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

[Preston Boyington]

Jim Popovitch wrote:
> On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 08:58, Tom Freeman 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. ;-)
> 

an additional concern is the cost of hay for our cattle/horse farms 
after the Fall season.  hay is already a good business so i would 
imagine the price would be a premium with a good bit going for the 
cleanup effort.

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