May 13, 2010
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Drill, Baby, Drill: Part Three
Every time I turn on the radio or TV, I hear more news about the oil spill in the Gulf. I recently heard a story about an effort to collect human and pet hair to use to absorb oil released in the spill. I thought this was bizarre and a little grotesque, and it didn’t change things that a local tattoo shop was offering a discount on “body art” for every donation of hair.
It turns out, though, that this is entirely serious, and there’s even a non-profit foundation dedicated to this effort. Here’s a video about it:
You can find more information about this at the Matter of Trust website (click here). My favorite bit of information from this site is this:
- we also accept fur and other “natural fibers” waste wool, alpaca fleece, horse hair, feathers… again, please, no other garbage or contaminants in with the hair/fur/ wool fibers… (a handful total per bag of hay and seeds are ok, but no garbage and, of course, absolutely no poo!) Thanks! [emphasis added]
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Comments (1)
I haven’t heard much about the attempts to clean it up, but have heard every idea under the sun about trying to stop the leaking………….or should I say gushing. None of the ideas seem very good, but then again, I’m not an expert in these things and would have no idea how to stop such a problem.