiveplus — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 05:58:50 +0000

Excellent thought, if only it works efficaciously. Conceive Plus

By: conundrum88

conundrum88 — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:06:01 +0000

I just saw a video for a product that could clean up the gulf really easily, called eco-absorb. I am not sure what they are using but the video was fairly impressive. I looked up thier website, http://www.eco-absorb.com, but they do not have any of thier oil only formula for sale. Maybe they are saving it for the gulf.

By: zetchi

zetchi — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:02:15 +0000

great idea because this methods could reduce the cost of cleaning up oil spills but how we could use mushroom and hair to clean-up the oil spilled?

By: Oil-Trapping "Smart Sponges" Could Clean up the Gulf Spill | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:43:00 +0000

[...] the aftermath of the spill is still ravaging the gulf. We’ve still got millions of gallons of oil to clean up as thousands of lives are waiting to return to normal in the gulf. Glenn Rink, the CEO of AbTech [...]

By: ecogra

ecogra — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:10:37 +0000

Science question. What happens to the oil eating microrganism? Where are they in the food chain and which aquatic species are most at risk?

By: azmi

azmi — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:56:54 +0000

how come mushroom and hair could clean-up oil spills?still don't get it....more explanation.

By: tea-pot

tea-pot — Sat, 29 May 2010 00:26:37 +0000

….. barge in large pre-cast blocks …..construct a containment structure….. include discharging ports …. piping to storage …

By: SWolfs

SWolfs — Thu, 27 May 2010 15:39:14 +0000

The only guaranteed method is using the Crystal Sea separator to remove the oil from the water, as well as separate the oil from the beachsand and marshlands. Apparently no other technology can complete the task with the same efficiency (2.5 parts per million). And its portable! This sand and soil decontamination technology which works alongside the Genoil Crystal Sea Oil Water Separator address all the oil spill contamination emergencies in the Gulf of Mexico including the beaches, and the Louisiana marshlands.

By: diverguy

diverguy — Tue, 25 May 2010 04:36:54 +0000

Disperse tons of straw on the floating oil. See this video.

http://www.wimp.com/solutionoil/

By: horse

horse — Sat, 22 May 2010 17:23:30 +0000

who do you contact,we have a product that will soak it up and is 100% renewable but we have no idea who to contact.The deepwater horizons web page is a joke.

By: JaninMichigan

JaninMichigan — Sun, 16 May 2010 15:04:25 +0000

I thought of this 5 years ago……Vaccum IT UP into a Oil carrying barge/ship…..don’t waste it , don’t add more chemicals to it.
As it floats to the top Vaccum it up. And or put a huge vaccum
down at the top of the hole and catch it as it geyshers out and up.
Why waste it? Place a cyclone fence at the opening to filter out
dead fish and birds, A simple woman’s idea. I ran it by a Admiral
5 years ago, and he said” I don’t know why they couldn’t do that, it
sounds feasible and doable, good idea Jan:”

By: SDR

SDR — Tue, 11 May 2010 20:00:32 +0000

Nothing will complete the task 100%. A similar all or nothing mentality is rampant with alternative energy. We have cloudy days, some times the wind doesn’t blow (you get the idea).
One solution is probably not the answer…combining solutions might be the key. Think of the gulf as a giant pool. What we need are skimmers, lots and lots of skimmers (thousands). Get a large scale manufacturer involved, create some jobs and make the resposible companies foot the bill. The contraption will skim the surface of the water pumping the contaminated water/oil into a splitter to split the oil from the water. Any clean water is returned below the suface. Any dirty water is spread over a field of organic material that can eat or absorb the oil from the water. This bio material can then be used as fuel to keep the process going. I am just a tinkerer…

By: DAMIFIKNOW

DAMIFIKNOW — Tue, 11 May 2010 19:16:27 +0000

I feel that this enviroment catastrophy is under estamated impack on fla. and the east coast eco is in dire danger. and if we don’t treat it immediately it will be harder to clean up. So lets the gulf stream help us by putting a barrier between the keys & Cuba ,that has the shortest area between the strait. we arn’t looking ahead enough and start a plan B into efect. NOW is the time to start planing and making a barrier to put in place , it is less then a hundred miles across the strait or we will be facing the worst eco disaster in u.s. history.

By: healingmindn

healingmindn — Sun, 09 May 2010 01:38:27 +0000

Paul Stammets has patented mycotechnology delivery systems. Fungal bioremediation actually eats the oil rather than absorb it leaving a nutritional residue – like kombucha. The bacteria would be a good idea that works on a similar process – except BP’s chemical oil dispersant probably sealed their fate. Ideally, the fungas and the bacteria should work together, but not with BP’s filthy habits turning the Gulf into a hell hole.

By: clancy856

clancy856 — Sat, 08 May 2010 19:32:11 +0000

There are some very rich BIG OIL people that do not want any form of REGULATIONS, for any activity, So NO regulations for DRilling! The Industry can take care of it self!
The bottom LINE is that the VALVE SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILRED and that there should have been an alternative plan if the valve failed! The use of the floating containment rings was not intended for the open ocean but rather for local water ways!
The bottom line is that DON’T spill oil if You cannot clean it up. This is not YOUR environment to compromise degrade, damage, or destroy! IT is now time to eliminate ALL off-shore drilling Immediately! Why is off shore drilling banned near the California coast? Not AGAIN NOT on OUR WATCH. PICK UP YOUR DRILL RIGGS and GO HOME! YOU FAILED NOT the valveS!!!

By: johnny halog

johnny halog — Thu, 06 May 2010 23:32:17 +0000

to speed cleanup the oil in the gulf… my suggestion is to gather people who like to earn money collecting oil from the sea
and sell the oil back to british petroleum with premium price…
People will be interested to come and collect oil from the sea…

50,000 people will saturate the sea and people will be interesred to earn money especially many indivisuals dont have
jobs….