Comments on: Gulf Oil Spill 2010, "Yo Dawg" edition http://boingboing.net/2010/05/08/gulf-oil-spill-2010-1.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 14:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Snig http://boingboing.net/2010/05/08/gulf-oil-spill-2010-1.html#comment-782338 Snig Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-782338 Scientists say you can swallow a spider to catch the fly... Scientists say you can swallow a spider to catch the fly…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/08/gulf-oil-spill-2010-1.html#comment-783373 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-783373 Who's gonna be the first to make oil spill floating candles with a cool rainbow swirly pattern on top for the slicks? As long as it's being promo'd on FB... Who’s gonna be the first to make oil spill floating candles with a cool rainbow swirly pattern on top for the slicks? As long as it’s being promo’d on FB…

]]> By: David B http://boingboing.net/2010/05/08/gulf-oil-spill-2010-1.html#comment-782361 David B Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-782361 It's surprising that a plastic and foam sheet is made from oil products? All plastics of any real value (not counting corn-based plastics) are made from oil products. I don't really think that counts as irony. It’s surprising that a plastic and foam sheet is made from oil products? All plastics of any real value (not counting corn-based plastics) are made from oil products. I don’t really think that counts as irony.

]]> By: SpaceGhost http://boingboing.net/2010/05/08/gulf-oil-spill-2010-1.html#comment-782362 SpaceGhost Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-782362 Yo dawg, I heard you need a solution for your pollution, so we put some pollution in your pollution so while you dilute your pollute you can make a mess of your mess. Yo dawg, I heard you need a solution for your pollution, so we put some pollution in your pollution so while you dilute your pollute you can make a mess of your mess.

]]> By: VagabondAstronomer http://boingboing.net/2010/05/08/gulf-oil-spill-2010-1.html#comment-782369 VagabondAstronomer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-782369 ...this just grows recursively better... …this just grows recursively better…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/08/gulf-oil-spill-2010-1.html#comment-802340 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-802340 I am beginning to believe that the BP is not nearly as interested in capping the spill as finding a way to still capture the leaking oil while just slowing the spill over. I am beginning to believe that the BP is not nearly as interested in capping the spill as finding a way to still capture the leaking oil while just slowing the spill over.

]]> By: bcsizemo http://boingboing.net/2010/05/08/gulf-oil-spill-2010-1.html#comment-782378 bcsizemo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-782378 I'm in 100% agreement. Look around, the vast majority of what you own is made of or contains plastic, which is produced from oil... The computer you are reading and replying to this on, yeah parts of that came from oil. Really until science comes up with something better, plastic is a great thing. We have nothing else that is easy to mass produce and as useful. (no, I don't work for or with anything associated with plastic. But really, the idea of a long chain of hydrocarbons that can be formed into anything is pretty much what mass production is all about. I still believe we should limit the type and use of plastic in the food chain, and pouring all other chemicals to clean up the oil sure as hell isn't helping....) I’m in 100% agreement.

Look around, the vast majority of what you own is made of or contains plastic, which is produced from oil…

The computer you are reading and replying to this on, yeah parts of that came from oil.

Really until science comes up with something better, plastic is a great thing. We have nothing else that is easy to mass produce and as useful. (no, I don’t work for or with anything associated with plastic. But really, the idea of a long chain of hydrocarbons that can be formed into anything is pretty much what mass production is all about. I still believe we should limit the type and use of plastic in the food chain, and pouring all other chemicals to clean up the oil sure as hell isn’t helping….)

]]> By: Noodle http://boingboing.net/2010/05/08/gulf-oil-spill-2010-1.html#comment-782641 Noodle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-782641 Haha, I get it! 4chan, that's funny. You're funny! Those stupid and evil BP, first they make this oil thing happen, now they're trying to fix it using plastic! The irony! That oil multinational should try greener ways to fix a problem at the bottom of the ocean. It's the least America deserves. Haha, I get it! 4chan, that’s funny. You’re funny!

Those stupid and evil BP, first they make this oil thing happen, now they’re trying to fix it using plastic! The irony! That oil multinational should try greener ways to fix a problem at the bottom of the ocean. It’s the least America deserves.

