Serpo
14th June 2010, 04:50 PM
Been mentioned before....
And as the title says ....WHY NOT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz5KSLZYX1k
A locally based grower of industrial-strength bacteria says it is willing to turn over its entire production line to producing its patented oil-eating bugs to help mitigate future environmental damage from the oil leak threatening Florida's coastline.
But executives at Osprey Biotechnics are still trying to find the right governmental people to consider their plan for abating the damage.
“We are prepared to divert all our production to this specific culture,†said Lauren Danielson, executive vice president, after a day of back-to-back meetings with the production staff and key corporate clients.
Osprey's bacteria, brand-named Munox, can be mixed with a dispersant and are viable in salt water, executives told the Herald Tribune.
“They would apply our bacteria directly on the water,†said company president Vincent Scuilla. “The bacteria attaches to the oil, which is its food, and the things start colonizing.â€
“And now these hungry bacteria are literally consuming the oil, digesting it, and breaking it down to harmless end products like CO2 and water.â€
Most of the company's products are sold on a wholesale basis to others, who package them into brand-name products for use in waste management, restaurants and industrial clean-up.
“Where we are at now, is trying to get to the appropriate parties that are deciding on which type of technologies to use,†Scuilla said.
The company envisions filling tanker aircraft with a concentrate consisting of the bacteria in water, and spraying the solution over wide expanses of crude-oil polluted water.
Osprey's team has calculated that one 55-gallon drum of the liquid would treat a 365-square mile oil slick that is one centimeter thick
It is not going to solve the problem in the gulf, but it may mitigate it,†Danielson said.
The Munox critters can even be used combination with the chemical dispersants that the U.S. Coast Guard is now using to break up the floating crude oil spills into smaller particles, Scuilla said.
Osprey Biotechnics has been calling its larger customers, many of whom have been buying and rebranding freeze-dried bacteria from Osprey since 1990, to check their supply levels on other products, such as freeze-dried bacteria that eat sewage.
“We began calling some of our larger customers to see, if push came to shove, if we could put them on back order,†Danielson said.
Most agreed.
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20100504/breaking/100509918
And as the title says ....WHY NOT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz5KSLZYX1k
A locally based grower of industrial-strength bacteria says it is willing to turn over its entire production line to producing its patented oil-eating bugs to help mitigate future environmental damage from the oil leak threatening Florida's coastline.
But executives at Osprey Biotechnics are still trying to find the right governmental people to consider their plan for abating the damage.
“We are prepared to divert all our production to this specific culture,†said Lauren Danielson, executive vice president, after a day of back-to-back meetings with the production staff and key corporate clients.
Osprey's bacteria, brand-named Munox, can be mixed with a dispersant and are viable in salt water, executives told the Herald Tribune.
“They would apply our bacteria directly on the water,†said company president Vincent Scuilla. “The bacteria attaches to the oil, which is its food, and the things start colonizing.â€
“And now these hungry bacteria are literally consuming the oil, digesting it, and breaking it down to harmless end products like CO2 and water.â€
Most of the company's products are sold on a wholesale basis to others, who package them into brand-name products for use in waste management, restaurants and industrial clean-up.
“Where we are at now, is trying to get to the appropriate parties that are deciding on which type of technologies to use,†Scuilla said.
The company envisions filling tanker aircraft with a concentrate consisting of the bacteria in water, and spraying the solution over wide expanses of crude-oil polluted water.
Osprey's team has calculated that one 55-gallon drum of the liquid would treat a 365-square mile oil slick that is one centimeter thick
It is not going to solve the problem in the gulf, but it may mitigate it,†Danielson said.
The Munox critters can even be used combination with the chemical dispersants that the U.S. Coast Guard is now using to break up the floating crude oil spills into smaller particles, Scuilla said.
Osprey Biotechnics has been calling its larger customers, many of whom have been buying and rebranding freeze-dried bacteria from Osprey since 1990, to check their supply levels on other products, such as freeze-dried bacteria that eat sewage.
“We began calling some of our larger customers to see, if push came to shove, if we could put them on back order,†Danielson said.
Most agreed.
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20100504/breaking/100509918