The Frogmat - The solution to the BP oil spill?
Joanna Lumley was championing this 20 year old invention by a guy called Ken Frogbrook (great name) who designed this straw-like mattress that rolls out and absorbs the oil and can be used as fuel afterwards in an environmentally friendly way. I have tried to find information about it, but am surprised at the little attention that it has made.
I can't find a video of it being used like on the Graham Norton show EDIT: This is a link to the the time on the Graham Norton show: bbc.co.uk/i/swm5p/?t=25m53s , but this is a case in point of how it works eyescoops.ca/2010/05/environmentally-correct-oil-spill-cleanup-solution-with-hay-straw/
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From what I've read.
Due to the size of the spill these types of solutions are more or less useless. They need something to break apart the oil on an industrial scale that will do limited damage on its own.
Same applies to human hair, BP have asked people to stop collecting it. Though it might have some use in keeping oil away from coast lines for limited amounts of time.
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Gooddeed89, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 10:54,
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Washing up liquid!!!
They need to buy 10 gazillion barrels of Fairy!
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@RBFesquire Good luck b3ta, was nice knowing you. So long., Tue 22 Jun 2010, 11:10,
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Despite that video looking like a hick cookiery program
It appears to work. Whether that would work outside the kitchen is to be seen. I like the idea of that. *clicks*
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redazril I LIKE DRUGS!, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 10:54,
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It seemed to have worked on the british one some time ago...
or I may have imagined it.
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@RBFesquire Good luck b3ta, was nice knowing you. So long., Tue 22 Jun 2010, 11:04,
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