]]> By: Snig http://boingboing.net/2010/05/08/gulf-oil-spill-2010-1.html#comment-782397 Snig Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-782397 Eventually, plastics may be made from algae. Plastics from polysacharrides are becoming more common, and as someone who owns two polysacharride producers (a liver and a lawn) I think this may be a good thing. They can also make plastics from fructose, which could be a solution, except the honey bees are dying off, so less fruit. But it may be a better use for our corn than food. But you're right, it's not too surprising that they used booms made from plastic, likely placed their by boats that also burn oil. Eventually, plastics may be made from algae. Plastics from polysacharrides are becoming more common, and as someone who owns two polysacharride producers (a liver and a lawn) I think this may be a good thing. They can also make plastics from fructose, which could be a solution, except the honey bees are dying off, so less fruit. But it may be a better use for our corn than food. But you’re right, it’s not too surprising that they used booms made from plastic, likely placed their by boats that also burn oil.

]]> By: loonquawl http://boingboing.net/2010/05/08/gulf-oil-spill-2010-1.html#comment-782398 loonquawl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-782398 Yo Dawg, i heard you like memes, so we put a meme in your meme, so you can read a well known fact while you read a well known fact (and have it explained in parantheses). Yo Dawg, i heard you like memes, so we put a meme in your meme, so you can read a well known fact while you read a well known fact (and have it explained in parantheses).

]]> By: ADavies http://boingboing.net/2010/05/08/gulf-oil-spill-2010-1.html#comment-782412 ADavies Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-782412 It's funny how the composition of the dispersants is a trade secret. What are they afraid of? That someone else will steal their oil dispersing business? (Although I guess that's exactly what they're afraid of.) It’s funny how the composition of the dispersants is a trade secret.

What are they afraid of? That someone else will steal their oil dispersing business? (Although I guess that’s exactly what they’re afraid of.)

]]> By: Razzabeth http://boingboing.net/2010/05/08/gulf-oil-spill-2010-1.html#comment-782414 Razzabeth Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-782414 I herd u leik oily mudkips I herd u leik oily mudkips

]]> By: jabberwocky42 http://boingboing.net/2010/05/08/gulf-oil-spill-2010-1.html#comment-782447 jabberwocky42 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-782447 If you want to help, you can donate your hair to http://www.mattersoftrust.org . :) If you want to help, you can donate your hair to http://www.mattersoftrust.org . :)

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2010/05/08/gulf-oil-spill-2010-1.html#comment-783229 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-783229 it's awful wasteful to bury it after going through all the trouble (and mess) of pumping it out of the ground in the first place. But hey, there's always that backup planet in case you're wrong. it’s awful wasteful to bury it after going through all the trouble (and mess) of pumping it out of the ground in the first place.

But hey, there’s always that backup planet in case you’re wrong.

]]> By: Pteryxx http://boingboing.net/2010/05/08/gulf-oil-spill-2010-1.html#comment-782466 Pteryxx Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-782466 Stray hair from salons, pet grooming, and donation drives can also be used to make oil-collection mats. This program really needs widespread attention. Corrected link: http://www.matteroftrust.org/programs/hairmatsinfo.html Stray hair from salons, pet grooming, and donation drives can also be used to make oil-collection mats. This program really needs widespread attention.

Corrected link:

http://www.matteroftrust.org/programs/hairmatsinfo.html

]]> By: benher http://boingboing.net/2010/05/08/gulf-oil-spill-2010-1.html#comment-782467 benher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-782467 I fear these Yo Dawg memes may reach the Louisiana coastline by morning... I fear these Yo Dawg memes may reach the Louisiana coastline by morning…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/08/gulf-oil-spill-2010-1.html#comment-782479 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-782479 Meh, those birds, seals oysters prawns and rocks are soaking up that oil. they're made of carbon right? Meh, those birds, seals oysters prawns and rocks are soaking up that oil. they’re made of carbon right?

