[ale] OT - Have you seen this almost trivial solution to the oil mess?

[Jim Popovitch]

On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 08:58, Tom Freeman <tfreeman at intel.digichem.net> wrote:
> One of the clearest rebuttals to a simple solution that I've seen to
> date for virtually any situation. If we could all get in the habit of
> checking ideas this way, we might be in better shape.
>
> OTOH, while I don't think hay is "the solution", I suspect that use of
> hay to chase after the oil has some value, and should see some use.
> Exactly where is another problem, for another post, and possibly
> another venue.

Perhaps I didn't catch it, what were the costs/efforts associated with
harvesting/storing/shipping/distributing the hay?  Hay seems wonderful
if it get's there on it's own. ;-)

-Jim P.