4 Simple, Natural Solutions to Oil Spill Cleanup - Using the Power of Nature to Reclaim Its Own

[Guest guest]

Some hopeful news –

4 proposed natural solutions regarding the Gulf oil-spill.

 

Enjoy,

John Draper

 

 

 

http://www.vitalityherbsandclay.com/teleconference-calls/4-simple-natural-solutions-to-oil-spill-cleanup.html

 

 

Four Natural Solutions to

Oil Spill Cleanup with Benefits to Other Areas Needing Pollution Cleanup

There are at least four simple, natural methods capable of oil spill cleanup

that are able to prevent further damage to our precious ecology. When combined,

they offer a powerful solution to not only the oil spill cleanup, but also to

the 8,500 square miles of Dead Zone Area at the mouth of the Mississippi River

in the Gulf of Mexico - caused by the other form of pollution in that area -

chemical farmland runoff from all along the Mississippi River that has killed a

vast amount of the sea life in that region.

 

Dead Zones in the Gulf of Mexico and Around the World

There are at least 405 Dead Zones worldwide in bodies of water where oxygen

levels get too low to sustain marine life. Dead zones are largely caused by

chemical nitrate fertilizers used by farmers and home gardeners along with

animal and human sewage disposal sent into our waterways. Excessive nitrogen

causes an algal bloom that uses up available oxygen in the water, vastly

reducing marine life populations in the region.

 

Dead Zone Reversal

Quoting from the research listed in Wikipedia:

 

" Dead zones are reversible. The Black Sea dead zone, previously the

largest dead zone in the world, largely disappeared between 1991 and 2001 after

fertilizers became too costly to use following the collapse of the Soviet Union

and the demise of centrally planned economies in Eastern and Central

Europe . Fishing has again become a major economic activity in the

region. "

 

1) Environmentally

Conscious Farm and Garden Practices

So clearly, replacing the use of chemical fertilizers with natural fertilizers

is essential to improving marine life in these dead zones and reducing

pollution worldwide.

 

On the other hand, immediate stop-gap measures include adding Pyrophyllite Clay

(Silica Rich) to farmland soils, lakes, and in the waterways themselves, to

prevent the toxic runoff from reaching the major rivers that lead to the ocean.

 

 

2) Oil Eating

Microbes (Archaea)

This is the simplest and most effective remedy. The oil eating capabilities of

various strains of archaea can clean both your soils and waterways from a wide

variety of toxins, including oil spills of any size. The United Nations

Environmental Program tests have even demonstrated the natural ability of

archaea strains to clean up some of the worst toxins of the chemical industry.

Other benefits? The dead zones of the world would also disappear.

 

3) Paul Stamets' Mushroom

Solution for Oil Spills

The Mushroom Solution link takes you to a world authority on mushrooms and

their ability to help us clean up our environment. In the middle of the TED

video (located toward the bottom of the article), you will see a picture of a

small mountain of mushrooms that grew off of a combination of petrochemicals,

drastically reducing its petroleum count, while building the beginnings of a

dynamic ecosystem.

 

4) Hey, What About

Hay?

Here is a revealing, simple approach from the practical side of farmers. This

video shows how hay tossed onto the oil in the ocean will attract the oil

to itself (remember, oil and water don't mix, but hay and oil become a bonded

pair), and continue to float on the surface until large seaweed harvesters come

by and pick it up. It can then be delivered to a future forest, inoculated with

mycelia from mushrooms which would feed off of the oil and convert it to food.

The resulting biomass will pick up some of the diverse flora and fauna of the

region as seeds are delivered to the pile by the local birds and animals. Trees

can be planted nearby, and based on known evidence, one of the most lush forest

areas in the state will soon follow.