]]> By: holtt http://boingboing.net/2010/05/08/gulf-oil-spill-2010-1.html#comment-782482 holtt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-782482 What about using the UV rabbits as oil absorbers? Assuming they kept breeding, it would be a self manufacturing oil absorbency system that was "natural" What about using the UV rabbits as oil absorbers? Assuming they kept breeding, it would be a self manufacturing oil absorbency system that was “natural”

]]> By: Cicada http://boingboing.net/2010/05/08/gulf-oil-spill-2010-1.html#comment-782762 Cicada Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-782762 What makes burying the plastic not proper disposal? There are rocks lying around the planet that are billions of years old, but we don't get into a tizzy because zircon crystals don't degrade well, or basalt takes eons to weather away. <p>The list of inert stuff in the ground's pretty long. That it's inert is what makes it reasonably harmless. What makes burying the plastic not proper disposal? There are rocks lying around the planet that are billions of years old, but we don’t get into a tizzy because zircon crystals don’t degrade well, or basalt takes eons to weather away.

The list of inert stuff in the ground’s pretty long. That it’s inert is what makes it reasonably harmless.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/08/gulf-oil-spill-2010-1.html#comment-782519 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-782519 Plastics are pure evil. If you aren't very careful about how you dispose it if, that water bottle you're drinking from, that laptop case, radio, lamp, etc... will all still be here in thousands of years. Plastics are great until you realize that they _never_ bio degrade. We're going to have a hell of a job ahead of us in the future, trying to dig all these plastics out of our landfills for proper disposal... Plastics are pure evil. If you aren’t very careful about how you dispose it if, that water bottle you’re drinking from, that laptop case, radio, lamp, etc… will all still be here in thousands of years. Plastics are great until you realize that they _never_ bio degrade. We’re going to have a hell of a job ahead of us in the future, trying to dig all these plastics out of our landfills for proper disposal…

]]> By: politeruin http://boingboing.net/2010/05/08/gulf-oil-spill-2010-1.html#comment-782536 politeruin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-782536 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnMMccvV5Dw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnMMccvV5Dw

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2010/05/08/gulf-oil-spill-2010-1.html#comment-782548 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-782548 i'n in ur gulf, killin yer wild things i’n in ur gulf, killin yer wild things

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/08/gulf-oil-spill-2010-1.html#comment-782564 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-782564 Yo, loonquawl -- you said it, man. Quoting Randall Garrett, "Black magic is a matter of symbolism and intent." The same plant that's a crop in one field is a weed in another. Yo, loonquawl — you said it, man.

Quoting Randall Garrett, “Black magic is a matter of symbolism and intent.” The same plant that’s a crop in one field is a weed in another.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/08/gulf-oil-spill-2010-1.html#comment-782568 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-782568 Early on, when one of their first ideas was to set the slick ablaze, I knew the cleanup was quickly "going south". Early on, when one of their first ideas was to set the slick ablaze, I knew the cleanup was quickly “going south”.

]]> By: cratermoon http://boingboing.net/2010/05/08/gulf-oil-spill-2010-1.html#comment-782571 cratermoon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-782571 There is a lot of plastic around. I did a thought experiment a while back and recommend it for everyone: Could you go a day without using any plastic? Of course it would have to be a computer and cell-phone free day. No driving the car. No riding your bike. Walk to the park, but not in your sneakers. No sunscreen from a bottle, or umbrella if it's raining. Careful about the clothes you choose to wear, no synthetic fabrics, thread, or fasteners. How about lunch now? Bring your own cotton or canvas bag, the carts have plastic. Buy some produce, but don't bag it. How you gonna pay? Hope you have cash. Checks are paper but not your checkbook. Pens are plastic though, ooops. It's nearly impossible to go a day without plastic. There is a lot of plastic around. I did a thought experiment a while back and recommend it for everyone: Could you go a day without using any plastic? Of course it would have to be a computer and cell-phone free day. No driving the car. No riding your bike. Walk to the park, but not in your sneakers. No sunscreen from a bottle, or umbrella if it’s raining. Careful about the clothes you choose to wear, no synthetic fabrics, thread, or fasteners.

How about lunch now? Bring your own cotton or canvas bag, the carts have plastic. Buy some produce, but don’t bag it. How you gonna pay? Hope you have cash. Checks are paper but not your checkbook. Pens are plastic though, ooops.

It’s nearly impossible to go a day without plastic.

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2010/05/08/gulf-oil-spill-2010-1.html#comment-782575 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-782575 cash has plastic in it too, hope your pockets can hold a lot of coins. cash has plastic in it too, hope your pockets can hold a lot of coins.

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